# Stony Brook Seawolves football under Chuck Priore

Chuck Priore is the former head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves football team, which represents Stony Brook University in the NCAA, and participates in the Colonial Athletic Association. Priore was hired prior to the 2006 season and he led the transition of Stony Brook into a full-scholarship FCS program from the 2006 season in which the team awarded an equivalent 27 scholarships. In 2007, the team played as an independent while adding scholarships and a tougher schedule. In 2008, Stony Brook joined the Big South Conference as a full–scholarship program. Priore led the Seawolves to three consecutive Big South championships (in 2009, 2010, 2011) and so far has compiled a 37–31 record. Under the leadership of Priore the Seawolves played their first ever FBS opponent, South Florida, in the 2010 season. In 2011, Stony Brook won their first outright Big South Championship and participated for the first time in the FCS playoffs, advancing to the Second Round.

## Seasons
### 2006 season

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 7:00 pm | Hofstra* | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | FSNY | L 17–8 | 5,626 |
| September 9 | 1:00 pm | at Georgetown* | Multi-Sport FieldWashington, DC | | L 7–0 | 1,950 |
| September 16 | 12:00 pm | at New Hampshire* | Cowell StadiumDurham, NH | | L 62–7 | 7,395 |
| September 23 | 1:00 pm | at No. 9 UMass* | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | | L 48–7 | 9,001 |
| September 30 | 1:00 pm | at Monmouth | Kessler FieldWest Long Branch, NJ | | W 36–17 | 2,531 |
| October 7 | 2:00 pm | Albany | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | W 33-21 | 6,688 |
| October 14 | 1:00 pm | at St. Francis (PA) | DeGol FieldLoretto, PA | | W 30–20 | 716 |
| October 21 | 1:00pm | Sacred Heart | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | W 38–21 | 3,136 |
| October 28 | 1:00 pm | Robert Morris | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | L 21–6 | 1,893 |
| November 4 | 1:00 pm | at Wagner | Wagner College StadiumStaten Island, NY | | W 45–9 | 2,417 |
| November 11 | 12:00 pm | at Central Connecticut State | Arute FieldNew Britain, CT | | L 35–32 | 2,587 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

### 2007 season

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 6:00 pm | Georgetown* | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | W 35-28 | 7,228 |
| September 8 | 6:00 pm | at Bucknell* | Christy Mathewson–Memorial StadiumLewisburg, PA | W 48-20 | 5,143 |
| September 15 | 4:00 pm | at Youngstown State* | Stambaugh StadiumYoungstown, OH | L 42-6 | 14,390 |
| September 22 | 6:00 pm | Monmouth* | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY (Downey Classic) | W 21-15 | 4,381 |
| September 29 | 7:00 pm | at Hofstra* | James M. Shuart StadiumHempstead, NY | L 33-28 | 5,527 |
| October 6 | 4:00 pm | at Albany* | University FieldAlbany, NY | L 24-23 | 1,740 |
| October 13 | 3:30 pm | at Richmond* | UR StadiumRichmond, VA | L 42-0 | 5,150 |
| October 20 | 3:00 pm | Maine* | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | W 30-23 $^{2OT}$ | 7,328 |
| October 27 | 4:00 pm | Bryant* | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | W 30-0 | 2,238 |
| November 10 | 1:00 pm | Central Connecticut State* | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | W 34-7 | 1,832 |
| November 17 | 3:30 pm | at Elon* | Rhodes StadiumElon, NC | L 38-23 | 5,715 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Eastern time ||||||

### 2008 season

Stony Brook entered their new season with a 42–26 over Colgate on August 30.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 6:00 pm | Colgate* | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | Big South Net | W 42-26 | 5,808 |
| September 6 | 3:00 pm | Elon* | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | Big South Net | L 20-30 | 1,806 |
| September 13 | 6:00 pm | at Maine* | Alfond StadiumOrono, ME (The Battle for the Butter) | WABI-TV/Big South Net | L 13-28 | 6,425 |
| September 20 | 12:30 pm | at Brown* | Brown StadiumProvidence, RI | Big South Net | L 7-17 | 3,652 |
| September 26 | 7:00 pm | Hofstra* | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | MSG/Big South Net | L 3-41 | 2,105 |
| October 11 | 3:30 pm | at Liberty | Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA | MASN/Big South Net | L 0-33 | 14,563 |
| October 18 | 3:00 pm | Charleston Southern | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | Big South Net | W 20-19 | 5,544 |
| October 25 | 7:30 pm | at Coastal Carolina | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | Big South Net | W 28-24 | 6,704 |
| November 1 | 3:00 pm | Gardner–Webb | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | Big South Net | L 33-34 | 2,217 |
| November 8 | 1:00 pm | at Iona* | Mazzella FieldNew Rochelle, NY | Big South Net | W 68-9 | 238 |
| November 15 | 3:30 pm | VMI | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | MASN/Big South Net | W 40-26 | 2,051 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

