Wikipedia

2019 Monmouth Hawks football team

The 2019 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big South Conference. They were led by 27th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Monmouth finished the season 11–3 overall and 6–0 in Big South play to win the conference title. The Hawks received the Big South's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs. They defeated Holy Cross in the first round before losing to James Madison in the second round.

2019 Monmouth Hawks football
Big South champion
ConferenceBig South Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 12
FCS CoachesNo. 13
Record11–3 (6–0 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Gallo (1st season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorAndy Bobik (26th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumKessler Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Big South Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 12 Monmouth $^   6 – 0     11 – 3  
No. 13 Kennesaw State ^   5 – 1     11 – 3  
Charleston Southern   4 – 2     6 – 6  
Campbell   3 – 3     6 – 5  
Hampton   1 – 5     5 – 7  
Gardner–Webb   1 – 5     3 – 9  
Presbyterian   1 – 5     2 – 10  
North Alabama *   0 – 0     4 – 7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • * North Alabama ineligible for FCS postseason play due to transition to NCAA Division I
Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

edit

Big South poll

edit

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 21, 2019, the Hawks were predicted to finish in second place.[1]

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

edit

The Hawks had five players selected to the preseason all-Big South team.[2]

Schedule

edit
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 7:00 p.m. at Western Michigan*
ESPN3 L 13–4815,021
September 7 1:00 p.m. Lafayette*
ESPN W 24–21 2,955
September 14 1:00 p.m. Albany*
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
 ESPN W 38–35 OT 2,329
September 21 3:00 p.m. at No. 19 Montana*
Pluto TV L 27–47 23,119
October 5 6:00 p.m. at Wagner*
NEC Front Row W 16–14 2,843
October 12 1:00 p.m. Presbyterian
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
 ESPN W 45–0 2,433
October 19 1:00 p.m. Gardner–Webb
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
 ESPN3 W 49–28 3,466
October 26 6:00 p.m. at Charleston Southern
ESPN W 35–13 3,358
November 2 2:00 p.m. at No. 5 Kennesaw State
ESPN3 W 45–21 4,464
November 9 12:00 p.m. North Alabama No. 19
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
 ESPN W 49–38 3,132
November 16 1:00 p.m. at Campbell No. 17
ESPN3 W 47–10 3,468
November 23 12:00 p.m. Hampton No. 15
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
 ESPN W 48–13 2,331
November 30 12:00 p.m. Holy Cross* No. 14
ESPN3 W 44–27 2,817
December 7 1:00 p.m. at No. 2 James Madison* No. 14
ESPN3 L 21–66 10,881

[3][4]

Game summaries

edit

At Western Michigan

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 7 6 0 13
Broncos 21 10 14 3 48
See also: 2019 Western Michigan Broncos football team

Lafayette

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 7 7 7 21
Hawks 7 14 0 3 24
See also: 2019 Lafayette Leopards football team

Albany

edit
1 2 3 4OT Total
Great Danes 0 14 7 140 35
Hawks 7 14 7 73 38
See also: 2019 Albany Great Danes football team

At Montana

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 14 6 7 27
No. 19 Grizzlies 0 21 12 14 47
See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

At Wagner

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 3 0 7 6 16
Seahawks 0 7 0 7 14
See also: 2019 Wagner Seahawks football team

Presbyterian

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hose 0 0 0 0 0
Hawks 21 17 7 0 45
See also: 2019 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

Gardner–Webb

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 7 0 14 7 28
Hawks 7 14 21 7 49
See also: 2019 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

At Charleston Southern

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 7 7 14 7 35
Buccaneers 3 3 0 7 13
See also: 2019 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

At Kennesaw State

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 3 28 14 0 45
No. 5 Owls 7 0 7 7 21
See also: 2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team

North Alabama

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 7 10 21 38
No. 19 Hawks 7 7 21 14 49
See also: 2019 North Alabama Lions football team

At Campbell

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Hawks 0 17 16 14 47
Fighting Camels 7 3 0 0 10
See also: 2019 Campbell Fighting Camels football team

Hampton

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 6 0 0 13
No. 15 Hawks 14 17 14 3 48
See also: 2019 Hampton Pirates football team

FCS Playoffs

edit

The Hawks received an automatic bid (due to winning their conference) for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Holy Cross.[5]

Holy Cross–First Round

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 7 6 14 27
No. 14 Hawks 7 19 11 7 44
See also: 2019 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

At James Madison–Second Round

edit
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Hawks 14 7 0 0 21
No. 2 Dukes 21 17 14 14 66
See also: 2019 James Madison Dukes football team

Ranking movements

edit
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
STATS FCSRVRVRVRV———RVRVRV1917151412
CoachesRVRV——————RVRV2015121113

References

edit
  1. ^ "Kennesaw State Voted 2019 Preseason Football Favorite". Big South Conference. July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Bahar, Armstrong Headline 2019 Preseason All-Conference Team". Big South Conference. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Monmouth University. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Monmouth Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  5. ^ "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2019_Monmouth_Hawks_football_team&oldid=1247573782"