2018 WPI Engineers football team

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2018 WPI Engineers football
WPI wordmark.png
ConferenceNew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
2018 record6–4 (4–3 NEWMAC)
Head coach
  • Chris Robertson (9th season)
Offensive coordinatorMatt Kelly (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorScott Sperone (2nd season)
CaptainSam Malafronte
Luca Cerasani
Blayne Merchant
Lain Zembek
Sean McAllen
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
(Capacity: 2,000)
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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.

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.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.at Anna Maria*
  • AMCAT Field
  • Paxton, MA
W 54–01,132
September 812:00 p.m.at No. 24 RPI*
  • East Campus Stadium
  • Troy, NY (Transit Trophy Game)
L 14-251,533
September 153:00 p.m.at Becker*
  • Alumni Field
  • Worcester, MA
W 45-0382
September 2212:00 p.m.Springfield
L 14-172,813
September 2912:00 p.m.at Maine Maritime
  • Ritchie Field
  • Castine, ME
W 30-72,076
October 612:00 p.m.Catholic
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
Charter TV3W 24-0806
October 201:00 p.m.at Merchant Marine
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Kings Point, NY
L 24-25600
October 271:00 p.m.MITdagger
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 13-6651
November 312:00 p.m.at Coast Guard
  • Cadet Memorial Field
  • New London, CT
L 10-241,172
November 1012:00 p.m.Norwich
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 20-171,501
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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

NEWMAC Football Special Teams Athlete of the Week

New England Football Writers Association Weekly Gold Helmet Award

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[]

  1. ^ http://www.d3football.com/teams/WPI/2018/index
  2. ^ http://athletics.wpi.edu/sports/fball/2018-19/schedule
  3. ^ "Springfield Tops NEWMAC Football Preseason Coaches' Poll". NEWMAC. 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  4. ^ a b c d "NEWMAC Announces 2018 Football Postseason Honors". NEWMAC. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  5. ^ "D3football.com 2018 All-East Region Team". D3football. 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  6. ^ Crosley, Roger (2018-11-19). "NEW ENGLAND FOOTBALL WRITERS SELECT DIVISION II/III ALL‐ STARS" (PDF). New England Football Writers. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  7. ^ "CoSIDA Academic All-America Team" (PDF). 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
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