### 2009 season

The Seawolves opened their season against their Long Island rivals, Hofstra, at Hempstead which ended in 17–10 loss to the Prade. The Seawolves then visited Colgate, losing the game in a 23–13 decision. Opening their home season at Stony Brook the Seawolves played Brown University Bears. The Bears went ahead in the game early on but the Seawolves were able to come back and claim the game with a touchdown with 47 seconds left in the game resulting in a 21–20 win in the home–opener. The Seawolves then visited UMass resulting in a 44–17 loss at Amherst. Seawolves entered their Conference play winning three games straight, losing at Charleston Southern and then winning their season finale against Liberty in a very close game at LaValle Stadium, 36–33.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 7:00 pm | at Hofstra* | James M. Shuart StadiumHempstead, NY | FiOS1/Big South Net | L 10-17 | 7,160 |
| September 12 | 7:00 pm | at Colgate* | Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | Big South Net | L 13-23 | 3,122 |
| September 19 | 6:00 pm | Brown* | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | Big South Net | W 21-20 | 5,709 |
| September 26 | 6:00 pm | at Massachusetts* | Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley, MA | Big South Net | L 17-44 | 16,122 |
| October 3 | 3:00 pm | Presbyterian | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | Big South Net | W 41-21 | 6,243 |
| October 10 | 2:00 pm | at North Dakota* | Alerus CenterGrand Forks, ND | Big South Net | L 41-21 | 8,494 |
| October 17 | 1:30 pm | at VMI | Alumni Memorial FieldLexington, VA | Big South Net | W 27-20 | 7,112 |
| October 24 | 3:30 pm | Coastal Carolina | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | MASN/Big South Net | W 16-10 | 3,292 |
| October 31 | 1:30 pm | at Gardner-Webb | Ernest W. Spangler StadiumBoiling Springs, NC | Big South Net | W 24-14 | 5,430 |
| November 14 | 1:30 pm | at Charleston Southern | Buccaneer FieldCharleston, SC | Big South Net | L 27-30 $^{OT}$ | 2,954 |
| November 21 | 1:00 pm | Liberty | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | Big South Net | W 36-33 | 3,964 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

### 2010 season

In the off–season Hofstra University, Stony Brook's Long Island rivals, announced that it would cut its football team for future season after 2009 leaving the Seawolves as the sole college football team in the long island area. As NCAA rules state, when a college team is cut, football athletes that transfer to another school don't need to meet residency requirements to start play. This led to five incoming transfer from Hofstra to begin play at Stony Brook including Miguel Mayonet, and Brock Jackolski for the 2010 season.
The 2010 season started with the first ever face off of the Seawolves against a FBS team. Seawolves lead against South Florida 14–0 early in the game but lost control and gave up a loss at South Florida, 59–14. Stony Brook quickly recovered to beat American International 31–14. The Seawolves later on posted wins at every single conference game against the Big South and by November 14 had an overall 6–4 record and were 5–0 in the Big South. In one of the biggest upsets of Seawolves football history, their automatic bid faded away as they fell to the Liberty Flames on November 20 in a 54–28 game creating a three–way tie for the FCS playoff and sending Coastal Carolina to the FCS Playoffs (Seawolves allowed 122 point against BSC, Liberty 110, and CC allowed 109 in the tie–breaker) thus making the Seawolves Co–Champions of the Big South but eliminated from playoff contention on the last day of the season. The Seawolves are 13–4 overall in Big South games since 2008.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 4 | 7:00 pm | at South Florida* | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | SNY/Big South Net | L 14–59 | 40,201 |
| September 11 | 6:00 pm | American International* | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | Big South Net | W 31–14 | 4,291 |
| September 18 | 12:30 pm | at Brown* | Brown StadiumProvidence, RI | Big South Net | L 33–30 $^{2OT}$ | 3,988 |
| September 25 | 6:00 pm | Massachusetts* | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | Big South Net | L 21–26 | 5,309 |
| October 9 | 6:00 pm | VMI | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | Big South Net | W 27–9 | 7,432 |
| October 16 | 1:00 pm | at Lafayette* | Fisher FieldEaston, PA | MASN/Big South Net | L 21–28 | 6,036 |
| October 23 | 7:30 pm | at Coastal Carolina | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | MASN/Big South Net | W 38–28 | 8,671 |
| October 30 | 3:00 pm | Charleston Southern | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | Big South Net | W 41–21 | 4,007 |
| November 6 | 1:00 pm | at Presbyterian | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | SportSouth/Big South Net | W 37–7 | 1,667 |
| November 13 | 1:00 pm | Gardner-Webb | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | Big South Net | W 55–3 | 3,502 |
| November 20 | 3:30 pm | at Liberty | Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA | MASN/Big South Net | L 28–54 | 10,521 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

