2019 Campbell Fighting Camels football team

The 2019 Campbell Fighting Camels football team represented Campbell University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Mike Minter and played their home games at Barker–Lane Stadium. They were second-year members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 3–3 in Big South play to finish in fourth place.

2019 Campbell Fighting Camels football
Conference	Big South Conference
2019 record	6–5 (3–3 Big South)
Head coach	Mike Minter (7th season)
Home stadium	Barker–Lane Stadium (Capacity: 5,000)

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

Previous season

The Fighting Camels finished the 2018 season 6–5, 1–4 in Big South play to finish in fifth place.

Preseason

Big South poll

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 21, 2019, the Camels were predicted to finish in fourth 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

The Fighting Camels had seven players selected to the preseason all-Big South team.[2]

Offense Caleb Snead – WR Michael Wooten – TE Jacob Cuddington – OL Matt Price – OL

Defense Damien Dozier – DL Dorian Jones – DB

Special Teams Brad Dennis – P

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	at Troy*	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	ESPN+	L 14–43	23,172
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Shaw*	Barker–Lane Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN+	W 38–14	6,047
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Davidson*	Barker–Lake Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN+	W 31–29	5,393
September 28	7:00 p.m.	at Mercer*	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN3	W 34–27	11,272
October 5	1:00 p.m.	Presbyterian	Barker–Lake Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN3	W 28–14	5,673
October 19	4:00 p.m.	Hampton	Barker–Lake Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN+	W 31–16	6,783
October 26	1:30 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	ESPN+	W 49–47 ^3OT	1,980
November 2	2:30 p.m.	at North Alabama	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	ESPN+	L 24–25	8,953
November 9	1:00 p.m.	No. 15 Kennesaw State	Barker–Lake Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN+	L 35–38	5,039
November 16	1:00 p.m.	No. 17 Monmouth	Barker–Lake Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN3	L 10–47	3,468
November 23	3:30 p.m.	at Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	ESPN3/ESPN+	L 31–41	3,208
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

[3][4]

Game summaries

at Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Camels	7	0	0	7	14
Trojans	17	3	16	7	43

Shaw

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	0	0	7	14
Fighting Camels	7	21	0	10	38

Davidson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	0	7	15	29
Fighting Camels	0	21	0	10	31

at Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Camels	6	7	7	14	34
Bears	0	6	7	14	27

Presbyterian

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

Hampton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	3	7	0	6	16
Fighting Camels	7	10	0	14	31

at Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Fighting Camels	0	13	0	14	7	7	8	49
Runnin' Bulldogs	10	14	3	0	7	7	6	47

at North Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Camels	0	14	7	3	24
Lions	0	15	7	3	25

Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 15 Owls	0	17	14	7	38
Fighting Camels	7	14	0	14	35

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 17 Hawks	0	17	16	14	47
Fighting Camels	7	3	0	0	10

at Charleston Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Camels	7	7	17	0	31
Buccaneers	14	13	7	7	41

References

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 Campbell Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
4. "2019 Football Schedule". Campbell University. Retrieved July 22, 2019.