The 2019 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented

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in the

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. They were led by third-year head coach

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, 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

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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

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, a single-sport conference whose members do not award football scholarships, in 2021.

Previous season

The Blue Hose finished the 2018 season 2–8, 0–5 in Big South play to finish in last place.

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.

Preseason All–Big South team

The Blue Hose had two players selected to the preseason all-Big South team. Offense Keith Pearson – WR Defense Colby Campbell – LB

Schedule

Game summaries

Mercer

Jacksonville

Eastern Kentucky

at North Alabama

at Campbell

at Monmouth

Kennesaw State

at Merrimack

at Hampton

Gardner–Webb

Charleston Southern

St. Andrews

References

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Presbyterian Blue Hose football seasons

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