Wagner Seahawks football

Wagner Seahawks

2015 Wagner Seahawks football team

First season

1927

Athletic director

Walt Hameline

Head coach

Jason Houghtaling
1st year, 1–10 (.091)

Stadium

Hameline Field at Wagner College Stadium

Seating capacity

4,000

Field surface

FieldTurf

Location

Staten Island, NY

NCAA division

NCAA Division I (FCS)

Conference

Northeast Conference

All-time record

379–325–19 (.537)

Claimed nat'l titles

1 (DIII)

Conference titles

Division titles

Colors

Green and White^[1]

Website

WagnerAthletics.com

For information on all Wagner College sports, see Wagner Seahawks.

The Wagner Seahawks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Wagner College located in the U.S. state of New York. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Northeast Conference. Wagner's first football team was fielded in 1927. The team plays its home games at the 3,300 seat Wagner College Stadium in Staten Island, New York. The Seahawks are coached by Jason Houghtaling.

History

Classifications

1951–1972: NCAA College Division
1973–1992: NCAA Division III
1993–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS

Conference memberships

1927: Independent
1928–1929: Metropolitan Collegiate Conference
1930–1957: Independent
1958–1974: Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation
1972–1977: Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference
1978–1991: Division III Independent
1992: Liberty Football Conference
1993–1995: NCAA Division I–AA Independent
1996–present: Northeast Conference

Notable former players

Notable alumni include: Terry Underwood

Richard Kotite Alonzo Patterson - 1982 Sal D'Alessio - 1983 Rich Negrin - 1987 Selwyn Davis - 1983 Don Cavallo

Year-by-year results

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Championships

National championships

Wagner has made one appearance in the NCAA Division III National Championship Game, defeating Dayton 19–3 in the 1987 championship game.

Year	NCAA Division	Coach	Record	National Championship Game	Opponent	PF	PA	Location
1987	III	Walt Hameline	13-1	1987 Division III National Championship Game	Dayton	19	3	Phenix City, AL
Total national championships				1

Conference championships

2012 - Northeast Conference Co–Champions

2014 - Northeast Conference Co–Champions

FCS Playoffs results

The Seahawks have appeared in the FCS playoffs one time with an overall record of 1–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2012	First Round Second Round	Colgate Eastern Washington	W 31–20 L 19–29

Division III Playoffs results

The Seahawks have appeared in the Division III playoffs four times with an overall record of 4–3. They were Division III National Champions in 1987.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1980	Quarterfinals	Ithaca	L 13–41
1982	Quarterfinals	St. Lawrence	L 34–43
1987	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship Game	Rochester Fordham Emory & Henry Dayton	W 38–14 W 21–0 W 20–13 W 19–3
1988	First Round	Ithaca	L 31–34 ^OT

References

↑ "Wagner Graphic Identity". Retrieved 2016-04-06.
↑ http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/teams/direct668.htm

External links

Official website

Wagner Seahawks football

Venues	Wagner College Stadium (1967–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Northeast Conference football

Bryant Bulldogs Central Connecticut Blue Devils Duquesne Dukes Robert Morris Colonials Sacred Heart Pioneers Saint Francis Red Flash Wagner Seahawks

NCAA Division III football champions

Wittenberg (1973)
Central (Iowa) (1974)
Wittenberg (1975)
Saint John's (Minn.) (1976)
Widener (1977)
Baldwin–Wallace (1978)
Ithaca (1979)
Dayton (1980)
Widener (1981)
West Georgia (1982)
Augustana (Ill.) (1983)
Augustana (Ill.) (1984)
Augustana (Ill.) (1985)
Augustana (Ill.) (1986)
Wagner (1987)
Ithaca (1988)
Dayton (1989)
Allegheny (1990)
Ithaca (1991)
Wisconsin–La Crosse (1992)
Mount Union (1993)
Albion (1994)
Wisconsin–La Crosse (1995)
Mount Union (1996)
Mount Union (1997)
Mount Union (1998)
Pacific Lutheran (1999)
Mount Union (2000)
Mount Union (2001)
Mount Union (2002)
Saint John's (Minn.) (2003)
Linfield (2004)
Mount Union (2005)
Mount Union (2006)
Wisconsin–Whitewater (2007)
Mount Union (2008)
Wisconsin–Whitewater (2009)
Wisconsin–Whitewater (2010)
Wisconsin–Whitewater (2011)
Mount Union (2012)
Wisconsin–Whitewater (2013)
Wisconsin–Whitewater (2014)

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