2019 Wagner Seahawks Football LIU Sharks (0-2, 0-1) at Wagner Seahawks (0-4, 0-0 NEC) Saturday, September 728, 2019 12:00 PM Hameline Field (3,300 )/ Staten Island, NY Wagner-LIU Scene-Setter Wagner At a Glance Staten Island, NY – The Wagner Seahawks will face the LIU Sharks, a first-year Location: ............................................Staten Island, NY Northeast Conference (NEC) member which went 10-1 in their final year competing President: ................................................ Dr. Joel W. Martin as a Division II program, on Saturday, September 28 in a noon start at Hameline Field Athletics Director: ................................. Walt Hameline in a game that can be seen live on ESPN 3. Head Football Coach: ......................Jason Houghtaling All-Time Series Play-by-Play: Paul Dottino Record at Wagner: ................................. 15-33/5th year While the Seahawks and Sharks will meeting for the first time as Division I programs, Color Analyst: Jeff Feagles Overall Record: .................................................... Same the two schools do have a long history of competition on the grid iron. Known as the Sideline Reporter: John Schmeelk Media Relations: .......................................John Beisser C.W. Post College Pioneers from 1958-2012 when the program then became known Beisser Office Phone: ..........................(718) 390-3227 as LIU Post, the schools met on the football field 24 times from 1963-1997. In those Beisser Email:[email protected] 24 matchups, C.W. Post came away victorious 17 times. All-Time Series (17-1, LIU Leads) NEC Opener Represents Clean Slate, New Beginning for Seahawks After opening the 2019 campaign 0-4 mark, the 2019 Seahawks enter Saturday’s LIU (Then Known as C.W. POST) fray with a clean slate and start a “new” season at 0-0 in the Northeast Conference (7-17-0) (NEC), while the Sharks are 0-1 league, after dropping their first-ever NEC game by a 1963............................ 15-21 1964................................ 7-6 34-10 count to Sacred Heart at home last Saturday. 1965.............................. 2-14 1966............................ 16-23 Wagner All-Time in NEC Openers 1969.............................. 7-14 Since the NEC football was formed in 1996, the Seahawks are 13-10 in all-time 1970.............................. 7-23 league lid-lifters. 1971............................ 15-21 WAGNER COLLEGE 1972.............................. 0-17 1973............................ 16-28 Location: Staten Island, NY Two FBS Foes Among First Four Opponents 1974.............................. 7-24 Nickname: Seahawks Among Wagner’s first four opponents in the 2019 season, the Seahawks played two 1975............................ 14-17 Enrollment: 2,000 foes from college football’s highest classification, the 85-scholarship per team FBS. 1976.............................. 0-31 Founded: 1883 In the season and FBS-opening game of the season back on August 29, Wagner 1977.............................. 0-43 nearly became the first NEC school to knock off a n FCS foe, dropping a hard-fought 1978............................ 13-51 1987............................ 46-29 24-21 decision at UConn. Last time out, at Conference USA member FAU, the 1988............................ 22-20 Seahawks dropped a 42-7 decision. 1989............................ 16-31 1990............................ 12-35 Silverster NEC Special Teams Player of the Week 1991............................ 26-13 Junior punter/kicker Eric Silvester was named Northeast Conference (NEC) Special 1992............................ 28-26 Teams Player of the Week for his efforts in Saturday’s game at FBS member Florida 1993............................ 27-21 1994............................ 17-21 Atlantic. The Lincondale, NY native performed well in the Sunshine State, effectively 1996.............................. 6-24 LIU handling the punting duties and nailing his lone PAT attempt, averaging 42.9 yards 1997............................ 13-12 Location: Brookville & Brooklyn, NY per boot with two of his seven punts pinning the Owls inside of their own 20-yard line. The junior flipped the field following Wagner’s first possession, booming a Nickname: Sharks 59-yarder that traveled to Florida Atlantic’s 26-yard line. His next punt went 44 yards and was downed at the Owls’ 20. The left- Enrollment: 15,197 footed Silvester tagged a 47-yard kick that Wagner downed at the 18-yard line in the second quarter. His first punt of the second Founded: 1926 half was fair caught at FAU’s 10-yard line. Florida Atlantic managed only five total yards on three punt returns. For Silvester, who earned 2019 All-NEC Preseason punting honors, this marks the second time in his career that he has been tabbed NEC Special Team Player of the Week as he also received this accolade during his freshman season back on November 20, 2017. 