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Staten Island, NY - Following a pair of tough losses the Wagner Seahawks (4-4; 2-3 NEC) will host Monmouth (3-5; 3-2 NEC) on the program's annual Senior Day while also shooting for head coach Walt Hameline's 200th career victory. With a victory over his former protege Kevin Callahan and the Hawks, the 30th-year coach would become the 66th coach in NCAA history to reach 200 wins and the 35th to do so at one school. The game will also be broadcast on delay by Time Warner Cable.

SENIOR DAY CELEBRATION
While it will be a sad day for Wagner football as 27 seniors will be playing in their final home game, it is also a time to reflect on their outstanding academic achievement. All 27 seniors are scheduled to graduate on time with six already enrolled in graduate school and six more finishing up in December. FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF SENIORS PLEASE CLICK HERE

HAMELINE GUNNING FOR 200!
Wagner head coach Walt Hameline will be aiming to be the 66th coach in college football history, including the 35th at one school, to win 200 games. 'The Hammer' was denied in his first two tries against Duquesne and at CCSU but hopes the third time will be the charm this weekend.

NATIONAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL DAY

Saturday marks the 141st anniversary of the first intercollegiate football game, when Rutgers defeated visiting Princeton, 6-4, before nearly 100 spectators in Piscataway, N.J.

Once again, on this first Saturday in November, the V Foundation for Cancer Research will benefit from a National College Football Day drive led by the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.

To make a $10 donation to the V Foundation in honor of the special day, text jimmyvfb to 85944. Or call 1-800-4JIMMYV or visit www.jimmyv.org for other donation sizes.

THE SERIES WITH MONMOUTH
Monmouth leads the all-time series by a scant 9-8 margin. The series has been about as even as any rivalry in the Northeast Conference as the teams have split each of the last six games. Additionally three of those six outcomes have been decided by a single possession and the road team has been victorious each time out. All-time, Wagner is just 2-6 in Staten Island against Monmouth, besting the Hawks by a 14-7 count in 2000 and 7-6 in 2002.

LAST MEETING WITH THE HAWKS
Sophomore Nick Doscher completed 14-of-27 passes for 260 yards and two touchdowns and Lon Woods hauled in six receptions for 117 yards and twoTDs, while also throwing a first quarter TD pass on a double reverse to help lead Wagner to a rousing 27-24 NEC victory at Monmouth. Late in the fourth quarter, the Hawks were in the process of putting together a potential game-winning drive but the Seahawk defense rose to the occasion. Faced with a fourth-and-four at the Wagner 27-yard line, senior Stefen Gage turned in the defensive play of the game, knocking David Sinisi out of bounds at the 24-yard line, one yard shy of the first down

Wagner dominated the game statistically but had to hang on in the end as the Hawks missed a potential game-tying field goal attempt as time expired when Eric McCutchen's 37-yard attempt fell short.

TOUGH SEASON
Monmouth has lost three games by one point or less this season, including both conference losses and one other game by eight points. The Hawks had a last-second field goal attempt blocked against NEC-leader Robert Morris. Last weekend, Monmouth dropped a 26-25 decision on Homecoming to Sacred Heart.

OF NOTE
Monmouth coach Kevin Callahan is 104-77, including 61-35 in the NEC, in this his 18th year in West Long Branch, NJ. Callahan was the defensive coordinator in coach Hameline's first three seasons at Wagner from 1981-1983, helping the Green & White achieve a 25-4-2 record. He is also married to the former Ann Marie Carmody, who played basketball at Wagner from 1980-1984 and an in-law of current Northwestern men's basketball coach Bill Carmody.

HAMELINE NOTES
Walt Hameline, who is in his 30th season with a record of 199-114-2 (.635), is just one win shy of 200 for his illustrious career. Hameline registered his 22nd winning season (out of 29) in 2009 by leading the Green & White to a solid 6-5 bounce-back season after going 3-8 in 2008. Hameline also boasts four career .500 campaigns and just three sub-.500 records while leading the school to its only National Championship in 1987 when Wagner went 13-1 while defeating Dayton in the title tilt. Coach Hameline is 8-9, all-time, against the Hawks after last year's 27-24 win.

