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]
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.[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
n/a
Preseason All–Big South team
The Blue Hose had two players selected to the preseason all-Big South team.[4]
^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
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
References
^"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.