Staten Island, NY - It's Throwback Thursday on Grymes Hill – the 2012 regular season finale between Wagner and Duquesne will be streamed on NECFrontRow on Thursday night, May 21, starting at 6 pm.
To watch the game, you can click
here.
New head coach
Tom Masella was on the sidelines as the associate head coach for the Seahawks, as Wagner was aiming for its first FCS Playoff bid in the Senior Day regular season finale at Hameline Field.
Wagner came into the matchup with a 6-1 record, tied with Albany for first place in the Northeast Conference (NEC), needing a win to clinch the conference title.
Wagner's winning ways, highlighted by the eye-opening 30-0 victory at No. 18 Albany on November 3, were being noticed by many influential people involved in college football, including conference and collegiate officials who comprise
The Sports Network Top-25 Poll as well as the coaches who vote in the NCAA Football FCS Coaches Poll. The Seahawk overcame challenges that included an 0-3 start, and a campus without electricity or hot water leading up to the Albany game. Despite these obstacles, the Seahawks were ranked 34th in
The Sports Network Top-25 Poll with 29 votes and 33rd in the FCS Coaches Poll with six votes coming into the game.
Prior to the matchup, Wagner had committed just one turnover in seven games, with two Seahawk all-time greats in quarterback
Nick Doscher and running back
Dominique Williams leading the way offensively.
The 27 Seahawk seniors who were honored prior to the game are: OL
Brendan Byrne, LB
Theodore Clohessy , WR
David Crawford, QB
Nick Doscher, WR Danny Ford, OL
Chris Furner, FB
Kenny Howard, DL
Adams Issaka, LB
Tom Klepper, TE
Drew Ledet, LB
Mike Lombardo, PK
David Lopez , DB Matt McGuinness, DL Jake Meier, LB
Mike Milone, OL
Tyler Moyers , DB Pat O'Connor, LB
Kevin Orender, OL
Sean Pearson , DB
Torian Phillips, LB
C.O. Prime, WR
Darnell Sapps, WR
Justin Sciarra, TE
Joe Sidaras , DB
Sidiq Soulemana, DL
Jerome Williams
The Seahawks would come from behind to win their eighth consecutive game in dramatic fashion, knocking off Duquesne 23-17 to claim the school's first-ever Northeast Conference Football Championship and a berth in the NCAA Division I Championship Subdivision Playoffs in thrilling fashion.