The 2019 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) as a member of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) during the 2019 NCAA Division III football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Chris Robertson, the Engineers compiled an overall record of 10–1 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, sharing the NEWMAC title with . WPI was invited to the New England Bowl, where the Engineers defeated . The team played home games at Alumni Stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The Engineers finished the regular season with its fifth consecutive winning season, and the program's first ever season with ten wins.
Schedule In 2019, WPI faced all seven NEWMAC opponents: Catholic, Coast Guard, Maine Maritime, MIT, Merchant Marine, Norwich, and Springfield. They also played four non-conference games: the three originally scheduled being Worcester State of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), RPI of the Liberty League, and Husson of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), plus Western Connecticut State (MASCAC) in the New England Bowl series.
On August 26, the Engineers tied for third in the 2019 NEWMAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.
Personnel Coaching staff Name Position Joined staff Chris Robertson Head coach 2010 Matt Kelly Offensive coordinator 2014 Scott Sperone Defensive coordinator 2017 Mike Kelly offensive line 2017 Galen Holmes Defensive line / special teams coordinator 2007 Dan Ross Running Backs 2016 Mark Fosatti Outside Linebackers 2019 Tim Farina Wide receivers 2019
Awards and honors Weekly awards NEWMAC Football Offensive Athlete of the Week Sean McAllen, RB – Week Ending September 22, 2019 Connor Field, RB – Week Ending September 29, 2019 Sean McAllen, RB – Week Ending October 6, 2019 Julian Nyland, QB – Week Ending October 27, 2019
NEWMAC Football Defensive Athlete of the Week Zack Ahrens, DB – Week Ending September 15, 2019 Nick Ostrowski, LB – Week Ending September 22, 2019 Sam Casey, DB – Week Ending September 29, 2019
NEWMAC Football Special Teams Athlete of the Week Bryce Wade, K/P – Week Ending September 15, 2019 Bryce Wade, K/P – Week Ending September 29, 2019 Bryce Wade, K/P – Week Ending October 6, 2019 Bryce Wade, K/P – Week Ending October 27, 2019
D3football.com Team of the Week Sam Casey, S – Week 4 Isaac Patry, Peter Rakauskas, Vince Lucca, Jordan Hartley, & Sullivan Boyd, OL – Week 8
Postseason awards New England Football Writers Division II/III Coach of the Year Chris Robertson, HC New England Football Writers Division II/III All-New England TeamNew England Football Writers Selects Stars Sean McAllen, RB Vince Lucca, OL NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Year Sean McAllen, RB NEWMAC Defensive Athlete of the Year Sam Casey, DB NEWMAC All-Conference First Team Julian Nyland, QB Sean McAllen, RB Connor Field, RB Vince Lucca, OL Isaac Patry, OL Sam Casey, DB Nick Ostrowski, LB Lou Duh, DL Mike McGoff, DL NEWMAC All Conference Second Team Nic Rossi, WR Peter Rakauskas, OL Jordan Hartley, OL Steve Mey, DB Adam Klosner, DB Zack Ahrens, LB Bryce Wade, P/K Austin Pesce, R NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team Steve Mey, DB D3football.com All-East Region First Team Sean McAllen, RB D3football.com All-East Region Second Team Sam Casey, DB D3football.com All-East Region Third Team Nick Ostrowski, LB CoSIDA Academic All-American Football Second Team (DIII) Lou Duh, DL CoSIDA Academic All-District Football Team (DIII) Julian Nyland, QB Sean McAllen, RB Clark Ewen, WR Lou Duh, DL Nick Ostrowski, LB
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