# 2019 Wagner Seahawks football team

The 2019 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). They were led by fifth-year head coach Jason Houghtaling and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. Wagner finished the season 1–11 overall and 1–6 in NEC play to place seventh. Houghtaling was fired after the season.

## Preseason
### Preseason coaches' poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Seahawks were picked to finish in fourth place.
| Predicted finish | Team (1st place votes) |
| 1 | Duquesne (7) |
| 2 | Sacred Heart (1) |
| 3 | Central Connecticut |
| 4 | Wagner |
| 5 | Bryant |
| 6 | Saint Francis |
| 7 | Robert Morris |
| 8 | LIU |

### Preseason All-NEC team

The Seahawks had four players at three positions selected to the preseason all-NEC team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 29 | 7:00 p.m. | at UConn* | Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, CT | ESPN3 | L 21–24 | 19,648 |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | East Stroudsburg* | Wagner College StadiumStaten Island, NY | NEC Front Row | L 14–24 | 2,243 |
| September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at Stony Brook* | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | SNY | L 10–26 | 5,742 |
| September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | at Florida Atlantic* | FAU StadiumBoca Raton, FL | ESPN+ | L 7–42 | 14,210 |
| September 28 | Noon | LIU | Wagner College StadiumStaten Island, NY | NEC Front Row | W 24–14 | 2,077 |
| October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | Monmouth* | Wagner College StadiumStaten Island, NY | NEC Front Row | L 14–16 | 2,843 |
| October 19 | Noon | Robert Morris | Wagner College StadiumStaten Island, NY | NEC Front Row | L 13–21 | 1,772 |
| October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at Duquesne | Arthur J. Rooney Athletic FieldPittsburgh, PA | NEC Front Row | L 24–28 | 2,452 |
| November 2 | Noon | No. 19 Central Connecticut | Wagner College StadiumStaten Island, NY | NEC Front Row | L 13–27 | 1,698 |
| November 9 | Noon | at Sacred Heart | Campus FieldFairfield, CT | NEC Front Row | L 7–41 | |
| November 16 | Noon | at Saint Francis (PA) | DeGol FieldLoretto, PA | NEC Front Row | L 8–42 | |
| November 23 | Noon | Bryant | Wagner College StadiumStaten Island, NY | NEC Front Row | L 10–14 | |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At UConn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seahawks | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Huskies | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 24 |

### East Stroudsburg

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Warriors | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Seahawks | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### At Stony Brook

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seahawks | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Seawolves | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 26 |

### At Florida Atlantic

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seahawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Owls | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |

### LIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sharks | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Seahawks | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 24 |

### Monmouth

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Seahawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### Robert Morris

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonials | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Seahawks | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |

### At Duquesne

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seahawks | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Dukes | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### Central Connecticut

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 19 Blue Devils | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Seahawks | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 |

### At Sacred Heart

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seahawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pioneers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 41 |

### At Saint Francis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seahawks | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Red Flash | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 42 |

### Bryant

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Seahawks | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coaches | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |