2019 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

2019 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football
ConferenceBig South Conference
Record3–9 (1–5 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrett Nichols (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinators
  • Chris Grimes (1st season)
  • Dennis Thomas (1st season)
Home stadiumErnest W. Spangler Stadium
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

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.