# 2019 WPI Engineers football team

The 2019 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 2019 NCAA Division III football season. 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.
The Engineers finished the regular season with its fifth consecutive winning season, and the program's first ever season with ten wins.

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Joined 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 coordinator | 2007 |
| Dan Ross | Running Backs | 2016 |
| Mark Fosatti | Outside 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.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 6 | 7:00 p.m. | Worcester State* | Alumni StadiumWorcester, MA | W 51–0 | 2,388 |
| September 14 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 19 RPI* | Alumni StadiumWorcester, MA (Transit Trophy Game) | W 6–3 | 2,016 |
| September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Husson* | Winkin ComplexBangor, ME | W 31–12 | 500 |
| September 28 | 3:00 p.m. | at Springfield | Stagg FieldSpringfield, MA | W 35–21 | 3,020 |
| October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Maine Maritime | Alumni StadiumWorcester, MA | W 51–20 | 1,992 |
| October 13 | 12:00 p.m. | at Catholic | Cardinal StadiumWashington, D.C. | W 52–24 | 2,787 |
| October 26 | 3:05 p.m. | Merchant Marine | Alumni StadiumWorcester, MA | W 66–13 | 1,269 |
| November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at MIT | Steinbrenner StadiumCambridge, MA | L 22–28 | 1,304 |
| November 9 | 12:00 p.m. | Coast Guard | Alumni StadiumWorcester, MA | W 54–7 | 1,101 |
| November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | at Norwich | Sabine FieldNorthfield, VT | W 70–28 | 406 |
| November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Western Connecticut State* | Alumni StadiumWorcester, MA | W 35–6 | 1,304 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from D3football.com Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||
* On August 26, the Engineers tied for third in the 2019 NEWMAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.

## Awards and honors
### Weekly awards

NEWMAC Football Offensive Athlete of the Week
* Sean McAllen, RB – Week Ending September 22, 2019
* Connor Field, RB – Week Ending September 29, 2019
* Sean McAllen, RB – Week Ending October 6, 2019
* Julian Nyland, QB – Week Ending October 27, 2019
NEWMAC Football Defensive Athlete of the Week
* Zack Ahrens, DB – Week Ending September 15, 2019
* Nick Ostrowski, LB – Week Ending September 22, 2019
* Sam Casey, DB – Week Ending September 29, 2019
NEWMAC Football Special Teams Athlete of the Week
* Bryce Wade, K/P – Week Ending September 15, 2019
* Bryce Wade, K/P – Week Ending September 29, 2019
* Bryce Wade, K/P – Week Ending October 6, 2019
* Bryce Wade, K/P – Week Ending October 27, 2019
D3football.com Team of the Week
* Sam Casey, S – Week 4
* Isaac Patry, Peter Rakauskas, Vince Lucca, Jordan Hartley, & Sullivan Boyd, OL – Week 8

### Postseason awards

New England Football Writers Division II/III Coach of the Year
* Chris Robertson, HC
New England Football Writers Division II/III All-New England Team
* Sean McAllen, RB
* Vince Lucca, OL
NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Year
* Sean McAllen, RB
NEWMAC Defensive Athlete of the Year
* Sam Casey, DB
NEWMAC All-Conference First Team
* Julian Nyland, QB
* Sean McAllen, RB
* Connor Field, RB
* Vince Lucca, OL
* Isaac Patry, OL
* Sam Casey, DB
* Nick Ostrowski, LB
* Lou Duh, DL
* Mike McGoff, DL
NEWMAC All Conference Second Team
* Nic Rossi, WR
* Peter Rakauskas, OL
* Jordan Hartley, OL
* Steve Mey, DB
* Adam Klosner, DB
* Zack Ahrens, LB
* Bryce Wade, P/K
* Austin Pesce, R
NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team
* Steve Mey, DB
D3football.com All-East Region First Team
* Sean McAllen, RB
D3football.com All-East Region Second Team
* Sam Casey, DB
D3football.com All-East Region Third Team
* Nick Ostrowski, LB
CoSIDA Academic All-American Football Second Team (DIII)
* Lou Duh, DL
CoSIDA Academic All-District Football Team (DIII)
* Julian Nyland, QB
* Sean McAllen, RB
* Clark Ewen, WR
* Lou Duh, DL
* Nick Ostrowski, LB