# 2019 Hampton Pirates football team

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.
| 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 | n/a |

### Preseason All–Big South team

The Pirates had one player selected to the preseason all-Big South team.

### 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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | Elizabeth City State* | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | W 65–7 | 8,234 |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Virginia Union* | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | L 17–36 | 8,127 |
| September 14 | 4:30 p.m. | vs. Howard* | Soldier FieldChicago, IL (Battle of the Real HU) | NBC 5 Chicago | W 41–20 | 19,425 |
| September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | at Liberty* | Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA | ESPN+ | L 27–62 | 18,944 |
| October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | North Alabama | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | W 40–34 | 4,213 |
| October 12 | 1:30 p.m. | at Gardner–Webb | Spangler StadiumBoiling Springs, NC | ESPN+ | L 27–35 | 6,300 |
| October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | at Campbell | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, NC | ESPN+ | L 16–31 | 6,783 |
| October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Virginia–Lynchburg* | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | W 56–6 | 15,000 |
| November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | Presbyterian | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | W 40–17 | 4,123 |
| November 9 | 6:00 p.m. | at Charleston Southern | Buccaneer FieldNorth Charleston, SC | ESPN3 | L 20–27 $^{OT}$ | 2,476 |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 16 Kennesaw State | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | L 7–50 | 3,612 |
| November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 15 Monmouth | Kessler FieldWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN+ | L 13–48 | 2,331 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## 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 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Pirates | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Buccaneers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 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 |