Ryan Fulse rushed for a career-high 271 yards and three touchdowns, highlighted by a pair of 77-yard scoring runs, in leading Wagner to a 40-23 victory over Division II power Bowie State at Hameline Field in the 2018 season opener on August 30. Fulse, who was the fourth-leading rusher in the FCS last year with 1,386 yards, scored his second TD of the game on a four-yard jaunt early in the second quarter before his first 77-yard TD of the game, with 8:26 left in the halftime, gave Wagner a 31-3 lead. After the Bulldogs scored 10 straight points to make it a 31-13 game at halftime, Bowie State scored two first touchdowns of the second half to make it a one-possession game at 31-23 early in the fourth quarter. The Fort Meade, FL native then went back to work, bouncing around the left side and racing up the sideline for his second 77-yard TD run of the game, a near carbon copy of his previous 77-yarder, to put Wagner in front, 38-23, and the Seahawks never looked back.
