2018 WPI Engineers football team

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2018 WPI Engineers football
WPI wordmark.png
Conference New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Record6–4 (4–3 NEWMAC)
Head coach
  • Chris Robertson (9th season)
Offensive coordinatorMatt Kelly (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Scott Sperone (2nd season)
CaptainSam Malafronte
Luca Cerasani
Blayne Merchant
Lain Zembek
Sean McAllen
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
←  2017
2019  →
2018 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
MIT $^  6 –1   9 –2  
Merchant Marine  5 –2   8 –2  
Springfield  5 –2   8 –3  
Coast Guard  5 –2   7 –3  
WPI  4 –3   6 –4  
Norwich  2 –5   3 –7  
Catholic University  1 –6   1 –9  
Maine Maritime  0 –7   0 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

The 2018 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 2018 NCAA Division III football season. [1] [2] It marked the Engineers' 129th overall season. The team played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were led by ninth-year head coach Chris Robertson.

The Engineers finished the regular season with its fourth consecutive winning season post a six victory and 4 loss record.

Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionJoined staff
Chris Robertson Head coach 2010
Matt Kelly Offensive coordinator 2014
Scott Sperone Defensive coordinator 2017
Brian Wehler offensive line 2016
Galen Holmes Defensive line / special teams coordinator2007
Dan Ross Running Backs 2016
Zach BesawOutside Linebackers 2016
Kyle Bernard Wide receivers 2017
Howard BradleyAssistant Defensive Backs 2017
Mike KellyAssistant offensive line 2017
Brian MurtaghDefensive Assistant2017

Schedule

The 2018 schedule was officially released on July 3, 2018. WPI faced all seven NEWMAC opponents: Catholic, Coast Guard, Maine Maritime, MIT, Merchant Marine, Norwich, and Springfield. They also played three non-conference games: Anna Maria of the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC), Becker of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), and RPI of the Liberty League.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.at Anna Maria *
W 54–01,132
September 812:00 p.m.at No. 24 RPI *
  • East Campus Stadium
  • Troy, NY (Transit Trophy Game)
L 14-251,533
September 153:00 p.m.at Becker *
W 45-0382
September 2212:00 p.m. Springfield
L 14-172,813
September 2912:00 p.m.at Maine Maritime
W 30-72,076
October 612:00 p.m. Catholic
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
 Charter TV3 W 24-0806
October 201:00 p.m.at Merchant Marine
L 24-25600
October 271:00 p.m. MIT Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 13-6651
November 312:00 p.m.at Coast Guard
L 10-241,172
November 1012:00 p.m. Norwich
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 20-171,501

Awards and honors

Weekly awards

NEWMAC Football Offensive Athlete of the Week

NEWMAC Football Special Teams Athlete of the Week

New England Football Writers Association Weekly Gold Helmet Award

Postseason awards

NEWMAC Special Teams Athlete of the Year [4]

NEWMAC All-Conference First Team [4]

NEWMAC All Conference Second Team [4]

NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team [4]

D3football.com All-East Region First Team [5]

New England Football Writers Division II/III All‐New England Team [6]

Google Cloud Academic All-District Football Team (DIII) by CoSIDA [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "WPI football schedule and results".
  2. ↑ "2018 WPI Football Schedule - WPI Athletics - WPI Athletics".
  3. ↑ "Springfield Tops NEWMAC Football Preseason Coaches' Poll". NEWMAC. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "NEWMAC Announces 2018 Football Postseason Honors". NEWMAC. November 14, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ "D3football.com 2018 All-East Region Team". D3football. December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  6. ↑ Crosley, Roger (November 19, 2018). "NEW ENGLAND FOOTBALL WRITERS SELECT DIVISION II/III ALL‐ STARS" (PDF). New England Football Writers. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ "CoSIDA Academic All-America Team" (PDF). November 15, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.


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