2019 WPI Engineers football team

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2019 WPI Engineers football
WPI wordmark.png
New England Bowl, W, 35–6
Conference New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Record10–1 (6–1 NEWMAC)
Head coach
  • Chris Robertson (10th season)
Offensive coordinatorMatt Kelly (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Scott Sperone (3rd season)
CaptainSean McAllen
Sam Casey
Nick Ostrowski [1]
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
WPI +  6 –1   10 –1  
MIT +^  6 –1   7 –3  
Merchant Marine  5 –2   6 –3  
Springfield  5 –2   6 –4  
Coast Guard  2 –5   5 –5  
Norwich  2 –5   5 –5  
Catholic University  2 –5   2 –8  
Maine Maritime  0 –7   0 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

The 2019 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 2019 NCAA Division III football season. [2] [3] It marked the Engineers' 130th overall season. The team played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were led by tenth-year head coach Chris Robertson.

Contents

The Engineers finished the regular season with its fifth consecutive winning season, and the program's first ever season with ten wins. [4]

Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionJoined staff
Chris Robertson Head coach 2010
Matt Kelly Offensive coordinator 2014
Scott Sperone Defensive coordinator 2017
Mike Kelly offensive line 2017
Galen Holmes Defensive line / special teams coordinator2007
Dan Ross Running Backs 2016
Mark FosattiOutside Linebackers 2019
Tim Farina Wide receivers 2019

Schedule

In 2019, WPI faced all seven NEWMAC opponents: Catholic, Coast Guard, Maine Maritime, MIT, Merchant Marine, Norwich, and Springfield. They also played four non-conference games: the three originally scheduled being Worcester State of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), RPI of the Liberty League, and Husson of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), plus Western Connecticut State (MASCAC) in the New England Bowl series.

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 67:00 p.m. Worcester State *
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 51–02,388
September 142:30 p.m.No. 19 RPI *
W 6–32,016
September 211:00 p.m.at Husson *
W 31–12500
September 283:00 p.m.at Springfield
W 35–213,020
October 51:00 p.m. Maine Maritime Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 51–201,992
October 1312:00 p.m.at Catholic
W 52–242,787
October 263:05 p.m. Merchant Marine
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 66–131,269
November 212:00 p.m.at MIT
L 22–281,304
November 912:00 p.m. Coast Guard
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 54–71,101
November 1612:00 p.m.at Norwich
W 70–28406
November 231:00 p.m. Western Connecticut State *
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 35–61,304

Awards and honors

Weekly awards

NEWMAC Football Offensive Athlete of the Week

NEWMAC Football Defensive Athlete of the Week

NEWMAC Football Special Teams Athlete of the Week

D3football.com Team of the Week

Postseason awards

New England Football Writers Division II/III Coach of the Year [6]

New England Football Writers Division II/III All‐New England Team [7]

NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Year [8]

NEWMAC Defensive Athlete of the Year [8]

NEWMAC All-Conference First Team [8]

NEWMAC All Conference Second Team [8]

NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team [9]

D3football.com All-East Region First Team [10]

D3football.com All-East Region Second Team [10]

D3football.com All-East Region Third Team [10]

CoSIDA Academic All-American Football Second Team (DIII) [11]

CoSIDA Academic All-District Football Team (DIII) [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "2019 WPI Football Roster - WPI Athletics - WPI Athletics". athletics.wpi.edu.
  2. ↑ "WPI football schedule and results". D3football.
  3. ↑ "2019 WPI Football Schedule - WPI Athletics - WPI Athletics". athletics.wpi.edu.
  4. ↑ "McAllen, Engineers Set Program Records in New England Bowl Series Win". D3football. November 23, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Springfield Tabbed As Preseason Favorite in Football Preseason Coaches' Poll". NEWMAC. August 26, 2019.
  6. ↑ "WPI's Robertson Draws Division II/III Coach of the Year Honor from New England Football Writers". NEWMAC. December 20, 2019.
  7. ↑ New England Football Writers Selects Stars
  8. 1 2 3 4 "NEWMAC Announces 2019 Football Postseason Honors". NEWMAC. November 20, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  9. ↑ "NEWMAC Reveals 2019 Fall All-Sportsmanship Honorees". NEWMAC. November 20, 2019.
  10. 1 2 3 "Five NEWMAC Football Student-Athletes Named to D3football.com All-East Region Teams". NEWMAC. December 10, 2019.
  11. ↑ "2019 AAA Football - D3 (PDF) - CoSIDA Conference" (PDF). academicallamerica.com.
  12. ↑ "2019 AAD Football (PDF) - CoSIDA Conference" (PDF). academicallamerica.com.
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