1987 Wagner College Football Team

Walt Hameline coached the Wagner College football team to the 1987 NCAA Division III national championship, as well as a Lambert Cup, five ECAC titles, two Northeast Conference championships; and, after overseeing the program’s move to Division I, the school’s first and only FCS playoff victory.

Hameline’s 223 victories, all at Wagner, put him in the top 50 in college football history, fifth among FCS coaches. The 2012 FCS National Coach of the Year is a member of the New Jersey Sportswriters’ Hall of Fame.

The 1987 Wagner College football team, coached by Walt Hameline, upset Dayton 19-3 in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl to win the NCAA Division III national football championship.

The Seahawks rolled through the playoffs, beating Rochester 38-14, Fordham 21-0, and Emory & Henry 20-15, before dominating the favored Flyers in the title game.