ALSO GOING FOR 200
Hameline is in a race with Monte Carter (199 wins; Sheperd) Rick Giancola (198 wins; Montclair State) to be the 66th all-time collegiate coach with 200 football wins. Hameline posted a winning record against Giancola, going 5-2-1 against the Montclair State head man. Ironically enough, Giancola coached against Hameline and Wagner in his first game back in 1983. The result? A 28-28 tie.

DID YOU KNOW?
Wagner has notched five fumble recoveries over the last two weeks at CCSU and against Duquesne after recording just four in the first six games of the year. From those nine fumbles, the Seahawks have scored just three points but that that number is misleading as the Green & White have taken a knee to run out the clock in three of the team's four wins after recovering fourth-quarter fumbles. During the last three games, Wagner has forced 10 fumbles, recovering seven, while the opposition has pressured the Seahawks into just four fumbles.

FOURTH-QUARTER FUMBLES EQUATE VICTORY
In each one of Wagner's wins, the Seahawks have recovered a fumble in the final two-plus minutes of the fourth quarter.

LAST WEEK
Wagner was bested 38-20 by Central Connecticut in a game that the Blue Devils controlled from the onset. Senior Chris Jaeger forced a fumble on the opening kick-off that sophomore Patrick O'Connor recovered. Unfortunately, the Green & White went three-and-out and CCSU responded with a pair of long touchdown drives, making it 14-0 after one period. Doscher responded with a 50-yard scoring drive in which he had a hand in all 50 yards, capping the six-play sequence with a six-yard rushing touchdown. The Blue Devils answered with a Joe Izzo field goal, making it 17-7 at halftime. CCSU then put the game away with a pair of rushing touchdowns while going in front 31-7. Wagner quelled the momentum for a short time as Doscher found paydirt again with a one-yard rushing touchdown, making it 31-13. However, Josue Paul returned the ensuing kickoff 90 yards before Doscher found senior Justin Matthews for a 11-yard touchdown, providing the final score of 38-20.

DOSCHER & CCSU
Doscher has now had a hand in all eight touchdowns against the Blue Devils over the last two years, throwing for four scores and rushing for four more.

OFFENSE SILENCED
Wagner picked up a season-low 193 yards of total offense on 59 plays (3.3 ypp). The Seahawks also rushed for just 81 yards on 40 carries (2.1 ypc) as CCSU notched six sacks while limiting to the three Wagner running backs to just 17 yards on 11 carries.

MATTHEWS COMES BACK
As he has done all year, Matthews has continued to excel. After notching a season-low seven yards on two catches against Duquesne, the Garden State native hauled in three catches for 40 yards and a score. On the year, he leads the team in catches (25), yards (414) and touchdowns (5). Not bad for a player that didn't catch a pass in either of his first two seasons.

FOXWORTH CARRIES THE LOAD
After senior Eric Foxworth rushed 30 times for 140 yards and two scores, all of which were career-highs, in a victory over Saint Francis (PA), the Trenton native collected 83 yards on another 23 carries against the Dukes en route to winning the prestigious Robb trophy. The 223 combined rushing yards on 53 carries are the most by any Seahawk running back in back-to-back games all year. Against the Red Flash, Foxworth began the game off with a career-high 32-yard scamper and never looked back while eclipsing his previous season total of 133 yards, which was accrued on 38 carries. He now has 364 yards on the season and 531 for his career.

RUNNING GAME GETTING THE JOB DONE
Wagner has managed to rank fourth in the NEC with 159.5 rushing yards per game despite the fact that preseason All-NEC pick Dominique Williams has been sidelined all year. Running backs Foxworth, senior Jeremy Martinez and sophomore Torian Phillips all have had at least one game with 100 yards or more as the trio have combined for 857 yards on the ground (4.4 ypc). The attack has been bolstered by Doscher, who has a team-leading 440 rushing yards. Foxworth has paced the team in rushing three times, Doscher three times, Martinez twice and Phillips once.

DEFENSE
The Wagner defense had a rough weekend but still did a decent job against CCSU. The Seahawks limited Everette Benjamin, who entered as the top-ranked running back, to a tough 104 yards on 25 carries. After the first period the Hofstra transfer notched just 39 yards on 12 carries as Malik Hall's unit picked it up a notch. Wagner also held CCSU to 297 yards, well below the Blue Devils' NEC-best average of 384.1 yards per game.

