2019 Hampton Pirates football team

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2019 Hampton Pirates football
Hampton Pirates wordmark.png
Conference Big South Conference
Record5–7 (1–5 Big South)
Head coach
Home stadium Armstrong Stadium
Seasons
  2018
2021  
2019 Big South Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 Monmouth $^  6 0   11 3  
No. 13 Kennesaw State ^  5 1   11 3  
Charleston Southern  4 2   6 6  
Campbell  3 3   6 5  
Hampton  1 5   5 7  
Gardner–Webb  1 5   3 9  
Presbyterian  1 5   2 10  
North Alabama *  0 0   4 7  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • * North Alabama ineligible for FCS postseason play due to transition to NCAA Division I
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Hampton Pirates football team represented Hampton University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Robert Prunty and played their home games at Armstrong Stadium. They were first-year members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 1–5 in Big South play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.

Contents

Preseason

Big South poll

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 21, 2019, the Pirates were predicted to finish in sixth place. [1]

Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Kennesaw State134 (14)
2Monmouth122 (5)
3Charleston Southern79 (1)
4Campbell73
5Gardner–Webb67
6Hampton64
7Presbyterian21
North Alabaman/a

Preseason All–Big South team

The Pirates had one player selected to the preseason all-Big South team. [2]

Headlines

On August 2, 2019, it was announced that former Florida State quarterback Deondre Francois had completed a graduate transfer to Hampton and would be immediately eligible for the upcoming season. [3] [4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 6:00 p.m. Elizabeth City State * ESPN+ W 65–7 8,234
September 7 6:00 p.m. Virginia Union *
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
ESPN+ L 17–36 8,127
September 14 4:30 p.m. vs. Howard *NBC 5 Chicago W 41–20 19,425
September 21 6:00 p.m. at Liberty * ESPN+ L 27–62 18,944
October 5 2:00 p.m. North Alabama
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
ESPN+ W 40–34 4,213
October 12 1:30 p.m. at Gardner–Webb ESPN+ L 27–35 6,300
October 19 4:00 p.m. at Campbell ESPN+ L 16–31 6,783
October 26 2:00 p.m. Virginia–Lynchburg *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
ESPN+ W 56–6 15,000
November 2 1:00 p.m. Presbyterian
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
ESPN+ W 40–17 4,123
November 9 6:00 p.m. at Charleston Southern ESPN3 L 20–27 OT 2,476
November 16 1:00 p.m. No. 16 Kennesaw State
  • Armstrong Stadium
  • Hampton, VA
ESPN+ L 7–50 3,612
November 23 12:00 p.m. at No. 15 Monmouth ESPN+ L 13–48 2,331
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[5] [6]

Game summaries

Elizabeth City State

1234Total
Vikings00707
Pirates202414765

Virginia Union

1234Total
Panthers14091336
Pirates0170017

Vs. Howard

1234Total
Bison3100720
Pirates02014741

At Liberty

1234Total
Pirates1208727
Flames271471462

North Alabama

1234Total
Lions20131934
Pirates61431740

At Gardner–Webb

1234Total
Pirates3210327
Runnin' Bulldogs1477735

At Campbell

1234Total
Pirates370616
Fighting Camels71001431

Virginia–Lynchburg

1234Total
Dragons06006
Pirates171814756

Presbyterian

1234Total
Blue Hose3014017
Pirates61471340

At Charleston Southern

1234OTTotal
Pirates13007020
Buccaneers3773727

Kennesaw State

1234Total
No. 16 Owls211012750
Pirates00707

At Monmouth

1234Total
Pirates760013
No. 15 Hawks141714348

References

  1. "Kennesaw State Voted 2019 Preseason Football Favorite". Big South Conference. July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  2. "Bahar, Armstrong Headline 2019 Preseason All-Conference Team". Big South Conference. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. "Former FSU QB Deondre Francois lands at Hampton University". 247Sports. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  4. "College football recruiting: Former Florida State QB Deondre Francois lands at Hampton". CBSSports.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  5. "2019 Hampton Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  6. "2019 Football Schedule". Hampton University Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2019.