2019 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

The 2019 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Autry Denson and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They were members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 4–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.

2019 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Conference	Big South Conference
2019 record	6–6 (4–2 Big South)
Head coach	Autry Denson (1st season)
Home stadium	Buccaneer Field (Capacity: 4,000)

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 Buccaneers finished the 2018 season 5–6, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.

Preseason

Big South poll

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 21, 2019, the Buccaneers were predicted to finish in third 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 Buccaneers had three players selected to the preseason all-Big South team.[2]

Offense Zack Evans – OL

Defense J.D. Sosebee – LB

Special Teams Ethan Ray – LS

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	1:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Furman*	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN3	L 13–46	6,146
September 7	12:00 p.m.	at South Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	SEC Net.	L 10–72	70,698
September 14	6:00 p.m.	No. 15 North Carolina A&T*	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	ESPN+	L 21–27	5,112
September 21	6:00 p.m.	at No. 25 The Citadel*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN+	L 13–22	9,626
October 5	6:00 p.m.	Savannah State*	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	ESPN+	W 24–19	3,608
October 12	3:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	L 23–45	8,258
October 19	7:00 p.m.	at North Alabama	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	ESPN+	W 25–20	6,878
October 26	6:00 p.m.	Monmouth	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	ESPN+	L 13–35	3,358
November 2	1:30 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	ESPN+	W 30–27	1,538
November 9	6:00 p.m.	Hampton	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	ESPN+	W 27–20 ^OT	2,746
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	ESPN+	W 27–7	1,834
November 23	3:30 p.m.	Campbell	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	ESPN+	W 41–31	3,208
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

at Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	6	7	0	13
No. 19 Paladins	7	17	8	14	46

at South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	3	0	0	7	10
Gamecocks	21	23	7	21	72

North Carolina A&T

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 15 Aggies	0	6	0	21	27
Buccaneers	7	7	0	7	21

at The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	3	3	7	13
No. 25 Bulldogs	0	7	13	2	22

Savannah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	9	3	0	19
Buccaneers	7	0	7	10	24

at Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	6	7	10	23
No. 7 Owls	14	14	3	14	45

at North Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	10	3	3	9	25
Lions	11	0	6	3	20

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	7	7	14	7	35
Buccaneers	3	3	0	7	13

at Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	10	14	6	0	30
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	0	7	20	27

Hampton

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Pirates	13	0	0	7	0	20
Buccaneers	3	7	7	3	7	27

at Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	14	7	3	3	27
Blue Hose	0	0	0	7	7

Campbell

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