2019 Hampton Pirates football
ConferenceBig South Conference
Record5–7 (1–5 Big South)
Head coach
Home stadiumArmstrong Stadium
2019 Big South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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)
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
  • 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

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 4OT Total
Pirates 13 0 0 70 20
Buccaneers 3 7 7 37 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

  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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