2016 Wagner Seahawks football team

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 ^[1] Wagner finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–2 in NEC play to tie for third place.

2016 Northeast Conference football standings
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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

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	Beirne 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

^ "Wagner Football Announces 2016 Schedule". Official Site of Wagner College Athletics. April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.