American college football season
2019 Hampton Pirates football |
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Conference | Big South Conference |
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Record | 5–7 (1–5 Big South) |
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Head coach | - Robert Prunty (2nd season)
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Home stadium | Armstrong Stadium |
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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.
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 finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | Kennesaw State | 134 (14) |
2 | Monmouth | 122 (5) |
3 | Charleston Southern | 79 (1) |
4 | Campbell | 73 |
5 | Gardner–Webb | 67 |
6 | Hampton | 64 |
7 | Presbyterian | 21 |
— | North Alabama | n/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
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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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* | - 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
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
Elizabeth City State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Vikings | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Pirates | 20 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 65 |
Virginia Union
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Panthers | 14 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 36 |
Pirates | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Vs. Howard
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bison | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
Pirates | 0 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
At Liberty
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Pirates | 12 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
Flames | 27 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 62 |
North Alabama
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Lions | 2 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 34 |
Pirates | 6 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 40 |
At Gardner–Webb
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Pirates | 3 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
Runnin' Bulldogs | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
At Campbell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Pirates | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
Fighting Camels | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
Virginia–Lynchburg
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Dragons | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Pirates | 17 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 56 |
Presbyterian
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Blue Hose | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
Pirates | 6 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 40 |
At Charleston Southern
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
Pirates | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
Buccaneers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
Kennesaw State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 16 Owls | 21 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 50 |
Pirates | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
At Monmouth
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Pirates | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
No. 15 Hawks | 14 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 48 |
References
- ^ "Kennesaw State Voted 2019 Preseason Football Favorite". Big South Conference. July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ^ "Bahar, Armstrong Headline 2019 Preseason All-Conference Team". Big South Conference. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ "Former FSU QB Deondre Francois lands at Hampton University". 247Sports. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "College football recruiting: Former Florida State QB Deondre Francois lands at Hampton". CBSSports.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Hampton Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Hampton University Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
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