# 2019 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

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. 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.

## 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.
| 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 Blue Hose had two players selected to the preseason all-Big South team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | at Stetson* | Spec Martin StadiumDeLand, FL | ESPN+ | Cancelled | |
| September 7 | 2:00 p.m. | Mercer* | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN+ | L 7–45 | 1,264 |
| September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | Jacksonville* | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN+ | L 20–30 | 2,208 |
| September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky* | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN+ | L 10–35 | 2,152 |
| September 28 | 4:00 p.m. | at North Alabama | Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL | ESPN+ | L 21–41 | 8,573 |
| October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at Campbell | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, NC | ESPN3 | L 14–28 | 5,673 |
| October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Monmouth | Kessler FieldWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN+ | L 0–45 | 2,433 |
| October 19 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 6 Kennesaw State | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN+ | L 10–55 | 1,635 |
| October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at Merrimack* | Duane StadiumNorth Andover, MA | NEC Front Row | L 21–24 | 1,721 |
| November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | at Hampton | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | L 17–40 | 4,123 |
| November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN+ | W 24–14 | 1,509 |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN+ | L 7–27 | 1,834 |
| November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | St. Andrews* | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN+ | W 52–14 | 1,208 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
* ↑ The game against Stetson was cancelled on Saturday morning over safety concerns due to Hurricane Dorian.
* ↑ On September 2, it was announced that Presbyterian had added a home game against Mercer to make up for the previous week's cancellation.

## Game summaries
### Mercer

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 21 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
| Blue Hose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |

### Jacksonville

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dolphins | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 30 |
| Blue Hose | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |

### Eastern Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonels | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| Blue Hose | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### At North Alabama

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Hose | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| Lions | 7 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 41 |

### At Campbell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Hose | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Fighting Camels | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |

### At Monmouth

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Hose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawks | 21 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 45 |

### Kennesaw State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 6 Owls | 14 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 55 |
| Blue Hose | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### At Merrimack

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Hose | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Warriors | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |

### At Hampton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Hose | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Pirates | 6 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 40 |

### Gardner–Webb

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Blue Hose | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### Charleston Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
| Blue Hose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |

### St. Andrews

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Knights | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Blue Hose | 21 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 52 |