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Wagner Returns Home To Face Georgetown On Sat., Oct. 8 At 1:00 PM

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Wagner returns to action when the Seahawks play their final non-conference game of the season as the Georgetown Hoyas of the Patriot League visit Wagner College Stadium on Saturday, October 8.

The Seahawks enter today's game with a 1-4 record and looking to snap a four-game losing streak while Georgetown is 3-2.

THE SERIES WITH GEORGETOWN
This is the third meeting all-time between the Seahawks and the Hoyas with each school owning one victory.  Last season, Wagner and Georgetown engaged in an epic battle in our nation's capital as Seahawk senior linebacker Keith Davis intercepted a pass on the first play of the second overtime and took it 80 yards to the house in propelling Wagner to a rousing 22-16 come-from-behind victory over Georgetown. The only previous meeting between the schools came on September 16, 2000 with the Hoyas capturing a 28-21 victory at Wagner College Stadium. With the score tied at 21-21, Georgetown went ahead 28-21 on a Dave Paulus 5-yard TD pass to Aaron Brown with 9:18 to play. Wagner would threaten to tie the game, only to come up short as John Campbell was halted in his tracks on fourth and goal at the Hoya two-yard line with just 2:09 remaining. Paulus, the older brother of former Duke point guard and Syracuse quarterback Greg, finished 14-of-27 for 176 yards and two touchdowns through the air while grinding out 35 yards on the ground. Quarterback Aaron Smith led Wagner, going 19-for-36 in the air with a touchdown pass and run. Campbell paced the rushing attack with 92 yards and one score on 28 carries while Jason Bain had seven catches for 94 yards.

LAST YEAR'S MEETING
WASHINGTON, DC (Oct. 9, 2010) -
Seahawk senior linebacker Keith Davis intercepted a pass on the first play of the second overtime and took it 80 yards to the house in propelling Wagner to a rousing 22-16 come-from-behind victory. Allowing the Green & White a chance to win it in overtime was kicker David Lopez, who tied the game at 13-13 with a booming 54-yard field goal just before the end of regulation. In the first overtime each team traded field goals, with Lopez hitting a 24-yard field goal before Brett Weiss matched him with a 25-yard three-pointer. Davis then intercepted a Scott Darby screen pass at the Georgetown 20-yard line before taking it 80 yards for the game-winning score.  Wagner entered the fourth quarter down 13-3 and looked to be in serious danger of letting the Hoyas deliver the dagger as quarterback Nick Doscher threw his fourth interception of the game with just over 13 minutes to go in the game. However, the Seahawks' defense dug deep and forced a three-and-out. After Wagner stalled on fourth down, Georgetown again was forced to punt after the Green & White defense stood strong. The offense took advantage of the opportunity driving 88 yards on 15 plays while taking 5:08 off the clock as Doscher found wide receiever Justin Matthews on a 15-yard scoring strike with 2:57 to go in the game. On the scoring drive, Doscher was 7-of-9 for 70 yards, including connecting with wide receiver David Crawford four times for 42 yards. The defense was then at it again as senior Stefen Gage off Darby at the Wagner 31-yard line before returning it 14 yards to the 45-yard line with 1:25 to play in the game. After the drive stalled at the Georgetown 32-yard line, Lopez lined up for a 49-yard field goal before a Green & White false start pushed it back five yards. Georgetown then tried to ice Lopez with a timeout to no avail as the Sunshine State native booted the game-tying kick.

WILLIAMS 12th IN NATION IN RUSHING
Sophomore running back Dominique Williams enters the Georgetown game ranked 12th in the nation among all FCS rushers, checking in at 120.8 yards per game with 604 yards on 117 rushes (5.2 yards per carry). Williams cracked the century mark for the eighth time in his 13-game Seahawk career with a 26-carry, 137-yard effort at Cornell last week. Williams, who surpassed the 1,000-yard mark for his career vs. Central Connecticut St. on September 17, enters the Georgetown game with 1,246 yards rushing. Williams also has seven touchdowns on the season for 42 points, which ranks third in the NEC.


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