American college football season
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.[ 1] 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.[ 2]
In the Big South preseason poll released on July 21, 2019, the Blue Hose were predicted to finish in seventh place.[ 3]
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 Blue Hose had two players selected to the preseason all-Big South team.[ 4]
Offense
Keith Pearson – WR
Defense
Colby Campbell – LB
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 7:00 p.m. at Stetson * ESPN+ Cancelled [ a] September 7[ b] 2:00 p.m. Mercer * ESPN+ L 7–45 1,264 September 14 7:00 p.m. Jacksonville * Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC ESPN+ L 20–30 2,208 September 21 1:00 p.m. Eastern Kentucky * Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC ESPN+ L 10–35 2,152 September 28 4:00 p.m. at North Alabama ESPN+ L 21–41 8,573 October 5 1:00 p.m. at Campbell ESPN3 L 14–28 5,673 October 12 1:00 p.m. at Monmouth ESPN+ L 0–45 2,433 October 19 2:30 p.m. No. 6 Kennesaw State Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC ESPN+ L 10–55 1,635 October 26 1:00 p.m. at Merrimack * NEC Front Row L 21–24 1,721 November 2 1:00 p.m. at Hampton 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. St. Andrews * Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC ESPN+ W 52–14 1,208 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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^ The game against Stetson was cancelled on Saturday morning over safety concerns due to Hurricane Dorian .[ 5] ^ On September 2, it was announced that Presbyterian had added a home game against Mercer to make up for the previous week's cancellation.[ 6] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 21 7 14 3 45 Blue Hose 0 0 0 7 7
1 2 3 4 Total Dolphins 0 7 3 20 30 Blue Hose 3 10 0 7 20
1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 7 14 0 14 35 Blue Hose 10 0 0 0 10
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Hose 2 7 6 6 21 Lions 7 14 17 3 41
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Hose 7 0 0 7 14 Fighting Camels 7 7 0 14 28
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Hose 0 0 0 0 0 Hawks 21 17 7 0 45
1 2 3 4 Total No. 6 Owls 14 14 27 0 55 Blue Hose 7 3 0 0 10
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Hose 7 7 0 7 21 Warriors 7 7 0 10 24
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Hose 3 0 14 0 17 Pirates 6 14 7 13 40
1 2 3 4 Total Runnin' Bulldogs 0 14 0 0 14 Blue Hose 3 7 7 7 24
Charleston Southern [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 14 7 3 3 27 Blue Hose 0 0 0 7 7
1 2 3 4 Total Knights 0 14 0 0 14 Blue Hose 21 14 17 0 52
^ "Tommy Spangler Bio" . gobluehose.com . Presbyterian College. Archived from the original on September 7, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2019 . ^ "Presbyterian College to join Pioneer Football League in 2021" (Press release). Pioneer Football League. November 20, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017 . ^ "Kennesaw State Voted 2019 Preseason Football Favorite" . Big South Conference . July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019 . ^ "Bahar, Armstrong Headline 2019 Preseason All-Conference Team" . Big South Conference . Retrieved August 7, 2019 . ^ Romero, Iliana Limón. "Hurricane Dorian forces Stetson to cancel opener against Presbyterian" . orlandosentinel.com . Retrieved August 31, 2019 . ^ "Football Adds Home Game With Mercer" . gobluehose.com . Presbyterian College Athletics. Retrieved September 7, 2019 . ^ "Six home games featured on PC football schedule" . GoLaurens.com . Retrieved April 7, 2019 . ^ "2019 Presbyterian Football Schedule" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved April 7, 2019 .
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