Long Island University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season
2020LIU Sharks football
Conference
Northeast Conference
Record
2–2 (2–2 NEC)
Head coach
Bryan Collins (23rd season)
Offensive coordinator
Jim Cordle (1st season)
Defensive coordinator
Rich Reichert (1st season)
Home stadium
Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Northeast Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Duquesne y
4
–
0
4
–
1
Sacred Heart y$^
2
–
1
3
–
2
LIU
2
–
2
2
–
2
Bryant
2
–
2
2
–
2
Wagner
0
–
2
0
–
2
Merrimack*
0
–
3
0
–
3
Championship: Sacred Heart 34, Duquesne 27 (OT)
$ – Conference champion
y – Championship game participant
^ – FCS playoff participant
Note: Due to COVID-19, the Northeast suspended the 2020 football season. * – Merrimack ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition to NCAA Division I Central Connecticut and Saint Francis (PA) opted out of the spring season.
Rankings from STATS Poll
The 2020 LIU Sharks football team represented both the LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn campuses of Long Island University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 23rd year head coach Bryan Collins and played their home games at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium. They played as a second–year member of the Northeast Conference. This was the final season as head coach for Collins as he stepped down in June.
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