2019 Monmouth Hawks football team

American college football season

2019 Monmouth Hawks football

Big South champion

NCAA Division I Second Round, L 21–66 vs. James Madison

Conference| Big South Conference
Ranking
STATS| No. 12
FCS Coaches| No. 13
Record| 11–3 (6–0 Big South)
Head coach|

* Kevin Callahan (27th season)

Offensive coordinator| Jeff Gallo (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Andy Bobik (26th season)
Home stadium| Kessler Stadium
(capacity: 3,200)

Seasons

<- 2018

2020 ->

2019 Big South Conference football standings

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| 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

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.

## Previous season[edit]

The Hawks finished the 2018 season 8–3, 4–1 in Big South play to finish in second place in the Big South.

## 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)

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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]

Offense

Kenji Bahar – QB

Juwon Farri – RB

Pete Guerriero – RB

Defense

Tymere Berry – DB

Special teams

Matt Mosquera – K

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## Schedule[edit]

Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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August 31 |  7:00 p.m. |  at Western Michigan* |  |

* Waldo Stadium
* Kalamazoo, MI

|  ESPN3 | L 13–48| 15,021
September 7 |  1:00 p.m. |  Lafayette* |  |

* Kessler Stadium
* West Long Branch, NJ

|  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* |  |

* Washington–Grizzly Stadium
* Missoula, MT

|  Pluto TV | L 27–47|  23,119
October 5 |  6:00 p.m. |  at Wagner* |  |

* Wagner College Stadium
* Staten Island, NY

|  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 |  |

* Buccaneer Field
* Charleston, SC

|  ESPN+ | W 35–13|  3,358
November 2 |  2:00 p.m. |  at No. 5 Kennesaw State |  |

* Fifth Third Bank Stadium
* Kennesaw, GA

|  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 |

* Barker–Lane Stadium
* Buies Creek, NC

|  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 |

* Kessler Stadium
* West Long Branch, NJ (NCAA Division I First Round)

|  ESPN3 | W 44–27|  2,817
December 7 |  1:00 p.m. |  at No. 2 James Madison* |  No. 14 |

* Bridgeforth Stadium
* Harrisonburg, VA (NCAA Division I Second Round)

|  ESPN3 | L 21–66|  10,881

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

[3][4]

## Game summaries[edit]

### At Western Michigan[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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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

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Leopards  | 0  | 7  | 7  | 7 | 21
Hawks | 7  | 14  | 0  | 3 | 24

See also: 2019 Lafayette Leopards football team

### Albany[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4| OT | Total

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Great Danes  | 0  | 14  | 7  | 14| 0 | 35
Hawks | 7  | 14  | 7  | 7| 3 | 38

See also: 2019 Albany Great Danes football team

### At Montana[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| Final
STATS FCS| RV| RV| RV| RV| —| —| —| RV| RV| RV| 19| 17| 15| 14| 12
Coaches| RV| RV| —| —| —| —| —| —| RV| RV| 20| 15| 12| 11| 13

## 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.

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Big South Conference football champions

* Gardner–Webb (2002)
* Gardner–Webb (2003)
* Coastal Carolina (2004)
* Charleston Southern & Coastal Carolina (2005)
* Coastal Carolina (2006)
* Liberty (2007)
* Liberty (2008)
* Liberty & Stony Brook (2009)
* Coastal Carolina, Liberty, & Stony Brook (2010)
* Stony Brook (2011)
* Coastal Carolina, Liberty, & Stony Brook (2012)
* Coastal Carolina & Liberty (2013)
* Coastal Carolina & Liberty (2014)
* Charleston Southern (2015)
* Charleston Southern & Liberty (2016)
* Kennesaw State (2017)
* Kennesaw State (2018)
* Monmouth (2019)
* Monmouth (2020)
* Kennesaw State (2021)
* Gardner–Webb (2022)

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2019 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

* Albany
* Austin Peay
* Central Arkansas
* Central Connecticut
* Furman
* Holy Cross
* Illinois State
* James Madison
* Kennesaw State
* Monmouth
* Montana
* Montana State
* Nicholls
* North Dakota
* North Dakota State
* Northern Iowa
* Sacramento State
* San Diego
* South Dakota State
* Southeast Missouri State
* Southeastern Louisiana
* Villanova
* Weber State
* Wofford

Champion – North Dakota State
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