2019 Wagner Seahawks football team

The 2019 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jason Houghtaling and play their home games at Wagner College Stadium. Wagner finished the season 1–11 overall and 1–6 in NEC play to place seventh. Houghtaling was fired after the season.

2019 Wagner Seahawks football
Conference	Northeast Conference
2019 record	1–11 (1–6 NEC)
Head coach	Jason Houghtaling (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Lee Hull (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Del Smith (1st season)
Home stadium	Wagner College Stadium (Capacity: 3,300)

2019 Northeast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 23 Central Connecticut $^		7	–	0					11	–	1
Robert Morris		6	–	1					7	–	5
Duquesne		4	–	3					6	–	5
Sacred Heart		4	–	3					7	–	5
Saint Francis		3	–	4					6	–	6
Bryant		3	–	4					4	–	8
Wagner		1	–	6					1	–	11
LIU		0	–	7					0	–	10
Merrimack *		0	–	0					6	–	5
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * – Merrimack ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition to NCAA Division I, and also ineligible for NEC title due to not playing a full conference schedule Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Seahawks finished the 2018 season 4–7, 3–3 in NEC play to finish in fourth place.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Seahawks were picked to finish in fourth place.[1]

Predicted finish	Team (1st place votes)
1	Duquesne (7)
2	Sacred Heart (1)
3	Central Connecticut
4	Wagner
5	Bryant
6	Saint Francis
7	Robert Morris
8	LIU

Preseason All-NEC team

The Seahawks had four players at three positions selected to the preseason all-NEC team.[1]

Defense Chris Williams – DL Cam Gill – LB Santoni Graham – LB

Specialists Eric Silvester – P

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 p.m.	at UConn*	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ESPN3	L 21–24	19,648
September 7	6:00 p.m.	East Stroudsburg*	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NEC Front Row	L 14–24	2,243
September 14	6:00 p.m.	at Stony Brook*	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	SNY	L 10–26	5,742
September 21	6:00 p.m.	at Florida Atlantic*	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	ESPN+	L 7–42	14,210
September 28	Noon	LIU	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NEC Front Row	W 24–14	2,077
October 5	6:00 p.m.	Monmouth*	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NEC Front Row	L 14–16	2,843
October 19	Noon	Robert Morris	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NEC Front Row	L 13–21	1,772
October 26	1:00 p.m.	at Duquesne	Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field Pittsburgh, PA	NEC Front Row	L 24–28	2,452
November 2	Noon	No. 19 Central Connecticut	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NEC Front Row	L 13–27	1,698
November 9	Noon	at Sacred Heart	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	NEC Front Row	L 7–41
November 16	Noon	at Saint Francis	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NEC Front Row	L 8–42
November 23	Noon	Bryant	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NEC Front Row	L 10–14
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

[2][3]

Game summaries

at UConn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	0	14	7	21
Huskies	7	3	14	0	24

East Stroudsburg

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	7	14	0	3	24
Seahawks	7	0	7	0	14

at Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	0	3	7	10
Seawolves	3	10	13	0	26

at Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	7	0	0	7
Owls	14	14	7	7	42

LIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sharks	0	7	7	0	14
Seahawks	7	17	0	0	24

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	3	0	7	6	16
Seahawks	0	7	0	7	14

Robert Morris

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonials	7	0	7	7	21
Seahawks	7	3	0	3	13

at Duquesne

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	14	0	10	24
Dukes	0	14	7	7	28

Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Blue Devils	6	7	7	7	27
Seahawks	3	10	0	0	13

at Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	7	0	0	7
Pioneers	0	0	10	31	41

at Saint Francis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	0	8	0	8
Red Flash	14	7	7	14	42

Bryant

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	7	7	14
Seahawks	7	3	0	0	10

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV
Coaches

References

1. "Duquesne Deemed 'Team to Beat' at #NECFB Social Media Day; Preseason All-NEC Team also Unveiled". July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
2. "2019 Football Schedule". Wagner College Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
3. "2019 Wagner Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 30, 2019.