2019 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
| mode = football
| year = 2019
| team = Presbyterian Blue Hose
| image = Presbyterian College logo.png
| image_size= 150
| conference= Big South Conference
| division=
| short_conf= Big South
| STATSRank =
| FCSCoachRank =
| record = 2–10
| conf_record = 1–5
| head_coach= Tommy Spangler
| hc_year = 3rd season of stint, 9th overall
| off_scheme=
| def_scheme=
| stadium= Bailey Memorial Stadium
| champion =
| bowl =
| bowl_result =
}}
{{2019 Big South football standings}}
The 2019 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Tommy Spangler, in his second stint as PC head coach, as he coached the Blue Hose from 2001–06.{{cite web |url=http://www.gobluehose.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18100&ATCLID=206564260 |title=Tommy Spangler Bio |website=gobluehose.com |publisher=Presbyterian College |access-date=April 7, 2019 |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907183234/http://www.gobluehose.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18100&ATCLID=206564260 |url-status=dead }} The Blue Hose played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium in their 13th and final season as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 1–5 in Big South play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
PC announced in 2017 that it had started a transition to non-scholarship football. After the 2019 season, PC will leave Big South football, though remaining a conference member in other sports. The Blue Hose will play the 2020 football season as an FCS independent, and will join the Pioneer Football League, a single-sport conference whose members do not award football scholarships, in 2021.{{cite press release|url=http://www.pioneer-football.org/news/archives/2017/1345/presbyterian-college-to-join-pioneer-football-league-in-2021/ |title=Presbyterian College to join Pioneer Football League in 2021 |publisher=Pioneer Football League |date=November 20, 2017 |accessdate=November 21, 2017}}
Preseason
=Big South poll=
In the Big South preseason poll released on July 21, 2019, the Blue Hose were predicted to finish in seventh place.{{cite web |title=Kennesaw State Voted 2019 Preseason Football Favorite |url=https://bigsouthsports.com/news/2019/7/21/kennesaw-state-voted-2019-preseason-football-favorite.aspx |website=Big South Conference |accessdate=July 27, 2019 |language=en |date=July 21, 2019}}
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Presbyterian Blue Hose|Predicted finish|Team|Votes (1st place)}} | ||
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| 1 | Kennesaw State | 134 (14) |
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| 2 | Monmouth | 122 (5) |
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| 3 | Charleston Southern | 79 (1) |
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| 4 | Campbell | 73 |
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| 5 | Gardner–Webb | 67 |
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| 6 | Hampton | 64 |
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| 7 | Presbyterian | 21 |
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| — | North Alabama | {{tooltip|n/a|Not eligible for preseason ranking as part of transition to NCAA Division I}} |
=Preseason All–Big South team=
The Blue Hose had two players selected to the preseason all-Big South team.{{cite web |title=Bahar, Armstrong Headline 2019 Preseason All-Conference Team |url=http://bigsouthsports.com/news/2019/7/21/football-bahar-armstrong-headline-2019-preseason-all-conference-team.aspx |website=Big South Conference |accessdate=August 7, 2019 |language=en}}
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Offense
Keith Pearson – WR
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Defense
Colby Campbell – LB
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Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| time = y
| tv = y
| attend = y
| opprank = y
| rankyear = 2019
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = STATS
| timezone = Eastern
| August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | | at Stetson | Spec Martin Stadium | DeLand, FL | ESPN+ | Cancelled{{efn|group=schedule|The game against Stetson was cancelled on Saturday morning over safety concerns due to Hurricane Dorian.{{cite web |last1=Romero |first1=Iliana Limón |title=Hurricane Dorian forces Stetson to cancel opener against Presbyterian |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college-gridiron-365/os-sp-hurricane-dorian-stetson-0830-20190829-3fnccga6zfgxzglilbfdwg4r5q-story.html |website=orlandosentinel.com |accessdate=August 31, 2019}}}} |
