2018 WPI Engineers football team

2018 WPI Engineers football

Conference	New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Record	6–4 (4–3 NEWMAC)
Head coach	Chris Robertson (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Kelly (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Scott Sperone (2nd season)
Captain	Sam Malafronte Luca Cerasani Blayne Merchant Lain Zembek Sean McAllen
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
MIT $^	6	–	1	9	–	2
Merchant Marine	5	–	2	8	–	2
Springfield	5	–	2	8	–	3
Coast Guard	5	–	2	7	–	3
WPI	4	–	3	6	–	4
Norwich	2	–	5	3	–	7
Catholic University	1	–	6	1	–	9
Maine Maritime	0	–	7	0	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

The 2018 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 2018 NCAA Division III football season.^[1]^[2] It marked the Engineers' 129th overall season. The team played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were led by ninth-year head coach Chris Robertson.

The Engineers finished the regular season with its fourth consecutive winning season post a six victory and 4 loss record.

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Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Joined staff
Chris Robertson	Head coach	2010
Matt Kelly	Offensive coordinator	2014
Scott Sperone	Defensive coordinator	2017
Brian Wehler	offensive line	2016
Galen Holmes	Defensive line / special teams coordinator	2007
Dan Ross	Running Backs	2016
Zach Besaw	Outside Linebackers	2016
Kyle Bernard	Wide receivers	2017
Howard Bradley	Assistant Defensive Backs	2017
Mike Kelly	Assistant offensive line	2017
Brian Murtagh	Defensive Assistant	2017

Schedule

The 2018 schedule was officially released on July 3, 2018. WPI faced all seven NEWMAC opponents: Catholic, Coast Guard, Maine Maritime, MIT, Merchant Marine, Norwich, and Springfield. They also played three non-conference games: Anna Maria of the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC), Becker of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), and RPI of the Liberty League.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	at Anna Maria*	AMCAT Field Paxton, MA		W 54–0	1,132
September 8	12:00 p.m.	at No. 24 RPI*	East Campus Stadium Troy, NY (Transit Trophy Game)		L 14-25	1,533
September 15	3:00 p.m.	at Becker*	Alumni Field Worcester, MA		W 45-0	382
September 22	12:00 p.m.	Springfield	Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA		L 14-17	2,813
September 29	12:00 p.m.	at Maine Maritime	Ritchie Field Castine, ME		W 30-7	2,076
October 6	12:00 p.m.	Catholic	Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA	Charter TV3	W 24-0	806
October 20	1:00 p.m.	at Merchant Marine	Brooks Stadium Kings Point, NY		L 24-25	600
October 27	1:00 p.m.	MIT	Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA		W 13-6	651
November 3	12:00 p.m.	at Coast Guard	Cadet Memorial Field New London, CT		L 10-24	1,172
November 10	12:00 p.m.	Norwich	Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA		W 20-17	1,501
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from D3football.com Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

On August 27, the Engineers placed second with one first place vote in the 2018 NEWMAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.^[3]

Awards and honors

Weekly awards

NEWMAC Football Offensive Athlete of the Week

Sean McAllen, RB – Week Ending September 16, 2018

NEWMAC Football Special Teams Athlete of the Week

Spencer Herrington, K/P – Week Ending September 2, 2018
Spencer Herrington, K/P – Week Ending November 11, 2018

New England Football Writers Association Weekly Gold Helmet Award

Sean McAllen, RB – Week of September 19, 2018

Postseason awards

NEWMAC Special Teams Athlete of the Year^[4]

Spencer Herrington, K/P

NEWMAC All-Conference First Team^[4]

Sam Casey, DB
Nick Day, OL
Spencer Herrington, K/P
Sean McAllen, RB
Mike McGoff, DL

NEWMAC All Conference Second Team^[4]

Lou Duh, DL
Vince Lucca, OL
Blayne Merchant, LB
Nic Rossi, WR
Collin Saunders, DB

NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team^[4]

Larry Cafaro, LB

D3football.com All-East Region First Team^[5]

Spencer Herrington, K/P

New England Football Writers Division II/III All‐New England Team^[6]

Nick Day, OL

Google Cloud Academic All-District Football Team (DIII) by CoSIDA^[7]

Nick Day, OL
Lou Duh, DL
Erik Fyrer, WR
Spencer Herrington, K/P
Nick Ostrowski, LB

References

^ "WPI football schedule and results".
^ "2018 WPI Football Schedule - WPI Athletics - WPI Athletics".
^ "Springfield Tops NEWMAC Football Preseason Coaches' Poll". NEWMAC. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "NEWMAC Announces 2018 Football Postseason Honors". NEWMAC. November 14, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
^ "D3football.com 2018 All-East Region Team". D3football. December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
^ Crosley, Roger (November 19, 2018). "NEW ENGLAND FOOTBALL WRITERS SELECT DIVISION II/III ALL‐ STARS" (PDF). New England Football Writers. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
^ "CoSIDA Academic All-America Team" (PDF). November 15, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.

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