2018 WPI Engineers football team

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.

2018 WPI Engineers football
ConferenceNew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
2018 record6–4 (4–3 NEWMAC)
Head coachChris 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)
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
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant

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

Personnel

Coaching staff
NamePositionJoined Staff
Chris RobertsonHead Coach2010
Matt KellyOffensive Coordinator2014
Scott SperoneDefensive Coordinator2017
Brian WehlerOffensive Line2016
Galen HolmesDefensive Line / Special Teams Coordinator2007
Dan RossRunning Backs2016
Zach BesawOutside Linebackers2016
Kyle BernardWide receivers2017
Howard BradleyAssistant Defensive Backs2017
Mike KellyAssistant Offensive Line2017
Brian MurtaghDefensive Assistant2017

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.MIT
  • 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
  • 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
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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. "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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