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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
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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 Rankings 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 ]
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