2019 ScheduleL, 24-21 at UConn DeCambre Da Man August 29 L, 24-14 Junior wide receiver Joshua DeCambre caught eight passes for 124 yards and a touchdown at FBS member FAU, with the score East Stroudsburg L, 26-10 September 7 coming on a brilliant second-quarter 28-yard TD reception from graduate student quarterback Christian Alexander-Stevens, which at Stony Brook L, 42-7 September 14 at FAU came on a 4th-and-9 play. The 124 yards receiving yards are a career high for DeCambre, while the eight receptions match a September 21 12:00 PM career high first set at Syracuse (9/8/18). DeCambre’s performance marked the first 100-yard receiving game by a Seahawk since LIU* 6:00 PM (Homecoming) September 28 Monmouth September 29, 2018 when D’Erren Wilson had 10 catches for 127 yards at Monmouth. For his efforts vs. FAU, DeCambre was October 5 12:00 PM tabbed an NEC PrimePerformer following his seven-catch, career-best 124-yard receiving yard, one TD effort at FAU. For the Robert Morris* 1:00 PM October 19 at Duquesne* season, the 6-4, 200-pound DeCambre leads the Seahawks with 18 catches for 290 yards (16.1 average) and two touchdowns. October 26 12:00 PM Central Connecticut* 12:00 PM November 2 at Sacred Heart* Alexander-Stevens 100 Straight Without a Pick November 9 12:00 PM Wagner graduate student quarterback Christian Alexander-Stevens’ late first-quarter interception in game four at FAU marked the at Saint Francis U* 12:00 PM November 16 Bryant* first interception in the start to his Seahawk career and came on his 100th pass attempt of the season. He then threw 30 more November 23 passes without an INT the rest of the game. For the season, the Lakeland, FL native has completed 74-of-130-passes for 726 yards with three touchdowns and that one interception. Bold - Home Games / * - NEC Game All Times EST. About LIU Brooklyn Long Island (0-2, 0-1 NEC), formerly LIU Post, is in the midst of its first season at the NCAA Division I level after spending years as a successful D-II program playing in the Northeast-10. The Sharks arrive in the FCS coming off a great run at the Div. II level. In the previous five seasons, LIU has gone 10-1, 8-2, 12-1, 7-4 and 8-4. It joins the NEC having won 13 NE-10 titles in the program’s history This is a program that believes in strong defense as the Sharks ranked fourth in Div. II last year, allowing just 12.9 points per game Five of the top 11 tacklers returned in 2019 but the Sharks has 16 new starters taking the field to start the season as just six total starters return from last season QB Clay Beathard started in the Shark’s season opening loss at then-No. 3 nationally-ranked South Dakota State and went 9-for-20 for 71 yards with 0 TD and 1 INT. Beathard is the first LIU quarterback since Jeff Kidd in 2015 to start under center before his final year of LIU was selected eighth in the NEC preseason poll in its first season of Division I competition. Head coach Bryan Collins entered his 22nd season at LIU with a 160-72 (.689) record, including 17 winning seasons and six NCAA postseason appearances. New Faces on Coaching Staff The Wagner coaching staff will feature five assistants in their first season with the Seahawks, including both coordinators. Associate Head Coach/Defensive coordinator Del Smith is no stranger to Wagner having served the 2006 and 2007 seasons as linebackers coach under former longtime Wagner head coach, and current athletic director, Walt Hameline. Prior to his second tour of duty on Staten Island, Smith spent the last three seasons as head coach of his alma mater, West Virginia Wesleyan. The Seahawks’ new offensive coordinator, Lee Hull, is also a former head coach, having spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons as the head man at Morgan State. Prior to his tenure there, he patrolled the sidelines as a longtime assistant at Maryland, Oregon and his alma mater, Holy Cross. 2019 Seahawk Offense to Feature FBS Transfer at Quarterback Wagner fifth-year head coach Jason Houghtaling has handed over the keys to the Seahawk offense to 6-3, 225-pound graduate student and FIU transfer Christian Alexander-Stevens. The ninth-leading passer in Florida high school history, the strong-armed and mobile Alexander-Stevens earned Offensive MVP honors in leading FIU to a 35-32 victory over Toledo in the 2018 Bahamas Bowl. In this contest, he completed 17-of-26 passes for 209 yards and one touchdown while rushing for 83 yards Three NEC PrimePerformers from UConn Game in the win over the MAC Champion Rockets, while stepping Sophomore running back Dymitri McKenzie, the understudy to consensus 2018 Alexander-Stevens in for 2018 Conference USA Newcomer of the Year, James consensus All-American Ryan Fulse at running back a year ago, responded to Morgan, who was sidelined by injury. Alexander-Stevens the first start of his young career with a 13-carry, 115-yard, two-touchdown will have a talented but young cast around him as the Seahawk return just performance as Wagner battled FBS member UConn to the wire before falling three offensive starters in guards Chris Gangarossa and Tyler Piekarz and wide 24-21.