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]
Predicted finish
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Team (1st place votes)
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1 |
Duquesne (7)
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2 |
Sacred Heart (1)
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3 |
Central Connecticut
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4 |
Wagner
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5 |
Bryant
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6 |
Saint Francis
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7 |
Robert Morris
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8 |
LIU
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Preseason All-NEC team
The Seahawks had four players at three positions selected to the preseason all-NEC team.[2]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 29 | 7:00 p.m. | at UConn* | | ESPN3 | L 21–24 | 19,648 |
September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | East Stroudsburg* | | NEC Front Row | L 14–24 | 2,243 |
September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at Stony Brook* | | SNY | L 10–26 | 5,742 |
September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | at Florida Atlantic* | | 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 | | 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 | | NEC Front Row | L 7–41 | |
November 16 | Noon | at Saint Francis (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
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[3][4]
Game summaries
At UConn
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|
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Total |
Seahawks
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0
|
0
|
14
|
7 |
21 |
Huskies
|
7
|
3
|
14
|
0 |
24 |
East Stroudsburg
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
Warriors
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
3 |
24 |
Seahawks
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
14 |
At Stony Brook
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|
|
|
|
Total |
Seahawks
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
7 |
10 |
Seawolves
|
3
|
10
|
13
|
0 |
26 |
At Florida Atlantic
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|
|
|
|
Total |
Seahawks
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Owls
|
14
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
42 |
LIU
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
Sharks
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
14 |
Seahawks
|
7
|
17
|
0
|
0 |
24 |
Monmouth
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
Hawks
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
6 |
16 |
Seahawks
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
14 |
Robert Morris
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
Colonials
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
21 |
Seahawks
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
3 |
13 |
At Duquesne
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|
|
|
|
Total |
Seahawks
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
10 |
24 |
Dukes
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
Central Connecticut
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
No. 19 Blue Devils
|
6
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
27 |
Seahawks
|
3
|
10
|
0
|
0 |
13 |
At Sacred Heart
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
Seahawks
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Pioneers
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
31 |
41 |
At Saint Francis
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
Seahawks
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
0 |
8 |
Red Flash
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
14 |
42 |
Bryant
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
Bulldogs
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
14 |
Seahawks
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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