2019 Hampton Pirates football team

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.

2019 Hampton Pirates football
ConferenceBig South Conference
2019 record5–7 (1–5 Big South)
Head coachRobert Prunty (2nd season)
Home stadiumArmstrong Stadium
(Capacity: 17,000)
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

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)
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*
  • 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

[5][6]

Game summaries

Elizabeth City State
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 0 7 0 7
Pirates 20 24 14 7 65
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–7–3 1995 W, 36–13

Virginia Union
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 14 0 9 13 36
Pirates 0 17 0 0 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
40–42–3 1994 W, 56–6

vs. Howard
1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 3 10 0 7 20
Pirates 0 20 14 7 41
See also: 2019 Howard Bison football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
49–44–1 2017 W, 20–17

at Liberty
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 12 0 8 7 27
Flames 27 14 7 14 62
See also: 2019 Liberty Flames football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–4 1998 W, 21–0

North Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 2 0 13 19 34
Pirates 6 14 3 17 40
See also: 2019 North Alabama Lions football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 1993 L, 20–45

at Gardner–Webb
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 3 21 0 3 27
Runnin' Bulldogs 14 7 7 7 35
See also: 2019 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2005 W, 52–21

at Campbell
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 3 7 0 6 16
Fighting Camels 7 10 0 14 31
See also: 2019 Campbell Fighting Camels football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Virginia–Lynchburg
1 2 3 4 Total
Dragons 0 6 0 0 6
Pirates 17 18 14 7 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2018 W, 51–28

Presbyterian
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hose 3 0 14 0 17
Pirates 6 14 7 13 40
See also: 2019 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2018 W, 24–23

at Charleston Southern
1 2 3 4OT Total
Pirates 13 0 0 70 20
Buccaneers 3 7 7 37 27
See also: 2019 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2018 L, 14–48

Kennesaw State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Owls 21 10 12 7 50
Pirates 0 0 7 0 7
See also: 2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Monmouth
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 6 0 0 13
No. 15 Hawks 14 17 14 3 48
See also: 2019 Monmouth Hawks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2018 L, 28–56

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.
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