| September 7{{efn|group=schedule|On September 2, it was announced that Presbyterian had added a home game against Mercer to make up for the previous week's cancellation.{{cite web |title=Football Adds Home Game With Mercer |url=http://www.gobluehose.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=89737&SPID=10734&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211810648&DB_OEM_ID=18100 |website=gobluehose.com |publisher=Presbyterian College Athletics |accessdate=September 7, 2019}}}} | 2:00 p.m. | | Mercer
| September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | | Jacksonville
| September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | | Eastern Kentucky
| September 28 | 4:00 p.m. | at | North Alabama | Braly Municipal Stadium | Florence, AL | ESPN+ | L 21–41 | 8,573
| October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at | Campbell | Barker–Lane Stadium | Buies Creek, NC | ESPN3 | L 14–28 | 5,673
| October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at | Monmouth | Kessler Field | West Long Branch, NJ | ESPN+ | L 0–45 | 2,433
| October 19 | 2:30 p.m. | | No. 6 Kennesaw State
| October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at | Merrimack
| November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | at | Hampton | Armstrong Stadium | Hampton, VA | ESPN+ | L 17–40 | 4,123
| November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | | Gardner–Webb | Bailey Memorial Stadium | Clinton, SC | ESPN+ | W 24–14 | 1,509
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | | Charleston Southern | Bailey Memorial Stadium | Clinton, SC | ESPN+ | L 7–27 | 1,834
| November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | | {{cfb link|year=2019|team=St. Andrews Knights|title=St. Andrews}}
}}
{{cite web |title=Six home games featured on PC football schedule |url=http://www.golaurens.com/goclinton/six-home-games-featured-on-pc-football-schedule/article_17f21b88-54e5-11e9-b4d9-573211367730.html |website=GoLaurens.com |accessdate=April 7, 2019 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=2019 Presbyterian Football Schedule |url=https://fbschedules.com/presbyterian-football-schedule/ |website=FBSchedules.com |accessdate=April 7, 2019}}
{{notelist|group=schedule}}
Game summaries
=Mercer=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Bears
|R1=21|R2=7 |R3=14|R4=3
|Home=Blue Hose
|H1=0 |H2=0 |H3=0 |H4=7
}}
{{see also|2019 Mercer Bears football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Jacksonville=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Dolphins
|R1=0 |R2=7 |R3=3 |R4=20
|Home=Blue Hose
|H1=3 |H2=10|H3=0 |H4=7
}}
{{see also|2019 Jacksonville Dolphins football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Eastern Kentucky=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Colonels
|R1=7 |R2=14|R3=0 |R4=14
|Home=Blue Hose
|H1=10|H2=0 |H3=0 |H4=0
}}
{{see also|2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At North Alabama=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Blue Hose
|R1=2 |R2=7 |R3=6 |R4=6
|Home=Lions
|H1=7 |H2=14|H3=17|H4=3
}}
{{see also|2019 North Alabama Lions football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Campbell=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Blue Hose
|R1=7 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=7
|Home=Fighting Camels
|H1=7 |H2=7 |H3=0 |H4=14
}}
{{see also|2019 Campbell Fighting Camels football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Monmouth=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Blue Hose
|R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=0
|Home=Hawks
|H1=21|H2=17|H3=7 |H4=0
}}
{{see also|2019 Monmouth Hawks football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Kennesaw State=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=No. 6 Owls
|R1=14|R2=14|R3=27|R4=0
|Home=Blue Hose
|H1=7 |H2=3 |H3=0 |H4=0
}}
{{see also|2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Merrimack=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Blue Hose
|R1=7 |R2=7 |R3=0 |R4=7
|Home=Warriors
|H1=7 |H2=7 |H3=0 |H4=10
}}
{{see also|2019 Merrimack Warriors football team}}
{{Clear}}
=At Hampton=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Blue Hose
|R1=3 |R2=0 |R3=14|R4=0
|Home=Pirates
|H1=6 |H2=14|H3=7 |H4=13
}}
{{see also|2019 Hampton Pirates football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Gardner–Webb=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Runnin' Bulldogs
|R1=0 |R2=14|R3=0 |R4=0
|Home=Blue Hose
|H1=3 |H2=7 |H3=7 |H4=7
}}
{{see also|2019 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team}}
{{Clear}}
=Charleston Southern=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Buccaneers
|R1=14|R2=7 |R3=3 |R4=3
|Home=Blue Hose
|H1=0 |H2=0 |H3=0 |H4=7
}}
{{see also|2019 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team}}
{{Clear}}
=St. Andrews=
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Knights
|R1=0 |R2=14|R3=0 |R4=0
|Home=Blue Hose
|H1=21|H2=14|H3=17|H4=0
}}
{{see also|St. Andrews Knights football}}
{{Clear}}
References
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