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] 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]
Preseason
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Big South poll
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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
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North Alabama
Preseason All–Big South team
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The Blue Hose had two players selected to the preseason all-Big South team.[4]
Offense
Keith Pearson – WR
Defense
Colby Campbell – LB
Schedule
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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 Rankings 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]
Game summaries
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1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
21
7
14
3
45
Blue Hose
0
0
0
7
7
Jacksonville
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1
2
3
4
Total
Dolphins
0
7
3
20
30
Blue Hose
3
10
0
7
20
Eastern Kentucky
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1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
7
14
0
14
35
Blue Hose
10
0
0
0
10
At North Alabama
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1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hose
2
7
6
6
21
Lions
7
14
17
3
41
At Campbell
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1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hose
7
0
0
7
14
Fighting Camels
7
7
0
14
28
At Monmouth
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1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hose
0
0
0
0
0
Hawks
21
17
7
0
45
Kennesaw State
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1
2
3
4
Total
No. 6 Owls
14
14
27
0
55
Blue Hose
7
3
0
0
10
At Merrimack
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1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hose
7
7
0
7
21
Warriors
7
7
0
10
24
At Hampton
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1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hose
3
0
14
0
17
Pirates
6
14
7
13
40
Gardner–Webb
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1
2
3
4
Total
Runnin' Bulldogs
0
14
0
0
14
Blue Hose
3
7
7
7
24
Charleston Southern
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1
2
3
4
Total
Buccaneers
14
7
3
3
27
Blue Hose
0
0
0
7
7
St. Andrews
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1
2
3
4
Total
Knights
0
14
0
0
14
Blue Hose
21
14
17
0
52
References
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^ "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 .
