Wagner Seahawks football

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Wagner Seahawks football
AmericanFootball current event.svg 2024 Wagner Seahawks football team
Wagner Seahawks wordmark.png
First season1927;98 years ago (1927)
Athletic director Walt Hameline
Head coach Tom Masella
5th season, 9–38 (.191)
Stadium Wagner College Stadium
(capacity: 4,000)
Field surface FieldTurf
Location Staten Island, New York
NCAA division Division I FCS
Conference Northeast Conference
All-time record379–326–19 (.537)
Claimed national titles1 (DIII)
Conference titles2
ColorsGreen and white [1]
   
Website wagnerathletics.com

The Wagner Seahawks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Wagner College located in the U.S. state of New York. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Northeast Conference. Wagner's first football team was fielded in 1927. The team plays its home games at the 3,300 seat Wagner College Stadium in Staten Island, New York. The Seahawks are coached by Tom Masella.

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History

Classifications

Conference memberships

Head coaching history

Championships

National championships

Wagner has made one appearance in the NCAA Division III National Championship Game, defeating Dayton 19–3 in the 1987 championship game.

ECAC championships

Under head coach Walt Hameline, Wagner won its first championship in school history by dominating St. John's 48–7 in November 1983, avenging one of its only two losses that season. The Seahawks scored the first four times they had the ball in the opening half. The senior class ended their careers as one of the winningest in Wagner history with a four-year record of 34–6–2. This class also played part in Wagner's first-ever NCAA appearance in 1980, and helped establish the foundation to Wagner's rise as a national power in Division III, culminating in a national championship in 1987, and eventual move to NCAA I-AA (now FCS) status.


YearNCAA DivisionCoachRecordNational Championship GameOpponentPFPALocation
1987 III Walt Hameline 13–1 1987 Division III National Championship Game Dayton 193 Phenix City, AL
Total national championships1

Conference championships

Playoffs

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS

The Seahawks have appeared in the FCS playoffs one time with an overall record of 1–1.

YearRoundOpponentResult
2012 First Round
Second Round		 Colgate
Eastern Washington 		W 31–20
L 19–29

NCAA Division III

The Seahawks have appeared in the Division III playoffs four times with an overall record of 4–3. They were Division III National Champions in 1987.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1980 QuarterfinalsIthacaL 13–41
1982 QuarterfinalsSt. LawrenceL 34–43
1987 First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Rochester
Fordham
Emory & Henry
Dayton		W 38–14
W 21–0
W 20–13
W 19–3
1988 First RoundIthacaL 31–34 OT

Future non-conference opponents

Future non-conference opponents announced as of February 20, 2025. [2]

2025202620272028
at Kansas at James Madison at Princeton at UMass
at Georgetown at California Lafayette
Marist Princeton
at Central Michigan at Lafayette
Norfolk State

References

  1. ↑ "Wagner Graphic Identity" . Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Wagner Seahawks Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
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