Detailed Television Information
The Wagner-BYU game is available on Dish Network (ch. 9403), DirecTV (ch. 374) and
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Viewing Party at Phebe's Tavern and Grille in New York City
Wagner College alumni and friends can watch the game at a viewing party Phebe's Tavern, which was recently voted to have the best chicken wings in New York City. Phebe's will provide an excellent space to catch up with fellow alumni and friends and take in the game while enjoying great food and drinks.

To register for this event, click HERE
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Provo, UT - The Wagner College football team (0-6) meets the Cougars of Brigham Young University (5-2) today at 3:00 p.m. EST. in a game that will be televised to a national audience on BYUtv.

Fifth FBS Foe for Wagner
BYU will be the fifth Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) opponent that Wagner has ever played, with the four previous matchups taking place since 2012. This is the first time that the Seahawks have faced two FBS foes in the same season as the Green & White lost at Rice, 56-16, in the season opener back on September 5.

The Coaches
Jason Houghtaling (say it Ho-tal-ling) is in his first season as the head coach of the Seahawks, taking over for 34-year head coach Walt Hameline, who announced last November that he would be stepping down while remaining as Seahawk athletic director. Houghtaling was the Seahawks' associate head coach and offensive coordinator last season and has spent seven years as a Wagner assistant. In his last three years as offensive coordinator, the Seahawks amassed a 16-6 NEC record with league titles in two of the last three seasons. In 2014, the Seahawks' offense ranked No. 4 nationally in time of possession and did not commit a turnover in the last three games of the season.

Since becoming the head coach in 2005, Bronco Mendenhall has guided the Cougars to a 95-41 record (.699), 10 straight bowl invitations, two outright conference championships, and regular national top-25 rankings. The Cougars, who have competed as a football independent since 2011, went 8-5 and lost to Memphis, 55-48 in double-overtime, in the Miami Beach Bowl last season.

Big Stage
LaVell Edwards Stadium, with a seating capacity of 63,470, will be the largest stadium in which Wagner has ever competed. The previous largest stadium that the Seahawks played in was the 50,000-seat Carrier Dome at Syracuse in 2013. The attendance of 32,299 at Syracuse is the largest crowd that Wagner has every played in front of to date. With BYU averaging 59,415 fans in its four home games in 2015, Saturday's attendance will undoubtedly mark the largest crowd to ever see a football game involving Wagner.

Tough Start, Proud History
The Seahawks, who have won at least of a share of two of the last three NEC championships, off to an uncharacteristic 0-6 start in 2015, have a long and proud gridiron history. Since the football program was established in 1927, Wagner has had three undefeated seasons, in 1960 (9-0), 1964 (10-0) and 1967 (9-0). A Division III program until moving up to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level in 1993 (then 1-AA), undoubtedly the signature moment in Seahawk history came in 1987 when the Green & White won the NCAA Division III National Title, capping a 13-1 season with a 19-3 victory over Dayton in the championship game, known as the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. That year, head coach Walt Hameline, who stepped down as head coach after 34 seasons at the end of the 2014 campaign, was named the 1987 Chevrolet National Division III Coach of the Year.

Consistent Winner Hameline Stepped Down as Head Coach in 2014, Remains as AD
During his Wagner coaching career, which spanned from 1981 to 2014, Hameline amassed an all-time record of 223-139-2 (.615) on Grymes Hill. At the conclusion of the 2014 regular season, those 223 victories ranked fifth among active head Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) head coaches. Having served in the dual role of athletic director and head coach at Wagner since 1981, Hameline continues to lead the Seahawk program as AD.

Wagner and the Northeast Conference
Wagner College is a charter member of the Northeast Conference (NEC), which was first established as the ECAC-Metro Conference in 1981. At that time, the league's founders had one goal in mind: to create a competitive NCAA Division I men's basketball conference for unaffiliated schools on the Eastern seaboard.  A single-sport entity at its inception, the NEC has grown far beyond expectations over the past three-plus decades, having transformed itself into a 10-member, 22-sport conference. In 1985, the league began sponsoring additional sports and, three years later, a change of name was in order and the Northeast Conference as we know it today was born.  With membership and sport sponsorship continuing to grow over the years, the NEC now enjoys qualification or play-in access to 14 different NCAA Championships (baseball, men's and women's basketball, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis and women's volleyball).

Wagner and Northeast Conference Football
The NEC began sponsoring FCS football in 1996. As a result of the NCAA Board of Directors' approval of a new budget that allowed for the expansion of the Division I Football Championship Subdivision post-season bracket, the NEC gained automatic access into the Division I Football Championship beginning in 2010. In 2012, Wagner captured its first-ever NEC title and accompanying NCAA Playoff appearance. On November 24, 2012, the Seahawks defeated Patriot League champion Colgate, 31-20, becoming the first, and to date only, NEC team to ever win an NCAA Playoff game. The following week, the Seahawks took a third-quarter lead at No. 4 Eastern Washington before the Eagles came back to post a 29-19 win. Following the 2012 season, Wagner became the first, and to date only, NEC team to finish in the Final Top 25 of both major FCS Polls (No. 21 FCS Sports Network Poll, No. 22 FCS Coaches Poll). Following the 2012 campaign, Walt Hameline earned two FCS National Coach of the Year honors (College Football News & College Sports Journal), in addition to being named NEC Coach of the Year.

Notable Wagner Football Alumni
Rich Kotite (1963-1965) is perhaps the most recognizable name by Wagner College football fans. Formerly the head coach of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Jets, Kotite broke onto the football scene as a three-year performer at tight end for the Wagner football program. Kotite graduated with then school-record totals of 119 receptions and 2,065 yards in just three seasons, both of which stood for almost 20 years. Following Wagner, he played six seasons of NFL football with the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kotite also worked for 13 seasons as an assistant coach under coaches as Hank Stram, Sam Rutigliano, and Buddy Ryan, before rising to the rank of head coach for Philadelphia (1991-1994) and New York (1995-1996). A staunch supporter of Wagner athletics, Kotite can often be found in the stands attending a Seahawk event. Of more recent vintage, Wagner has three current former players playing professional football. Linebacker Julian Stanford is in his fourth season in the NFL and is currently on the practice squad of the Detroit Lions. Running back Dominique Williams, the second-leading rusher in Seahawk history is in his second season as a member of the Minnesota Vikings' practice squad while C.O. Prime is in his third season in the CFL as a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

First-Ever Game in Utah, 17th Different State
In facing BYU, Wagner will be playing its first-ever game in the Beehive State. Utah becomes the 17th different state in which Wagner has played at least one football game, in addition to the District of Columbia.

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