2016 Wagner Seahawks football team

2016 Wagner Seahawks football
Conference	Northeast Conference
Record	6–5 (4–2 NEC)
Head coach	Jason Houghtaling (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Rich Scangarello
Defensive coordinator	Ryan Fullen
Home stadium	Wagner College Stadium (Capacity: 3,300)

2016 Northeast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Duquesne +		5	–	1					8	–	3
Saint Francis (PA) +^		5	–	1					7	–	5
Wagner		4	–	2					6	–	5
Bryant		4	–	2					5	–	6
Sacred Heart		1	–	5					6	–	5
Central Connecticut		1	–	5					2	–	9
Robert Morris		1	–	5					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant

The 2016 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). They were led by second-year head coach Jason Houghtaling and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. They were Wagner finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–2 in NEC play to tie for third place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Saint Anselm*	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NECFR	W 38–16	2,414
September 10	Noon	Concordia (MI)*	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NECFR	W 38–0	2,013
September 24	1:00 p.m.	at Boston College*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ACCN+	L 10–42	22,728
October 1	6:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	ESPN3	W 45–20	3,002
October 8	6:00 p.m.	Columbia*	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NECFR	L 13–15	1,973
October 15	1:00 p.m.	at Central Connecticut	Arute Field New Britain, CT	ESPN3	W 25–21	3,826
October 22	1:00 p.m.	at Bryant	Bulldog Stadium Smithfield, RI	NECFR	L 17–27	3,867
October 29	Noon	at Massachusetts*	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ASN	L 10–34	8,468
November 5	Noon	Duquesne	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NECFR	L 20–28	2,320
November 12	Noon	at Robert Morris	Joe Walton Stadium Moon Township, PA	NECFR	W 40–5	1,503
November 19	Noon	No. 25 Saint Francis (PA)	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NECFR	W 31–24	2,792
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

Saint Anselm

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	7	3	0	6	16
Seahawks	3	7	7	21	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Concordia (MI)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0
Seahawks	7	21	3	7	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	7	3	0	0	10
Eagles	14	14	14	0	42

See also: 2016 Boston College Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pioneers	6	14	0	0	20
Seahawks	12	27	0	6	45

See also: 2016 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–9	2015	L 17–45

Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	3	3	6	3	15
Seahawks	3	10	0	0	13

See also: 2016 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2015	L 3–26

at Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	7	3	0	15	25
Blue Devils	0	21	0	0	21

See also: 2016 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–13	2015	W 28–7

at Bryant

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	7	3	7	17
Bulldogs	3	7	10	7	27

See also: 2016 Bryant Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–5	2015	L 10–40

at Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	0	3	7	10
Minutemen	14	13	7	0	34

See also: 2016 UMass Minutemen football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1931	L 0–77

Duquesne

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dukes	7	7	7	7	28
Seahawks	10	7	3	0	20

See also: 2016 Duquesne Dukes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–6	2015	L 17–35

at Robert Morris

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	10	17	13	0	40
Colonials	3	0	2	0	5

See also: 2016 Robert Morris Colonials football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–14	2015	L 6–9

Saint Francis (PA)

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Red Flash	0	0	7	17	24
Seahawks	7	17	7	0	31

See also: 2016 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–4	2015	L 14–43