Staten Island, NY – The Wagner College football team has been picked to win the Northeast Conference by The Sporting News Preseason Football Magazine. In addition, quarterback Nick Doscher has been tabbed by the magazine as the league’s top offensive pl… more »

Citing a lack of interest within the college community and increasing costs of operation, Hofstra University announced Thursday that it was terminating its football program. The move will free up $4.5M to enhance academic programs at the Long Island sch… more »

Matt Martin was a pre-season All-Northeast Conference first team selection. (Photo by David Saffran)Wagner College's season-opening 45-42 loss to Stonehill last weekend was like a punch to the stomach. Or so it seemed to fifth-year senior Matt Marti… more »

Ask Walt Hameline about the decision to start freshman and Moore Catholic HS product Nick Doscher at quarterback in tomorrow's season opener against Stonehill, then stand back. You are about to be verbally overwhelmed by words like ability, maturity… more »

To say that Matt Martin, Tavares Lee and Joe Harkins have turned a negative into a positive is an understatement. Negative doesn't do justice to Lee's and Martin's mental state last fall when injuries apparently wiped out their senior seasons at Wagner… more »

UAlbany stands as the unanimous favorite to capture the 2009 Northeast Conference football crown, which would be its third straight. The Great Danes received eight first-place votes to finish atop an annual survey of league’s head coaches for a fourth… more »

Set to commence its 14th football season, the Northeast Conference (NEC) today announced plans to televise four games in 2009. The first two games of the package will air live on MSG-Plus and Fox College Sports as perennial NEC contender Monmouth wel… more »

Wagner College has been without a key piece during its spring football practice this past month as starting quarterback Adam Farnsworth has been held out while he rehabs from shoulder surgery. But another crucial part of the Seahawk backfield is feel… more »

St. Joseph by-the-Sea linebacker Ted Clohessy has given a verbal commitment to play football at Wagner College on a partial athletic scholarship, the Advance has learned. The 17-year-old Clohessy, who garnered Advance All Star honors as a linebacker/… more »

ALBANY — The best part of Bob Ford's icewater bath on Saturday afternoon was the unseasonably warm temperature. "The good news is it's 60 degrees," Ford said. "I wouldn't want that if it was about 20 degrees. But it's good to get it." The dousing… more »

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Matt Abbey had to be guilty of understatement when he described losing the starting quarterback's job to Adam Farnsworth as "pretty tough." After all, the 6-foot-2, 185-pounder from LaCanada, Cal., was a two-year starter who wa… more »

NEW BRITAIN - The tip of the football was inches from the Wagner goal line and it was fourth down. Central Connecticut had a four-point lead and it was deep into the third quarter. For some coaches, this is a situation that requires deliberation. Cen… more »

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- After he went down late last season with a torn ACL, Rodney Davis approached his rehabilitation with the same Brahma bull attitude he displayed running the ball. Good thing for Wagner College. Two runs into Wagner's first se… more »

Wagner running backs Shane Smith and Prince Young combined for 302 rushing yards and three touchdowns, and quarterback Adam Farnsworth was responsible for 159 passing yards and two TDs as Wagner College bounced back from a season-opening loss with a 45-… more »

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- That the competition at quarterback will go down to the wire -- to tonight's scrimmage against defending Patriot League champion Fordham University in the Bronx -- is good news for Wagner College. Why? Try New England's Tom… more »