### 2011 season

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 9:00 pm | at UTEP* | | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | | L 24–31 $^{OT}$ | 28,752 |
| September 10 | 6:00 pm | at Buffalo* | | University at Buffalo StadiumAmherst, NY | TWCS | L 7–35 | 21,933 |
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | Brown* | | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | L 20–21 | 5,731 |
| September 24 | 6:00 pm | Lafayette* | | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | W 37–20 | 8,278 |
| October 8 | 6:00 pm | Presbyterian | | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | W 42–24 | 4,103 |
| October 15 | 6:00 pm | Saint Anselm* | | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | W 55–6 | 3,095 |
| October 22 | 1:30 pm | at VMI | | Alumni Memorial FieldLexington, VA | | W 42–14 | 5,142 |
| October 29 | 4:00 pm | Coastal Carolina | | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | ESPN3 | W 42–0 | 1,619 |
| November 5 | 1:30 pm | at Charleston Southern | | Buccaneer FieldCharleston, SC | | W 50–31 | 2,806 |
| November 12 | 1:30 pm | at Gardner–Webb | | Ernest W. Spangler StadiumBoiling Springs, NC | | W 76–28 | 4,209 |
| November 19 | 1:00 pm | No. 16 Liberty | | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | ESPN3, MASN | W 41–31 | 7,896 |
| November 26 | 2:00 pm | Albany* | No. 22 | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY (FCS Playoffs First Round) | ESPN3 | W 31–28 | 8,286 |
| December 3 | 3:00 pm | at No. 1 Sam Houston State* | No. 22 | Bowers StadiumHuntsville, TX (FCS Playoffs Second Round) | ESPN3 | L 27-34 | |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

### 2012 season

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 6:00 pm | Central Connecticut* | No. 17 | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | W 49–17 | 6,094 |
| September 8 | 6:00 pm | Pace* | No. 17 | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | W 77–7 | 4,194 |
| September 15 | 4:00 pm | at Syracuse* | No. 17 | Carrier DomeSyracuse, NY | TWCS/SNY/ESPN3 | L 17–28 | 34,512 |
| September 22 | 6:00 pm | Colgate* | No. 20 | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | W 32–31 | 10,278 |
| September 29 | 12:00 pm | at Army* | No. 18 | Michie StadiumWest Point, NY | CBSSN | W 23–3 | 31,006 |
| October 6 | 6:00 pm | Charleston Southern | No. 13 | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | W 49–7 | 5,100 |
| October 13 | 3:30 pm | at Coastal Carolina | No. 11 | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN3 | W 27–21 | 7,749 |
| October 20 | 4:00 pm | Gardner–Webb | No. 10 | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | W 41–10 | 5,791 |
| October 27 | 1:00 pm | at Presbyterian | No. 10 | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN3 | W 56–17 | 3,038 |
| November 3 | 6:00 pm | VMI | No. 9 | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | W 45–7 | 4,421 |
| November 10 | 1:30 pm | at Liberty | No. 6 | Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA | ESPN3/MASN | L 14–28 | 14,419 |
| November 24 | 3:00 pm | No. 14 Villanova* | No. 10 | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY (FCS Playoffs First Round) | ESPN3 | W 20-10 | 4,905 |
| December 1 | 7:00 pm | at No. 2 Montana State* | No. 10 | Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT (FCS Playoffs Second Round) | ESPN3 | L 10–16 | 15,257 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||