American college football season
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 [ edit ] Big South poll [ edit ] 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
Preseason All–Big South team [ edit ] The Pirates had one player selected to the preseason all-Big South team.[2]
Headlines [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 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 HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ edit ] Elizabeth City State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 0 7 0 7 Pirates 20 24 14 7 65
Virginia Union [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 14 0 9 13 36 Pirates 0 17 0 0 17
Vs. Howard [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bison 3 10 0 7 20 Pirates 0 20 14 7 41
At Liberty [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 12 0 8 7 27 Flames 27 14 7 14 62
North Alabama [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lions 2 0 13 19 34 Pirates 6 14 3 17 40
At Gardner–Webb [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 3 21 0 3 27 Runnin' Bulldogs 14 7 7 7 35
At Campbell [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 3 7 0 6 16 Fighting Camels 7 10 0 14 31
Virginia–Lynchburg [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Dragons 0 6 0 0 6 Pirates 17 18 14 7 56
Presbyterian [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Hose 3 0 14 0 17 Pirates 6 14 7 13 40
At Charleston Southern [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Pirates 13 0 0 7 0 20 Buccaneers 3 7 7 3 7 27
Kennesaw State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 16 Owls 21 10 12 7 50 Pirates 0 0 7 0 7
At Monmouth [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 7 6 0 0 13 No. 15 Hawks 14 17 14 3 48
References [ edit ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries People Seasons National championship seasons in bold