2019 Hampton Pirates football team

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2019 Hampton Pirates football
ConferenceBig South Conference
Record5–7 (1–5 Big South)
Head coach
Home stadiumArmstrong Stadium
(Capacity: 17,000)
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
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.

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

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
  • 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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.