2019 LIU Sharks football team
2019 LIU Sharks football | |
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Conference | Northeast Conference |
Record | 0–10 (0–7 NEC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Brian Hughes (23rd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Bryan Collins |
Home stadium | Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium (Capacity: 4,780) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Central Connecticut $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Morris | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duquesne | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacred Heart | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Francis (PA) | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bryant | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wagner | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LIU | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Merrimack * | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 LIU Sharks football team represents both the LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn campuses of Long Island University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 22nd year head coach Bryan Collins and play their home games at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium. They play as a first–year member of the Northeast Conference. This is the first season that the LIU Sharks are competing as a team following the merger of the two LIU campuses' athletic departments in the summer of 2019.[1][2]
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.[3]
Previous season
This is the first season that the LIU Sharks are competing as a team. Their immediate predecessor, the 2018 LIU Post Pioneers, went 10–1, 9–0 to finish in first place in the Northeast-10 Conference.[4][5] They made the NCAA Division II Playoffs where they were defeated in the first round by Slippery Rock. They finished ranked at #21 in the Division II Coaches' Poll[6] and received the 2019 Division II Lambert Cup from the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and Metropolitan New York Football Writers, signifying them as the best football team in the East in Division II football.[7]
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.[8]
Predicted finish | Team (1st place votes) |
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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.[8]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 3 South Dakota State* | ESPN3 | L 3–38 | 10,153 | |
September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Sacred Heart | NEC Front Row | L 10–34 | 2,482 | |
September 28 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wagner | ESPN3 | L 14–24 | 2,077 | |
October 5 | 12:00 p.m. | at Duquesne | NEC Front Row | L 14–21 | 1,956 | |
October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Bryant | ESPN3 | L 22–27 | 1,268 | |
October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | Saint Francis (PA) |
| NEC Front Row | L 0–30 | 4,178 |
October 26 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 23 Central Connecticut | NEC Front Row | L 0–28 | 3,156 | |
November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at Robert Morris | NEC Front Row | L 17–28 | 934 | |
November 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 13 Villanova* | FloSports | L 7–35 | 3,051 | |
November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | Merrimack |
| NEC Front Row | L 10–24 | 855 |
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Game summaries
- Series records and last meetings are from the LIU Post Pioneers, the predecessor to the LIU Sharks.
at South Dakota State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Sharks | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
No. 3 Jackrabbits | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
Sacred Heart
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Pioneers | 6 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 34 |
Sharks | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
at Wagner
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Sharks | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Seahawks | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
at Duquesne
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Sharks | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Dukes | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 |
at Bryant
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Sharks | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 22 |
Bulldogs | 10 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
Saint Francis (PA)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Red Flash | 3 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 30 |
Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Central Connecticut
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 23 Blue Devils | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
at Robert Morris
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Sharks | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Colonials | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
at Villanova
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Sharks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
No. 13 Wildcats | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
Merrimack
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Warriors | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
References
- ^ "LIU combining Post and Brooklyn athletic programs". Newsday. October 3, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "#OneLIU website". Long Island University. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "Brother of NFL quarterback fatally stabbed in Nashville". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
- ^ "LIU Post Pioneers 2018 Schedule". LIUPostPioneers.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "2018 NE10 Football Standings". Northeast10.org. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "Division II Football Coaches Poll". NCAA.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "ECAC Announces 2018 Football Teams of the Year and Lambert Awards". ECACsports.com. January 15, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ a b "Duquesne Deemed 'Team to Beat' at #NECFB Social Media Day; Preseason All-NEC Team also Unveiled". July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "2019 LIU Sharks Football Schedule". LIUPostPioneers.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "2019 LIU Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.