2019 Wagner Seahawks football team explained

Year:2019
Team:Wagner Seahawks
Sport:football
Conference:Northeast Conference
Short Conf:NEC
Record:1–11
Conf Record:1–6
Head Coach:Jason Houghtaling
Hc Year:5th
Off Coach:Lee Hull
Oc Year:1st
Def Coach:Del Smith
Dc Year:1st
Stadium:Wagner College Stadium

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 (NEC). They were led by fifth-year head coach Jason Houghtaling and played 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.[1]

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Seahawks were picked to finish in fourth place.[2]

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.

Defense

Specialists

Schedule

[3] [4]

Game summaries

At UConn

See also: 2019 UConn Huskies football team.

East Stroudsburg

See also: East Stroudsburg Warriors football.

At Stony Brook

See also: 2019 Stony Brook Seawolves football team.

At Florida Atlantic

See also: 2019 Florida Atlantic Owls football team.

LIU

See also: 2019 LIU Sharks football team.

Monmouth

See also: 2019 Monmouth Hawks football team.

Robert Morris

See also: 2019 Robert Morris Colonials football team.

At Duquesne

See also: 2019 Duquesne Dukes football team.

Central Connecticut

See also: 2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team.

At Sacred Heart

See also: 2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team.

At Saint Francis

See also: 2019 Saint Francis Red Flash football team.

Bryant

See also: 2019 Bryant Bulldogs football team.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joe. D'Amodio. Carmine. Angioli. Wagner College relieves head football coach of his duties after 5 seasons. Staten Island Advance. December 6, 2019. April 5, 2020.
  2. Web site: Duquesne Deemed 'Team to Beat' at #NECFB Social Media Day; Preseason All-NEC Team also Unveiled . July 24, 2019 . August 2, 2019.
  3. Web site: 2019 Football Schedule . Wagner College Athletics . March 30, 2019 . en.
  4. Web site: 2019 Wagner Football Schedule . FBSchedules.com . March 30, 2019.