2012 Wagner Seahawks football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2012
| team = Wagner Seahawks
| sport = football
| image = Wagner Seahawks wordmark.png
| image_size = 250
| conference = Northeast Conference
| short_conf = NEC
| TSNRank = 21
| FCSCoachRank = 22
| record = 9–4
| conf_record = 7–1
| head_coach = Walt Hameline
| hc_year = 32nd
| off_coach = Jason Houghtaling
| oc_year = 1st
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Malik Hall
| dc_year = 1st
| def_scheme =
| stadium = Wagner College Stadium
| champion = NEC co-champion
| bowl = NCAA Division I Second Round
| bowl_result = L 19–29 vs. Eastern Washington
}}
{{2012 Northeast Conference football standings}}
The 2012 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). They were led by 32nd-year head coach Walt Hameline and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. They are a member of the Northeast Conference. Wagner finished the season 9–4 overall 7–1 in NEC play to share the conference title with Albany. The Seahawks earned the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, the first playoff appearance in school history, where they defeated Colgate in the first round before falling in the second round to Eastern Washington.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2012
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = The Sports Network
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = August 31
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Florida Atlantic
| site_stadium = FAU Stadium
| site_cityst = Boca Raton, FL
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 3–7
| attend = 14,510
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 8
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Georgetown
| site_stadium = Multi-Sport Field
| site_cityst = Washington, DC
| tv =
| score = 10–13
| attend = 2,147
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 15
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| opponent = Monmouth
| site_stadium = Wagner College Stadium
| site_cityst = Staten Island, NY
| tv =
| score = 17–38
| attend = 2,610
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 22
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Central Connecticut
| site_stadium = Arute Field
| site_cityst = New Britain, CT
| score = 31–13
| attend = 4,515
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Bryant
| site_stadium = Wagner College Stadium
| site_cityst = Staten Island, NY
| tv =
| score = 31–21
| attend = 2,037
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Sacred Heart
| site_stadium = Campus Field
| site_cityst = Fairfield, CT
| tv =
| score = 12–3
| attend = 1,281
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| time = Noon
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Saint Francis (PA)
| site_stadium = DeGol Field
| site_cityst = Loretto, PA
| tv =
| score = 31–24
| attend = 1,931
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Robert Morris
| site_stadium = Wagner College Stadium
| site_cityst = Staten Island, NY
| tv =
| score = 23–13
| attend = 2,072
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Albany
| opprank = 20
| site_stadium = University Field
| site_cityst = Albany, NY
| tv =
| score = 30–0
| attend = 2,617
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Holy Cross
| site_stadium = Wagner College Stadium
| site_cityst = Staten Island, NY
| tv =
| score = 31–30
| attend = 1,668
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Duquesne
| site_stadium = Wagner College Stadium
| site_cityst = Staten Island, NY
| tv =
| score = 23–17
| attend = 2,692
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 24
| time = Noon
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Colgate
| opprank = 24
| site_stadium = Wagner College Stadium
| site_cityst = Staten Island, NY
| gamename = NCAA Division I First Round
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 31–20
| attend = 3,032
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 1
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Eastern Washington
| opprank = 4
| site_stadium = Roos Field
| site_cityst = Cheney, WA
| gamename = NCAA Division I Second Round
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 19–29
| attend = 7,039
}}
}}
References
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{{Wagner Seahawks football navbox}}
{{Northeast Conference football champions}}
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