2012 Wagner Seahawks football team

2012 Wagner Seahawks football
2012 Wagner Seahawks football
NEC co-champion
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 19–29 vs. Eastern Washington
Conference	Northeast Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 21
FCS Coaches	No. 22
Record	9–4 (7–1 NEC)
Head coach	Walt Hameline (32nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Jason Houghtaling (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Malik Hall (1st season)
Home stadium	Wagner College Stadium
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Northeast Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 21 Wagner +^	7	–	1	9	–	4
Albany +	7	–	1	9	–	2
Monmouth	4	–	3	5	–	5
Saint Francis (PA)	4	–	4	5	–	6
Bryant	4	–	4	4	–	7
Robert Morris	3	–	5	4	–	7
Duquesne	3	–	5	5	–	6
Central Connecticut	2	–	5	2	–	8
Sacred Heart	1	–	7	2	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). They were led by 32nd-year head coach Walt Hameline and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. They are a member of the Northeast Conference. Wagner finished the season 9–4 overall 7–1 in NEC play to share the conference title with Albany. The Seahawks earned the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, the first playoff appearance in school history, where they defeated Colgate in the first round before falling in the second round to Eastern Washington.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	8:00 p.m.	at Florida Atlantic*	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	ESPN3	L 3–7	14,510
September 8	1:00 p.m.	at Georgetown*	Multi-Sport Field Washington, DC		L 10–13	2,147
September 15	1:00 p.m.	Monmouth	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY		L 17–38	2,610
September 22	7:00 p.m.	at Central Connecticut	Arute Field New Britain, CT	FCS/MSG	W 31–13	4,515
September 29	1:00 p.m.	Bryant	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY		W 31–21	2,037
October 6	1:00 p.m.	at Sacred Heart	Campus Field Fairfield, CT		W 12–3	1,281
October 20	Noon	at Saint Francis (PA)	DeGol Field Loretto, PA		W 31–24	1,931
October 27	1:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY		W 23–13	2,072
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Albany	University Field Albany, NY		W 30–0	2,617
November 10	1:00 p.m.	Holy Cross*	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY		W 31–30	1,668
November 17	1:00 p.m.	Duquesne	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY		W 23–17	2,692
November 24	Noon	No. 24 Colgate*	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	W 31–20	3,032
December 1	6:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Eastern Washington*	Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	L 19–29	7,039
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time