The 2019 LIU Sharks football team represents both the

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and

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campuses of

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in the

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. 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

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. 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. The Sharks finished winless in their first season. A month after the season ended, starting quarterback Clay Beathard was stabbed to death in

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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.

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

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Game summaries

At South Dakota State

Sacred Heart

At Wagner

At Duquesne

At Bryant

Saint Francis (PA)

At Central Connecticut

At Robert Morris

At Villanova

Merrimack

References

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LIU Sharks football seasons College football winless seasons

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