# 2019 LIU Sharks football team

The 2019 LIU Sharks football team represented both the LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn campuses of Long Island University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 22nd yearhead coach Bryan Collins and played their home games at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium. They played as a first–year member of the Northeast Conference. This was the first season that the LIU Sharks were competing as a team following the merger of the two LIU campuses' athletic departments in the summer of 2019.
The Sharks finished winless in their first season. A month after the season ended, starting quarterback Clay Beathard was stabbed to death in Nashville, Tennessee.

## Preseason
### Preseason coaches' poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Sharks were picked to finish in 8th (last) place.
| Predicted finish | Team (1st place votes) |
| 1 | Duquesne (7) |
| 2 | Sacred Heart (1) |
| 3 | Central Connecticut |
| 4 | Wagner |
| 5 | Bryant |
| 6 | Saint Francis |
| 7 | Robert Morris |
| 8 | LIU |

### Preseason All–Northeast Conference team

The LIU Sharks were the only conference team to have no players selected for the 2019 All–Northeast Conference Football Preseason Team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 3 South Dakota State* | Dana J. Dykhouse StadiumBrookings, SD | ESPN3 | L 3–38 | 10,153 |
| September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Sacred Heart | Bethpage Federal Credit Union StadiumBrookville, NY | NEC Front Row | L 10–34 | 2,482 |
| September 28 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wagner | Wagner College StadiumStaten Island, NY | ESPN3 | L 14–24 | 2,077 |
| October 5 | 12:00 p.m. | at Duquesne | Arthur J. Rooney Athletic FieldPittsburgh, PA | NEC Front Row | L 14–21 | 1,956 |
| October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Bryant | Beirne StadiumSmithfield, RI | ESPN3 | L 22–27 | 1,268 |
| October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | Saint Francis (PA) | Bethpage Federal Credit Union StadiumBrookville, NY | NEC Front Row | L 0–30 | 4,178 |
| October 26 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 23 Central Connecticut | Arute FieldNew Britain, CT | NEC Front Row | L 0–28 | 3,156 |
| November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at Robert Morris | Joe Walton StadiumMoon Township, PA | NEC Front Row | L 17–28 | 934 |
| November 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 13 Villanova* | Villanova StadiumVillanova, PA | FloSports | L 7–35 | 3,051 |
| November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | Merrimack | Bethpage Federal Credit Union StadiumBrookville, NY | NEC Front Row | L 10–24 | 855 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### At South Dakota State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sharks | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| No. 3 Jackrabbits | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 38 |

### Sacred Heart

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pioneers | 6 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 34 |
| Sharks | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |

### At Wagner

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sharks | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Seahawks | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 24 |

### At Duquesne

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sharks | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Dukes | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 |

### At Bryant

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sharks | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 22 |
| Bulldogs | 10 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 27 |

### Saint Francis (PA)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Flash | 3 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 30 |
| Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### At Central Connecticut

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 23 Blue Devils | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### At Robert Morris

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sharks | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Colonials | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### At Villanova

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sharks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 13 Wildcats | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |

### Merrimack

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Warriors | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |