The 2017 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the

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. It marked the Engineers' 128th overall season. The team played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were led by eighth-year head coach Chris Robertson. This was the first season that WPI competed in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) for football. The Engineers finished the regular season with eight victories and two losses. The eight wins is the second most in school history (the Engineers posted nine wins in

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seasons. WPI was selected to host a bowl game making it their third postseason appearance in school history. The Engineers defeated the SUNY Maritime Privateers 17-3 to win their first bowl game in school history.

Personnel

Coaching Staff

Roster

Schedule

The 2017 schedule was officially released on June 29, 2017. WPI faced all seven NEWMAC opponents: Catholic, Coast Guard, Maine Maritime, MIT, Merchant Marine, Norwich, and

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. They also scheduled three non-conference games: Anna Maria of the

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(ECFC), Becker of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), and RPI of the Liberty League. On November 13, 2017, the Engineers were selected to host SUNY Maritime of the

(ECFC) as part of the 2017 New England Bowl Series. *On August 29, the Engineers placed third in the inaugural NEWMAC Preseason Coaches Poll

Awards and honors

Weekly awards

NEWMAC Football Offensive Athlete of the Week *Blake Rice, QB
Week of October 9, 2017
*Sean McAllen, RB
Week of October 30, 2017
NEWMAC Football Defensive Athlete of the Week *Dereck Pacheco, DL �
Week of September 3, 2017
*Brian Mahan, DB
Week of October 9, 2017
*Nick Ostrowski, LB
Week of October 30, 2017
*Dereck Pacheco, DL �
Week of November 6, 2017
NEWMAC Football Special Teams Athlete of the Week *Spencer Herrington, K/P �
Week of September 3, 2017
*Spencer Herrington, K/P �
Week of October 23, 2017
*Spencer Herrington, K/P
Week of October 30, 2017
*Spencer Herrington, K/P
Week of November 6, 2017
D3football.com Team of the Week *Brian Mahan, DB
Week of October 9, 2017
D3football.com Play of the Week *Lou Garcia, DB
Week of October 9, 2017

Postseason awards

NEWMAC Special Teams Athlete of the Year * Spencer Herrington, K/P NEWMAC All-Conference First Team * Luca Cerasani, DL * Corey Coogan, WR * Lou Garcia, DB * Brendan Harty, OL * Spencer Herrington, K/P * Sean McAllen, RB * Sam Malafronte, LB * Dereck Pacheco, DL * Austin Pesce, PR NEWMAC All Conference Second Team * Sam Casey, DB * Nick Day, OL * Erik Fyrer, WR * Nick Ostrowski, LB * Blake Rice, QB NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team * Aaron Hartford, DB D3football.com All-East Region First Team * Spencer Herrington, K/P Worcester Area Football Association Co-Offensive Player of the Year * Sean McAllen, RB Worcester Area Football Association Steve “Merc” Morris All-Star Team * Sam Casey, DB * Luca Cerasani, DL * Corey Coogan, WR * Nick Day, OL * Lou Garcia, DB * Brendan Harty, OL * Spencer Herrington, K/P * Sean McAllen, RB * Sam Malafronte, LB * Dereck Pacheco, DL * Austin Pesce, PR * Lain Zembek, FB New England Football Writers Division II/III All‐New England Team * Sean McAllen, RB

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Academic All-District Football Team (DIII) * Nick Day, OL * Dereck Pacheco, DL

References

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