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The 2019 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team represented Gardner–Webb University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Carroll McCray in his seventh and final season as head coach, the Runnin' Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, placing in three-way tie for fifth place in the Big South. Gardner–Webb played home games at Ernest W. Spangler Stadium in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.
On November 24, McCray was fired. He finished his seven-season tenure at Gardner–Webb with a record of 27–53.[1]
In the Big South preseason poll released on July 21, 2019, the Runnin' Bulldogs were predicted to finish in fifth place.[2]
| 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 |
|
Preseason All–Big South team
[edit]The Runnin' Bulldogs had three players selected to the preseason all-Big South team.[3]
|
Offense
Brandon Leahey – OL
|
Defense
John Singleton – DL
Darien Reynolds – LB
|
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
|---|
| August 29 | 7:30 p.m. | at Charlotte* | | ESPN+ | L 28–49 | 16,119
|
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at East Carolina* | | ESPN3 | L 9–48 | 34,118
|
| September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | North Carolina Central* | | ESPN+ | W 21–12 | 5,012
|
| September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | at Wofford* | | ESPN+ | L 10–49 | 3,777
|
| October 5 | 3:00 p.m. | at Western Carolina* | | ESPN+ | W 24–21 | 11,865
|
| October 12 | 1:30 p.m. | Hampton | - Spangler Stadium
- Boiling Springs, NC
| ESPN+ | W 35–27 | 6,300
|
| October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at Monmouth | | ESPN3 | L 28–49 | 3,466
|
| October 26 | 1:30 p.m. | Campbell | - Spangler Stadium
- Boiling Springs, NC
| ESPN+ | L 47–49 3OT | 1,980
|
| November 2 | 1:30 p.m. | Charleston Southern | - Spangler Stadium
- Boiling Springs, NC
| ESPN+ | L 27–30 | 1,538
|
| November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Presbyterian | | ESPN+ | L 14–24 | 1,509
|
| November 16 | 1:30 p.m. | North Alabama | - Spangler Stadium
- Boiling Springs, NC
| ESPN+ | L 30–34 | 1,486
|
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Kennesaw State | | ESPN3/ESPN+ | L 14–42 | 4,383
|
|
[4][5]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
| 49ers
|
7
|
28
|
7
|
7 |
49 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs
|
0
|
7
|
2
|
0 |
9 |
| Pirates
|
17
|
14
|
7
|
10 |
48 |
North Carolina Central
[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Eagles
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
3 |
12 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
21 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
7 |
10 |
| Terriers
|
14
|
14
|
0
|
21 |
49 |
At Western Carolina
[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
3 |
24 |
| Catamounts
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
21 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Pirates
|
3
|
21
|
0
|
3 |
27 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
35 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs
|
7
|
0
|
14
|
7 |
28 |
| Hawks
|
7
|
14
|
21
|
7 |
49 |
|
|
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 |
Charleston Southern
[edit]
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Buccaneers
|
10
|
14
|
6
|
0 |
30 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
20 |
27 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
| Blue Hose
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Lions
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
13 |
34 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs
|
7
|
13
|
3
|
7 |
30 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
14 |
| No. 16 Owls
|
7
|
7
|
14
|
14 |
42 |
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