GAGE IS GOOD
Gage intercepted his NEC-leading fifth pass of the year. The reigning Bridge Financial Wagner Athletics Male Athlete of the Month, Gage intercepted four passes while making a team-best 42 tackles with two forced fumbles in October. He leads all Wagner defensive backs with 50 tackles and is fourth on the entire team, standing just four tackles off the team-lead. His five INTs are also the most since Al Phillips plucked a NEC-best seven in 2007.

DAVIS RETURNS, MAKES IMMEDIATE IMPACT
After pulling a hamstring in making a game-winning 80-yard interception return for a touchdown in a 22-16 double-overtime win at Georgetown, senior Keith Davis returned to the starting line-up at CCSU after missing the SFPA game and seeing scant action against Duquense. The Keystone-state native made his prescence felt, recording a team-best 12 tackles and leads the Green & White with 54, despite missing playing in just seven games.

STANFORD LEADS THE WAY
To say Julian Stanford is having a breakout junior year would be an understatement. The powerful linebacker is tied for the NEC-lead with six sacks and 11.5 tackles for loss while ranking third on the team with 52 total tackles.

POWER OUTAGE
After recording a NEC-leading 15 sacks through the first five games, Wagner has notched just two in the last three games, including zero at SFPA and CCSU.

DOUBLE-FIGURES
Wagner recorded a season-best 11.0 tackles for loss at CCSU and has now notched at least 10 in a game three times in 2010 after doing so just once in 2009, the season-opener.

DEFENSIVE REVIVAL
A year after having the worst defense in the NEC, Wagner has arguably one of the top units in the nine-team NEC. Coach Malik Hall's unit is yielding 286.9 yards per game (11th nationally), compared to 392.2 ypg a year ago. The D has locked it down in the fourth quarter of the three recent wins. Additionally, in each of those games the defense has six takeaways in the final stanza while allowing a total of 72 yards and no points in the wins vs. Bryant, Georgetown and SFPA.

CLOSE GAMES
Wagner's win over SFPA was its third-straight victory by eight points or less and the sixth-straight dating back to last season. Since losing a 45-42 decision to Stonehill in the season opener a year ago, the Seahawks were 7-1 in games decided by eight points or less before last weekend's Homecoming Day loss to Duquesne. Additionally Wagner has won all three overtime games since the start of 2009.

KEY MATCH-UP
The Wagner defense vs. Monmouth fifth-year senior Bobby Giles. The defense, though strong in numbers, has allowed the top-four rushers in the NEC to have solid games. The quartet of Jordan Brown (Bryant, 102 yards), Myles Russ (RMU, 95 yards), E. Benjamin (CCSU, 104 yards) and Larry McCoy (Duquesne, 131 yards) set the tone on offense for each of their respective teams. Giles ranks fifth in the league with 566 yards, but is averaging just 4.3 yards per rush while failing to find the end zone. His last rushing touchdown came against the Green & White a year ago on a 60-yard scamper.

SCOUTING MONMOUTH
Monmouth is a balanced team that ranks fourth in the NEC in scoring (24.8 ppg) and third in scoring defense (21.9 ppg). Like the Seahawks, the Hawks rank near the top of most NEC defensive catagories and don't have one dominating game-changing player, rather a compilation of solid, gritty student-athletes.

CZESKI & LEGETTE TURNING IN SOLID SEASONS
Lost amidst the strong play of Gage and Placide in the defensive backfield has been the play of fifth-year seniors #T.J. Czeski and Chaz Legette#. Czeski ranks fifth on the team with 47 tackles while recovering one fumble and has led the team in tackles twice. Legette is seventh with 31 tackles while adding three break-ups and one forced fumble. Together the duo have helped Wagner rank second against the pass in the NEC, yielding just 152.6 ypg.

PLACIDE STEPPING UP ON SPECIAL TEAMS
After a relative quiet first five games on special teams, preseason All-American senior Frantz Placide has flipped the switch. Despite not recording a tackle against the Dukes, Placide notched two of the Seahawks' four fumble recoveries and now has a NEC-best three while forcing a NEC-best matching two fumbles. Against CCSU, he forced another fumble that nullified on a controversial penalty flag.

UP NEXT
Wagner travels to Albany on Saturday, November 13 for a 1:00 pm match-up with the Great Danes.