Stony Brook Seawolves football under Chuck Priore

Chuck Priore is currently the 2nd head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves football team, which represents Stony Brook University in the NCAA, and participates in the Big South Conference. Priore was hired prior 2006 season and he led the transition of Stony Brook into a full-scholarship FCS program throughout the 2006 season in which the team awarded an equivalent 27 scholarship. In 2007 the team played as independent while adding scholarships and a tougher schedule . In 2008 Stony Brook joined the Big South as a full-scholarship program. Priore has led the Seawolves to two consecutive Big South championships in the past two seasons (in 2009 and 2010) and so far has compiled a 28-27 record. Under the leadership of Priore the Seawolves played their first ever FBS opponent, South Florida, in the 2010 season and will face two FBS opponents, Buffalo and UTEP, in the upcoming 2011 season.

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs TSN[1]#
Stony Brook Seawolves (NEC) (2006–2006)
2006 Stony Brook 5–6 5-2 2nd
Stony Brook Seawolves (FCS Independent) (2007–2007)
2007 Stony Brook 6–5
Stony Brook Seawolves (Big South) (2008–present)
2008 Stony Brook 5-6 3-2 2nd
2009 Stony Brook 6-5 5-1 T-1st
2010 Stony Brook 6-5 5-1 T-1st
2011 Stony Brook 9-4 6-0 1st L 27-34 FCS 2nd Round 22
Stony Brook: 28–27 18-6
Total: 28-27
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

2006 Season

2006 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Conference Northeast Conference
2006 record 5 - 6 (5 - 2 Northeast)
Head coach Chuck Priore
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Seasons
« 2005 2007 »
Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
August 31st, 2006 7:00pm Hofstra* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY FSNY L 17-8  
September 9th, 2006 1:00pm at Georgetown* Multi-Sport Field • Washington, DC L 7-0  
September 16th, 2006 12:00pm at New Hampshire* Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH L 62-7  
September 23rd, 2006 1:00pm at UMass* Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Amherst, MA L 48-7  
September 30th, 2006 1:00pm at Monmouth Kessler Field • Monmouth, NJ W 36-17  
October 7th, 2006 2:00pm Albany Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY W 33-21  
October 14th, 2006 1:00pm at St. Francis (PA) Loretto, PA • DeGol Field W 30-20  
October 21, 2006 1:00pm Sacred Heart Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY W 38-21  
October 28th, 2006 1:00pm Robert Morris Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY L 21-6  
November 4th, 2006 1:00pm at Wagner Wagner College Stadium • Staten Island, NY W 45-9  
November 11th, 2006 12:00pm at CCSU  ? • New Britain, CT L 35-32  
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from the AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

2007 Season

2007 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Conference NCAA Division I FCS Independent
2007 record 6 - 5 ( Independent)
Head coach Chuck Priore
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Seasons
« 2006 2008 »
Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 1st , 2007 6:00pm Georgetown* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY W 35-28  
September 8th, 2007 6:00pm at Bucknell* Lewisburg, PA • Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium W 48-20  
September 15th, 2007 4:00pm at Youngstown State* Youngstown, OH • Stambaugh Stadium L 42-6  
September 22nd, 2007 6:00pm Monmouth (Downey Classic)* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY W 21-15  
September 29th, 2007 7:00pm at Hofstra* James M. Shuart Stadium • Hempstead, NY L 33-28  
October 6th, 2007 4:00pm at Albany* Albany, NY • University Field L 24-23  
October 13th, 2007 3:30pm at Richmond* E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA L 42-0  
October 20th, 2007 3:00pm Maine* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY W 30-23 2 OT 
October 27th, 2007 4:00pm Bryant (Parents Weekend)* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY W 30-0  
November 10th, 2007 1:00pm CCSU* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY W 34-7  
November 17, 2007 3:30pm at Elon* Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC L 38-23  
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from the AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

2008 Season

2008 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Conference Big South Conference
2008 record 5 - 6 (3 -2 Big South)
Head coach Chuck Priore
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Seasons
« 2007 2009 »
2008 Big South football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#14 Liberty †   5 – 0         10 – 2  
Stony Brook   3 – 2         5 – 6  
Charleston Southern   3 – 2         7 – 5  
Gardner–Webb   2 – 3         5 – 6  
VMI   1 – 4         4 – 7  
Coastal Carolina   1 – 4         6 – 6  
† – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

Stony Brook entered their new season with a 42-26 over Colgate on August 30.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
August 30, 2008 6:00 PM Colgate* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Big South Net W 42-26  
September 6, 2008 3:00 PM Elon* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Big South Net L 20-30  
September 13, 2008 6:00 PM at Maine* Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME WABI-TV,Big South Net L 13-28  
September 20, 2008 12:30 PM at Brown* Brown Stadium • Providence, RI Big South Net L 7-17  
September 26, 2008 7:00 PM Hofstra* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY MSG,Big South Net L 3-41  
October 11, 2008 3:30 PM at Liberty Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, Virginia MASN, Big South Net L 0-33  
October 18, 2008 3:00 PM Charleston Southern Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Big South Net W 20-19  
October 25, 2008 7:30 PM at Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Big South Net W 28-24  
November 1, 2008 3:00 PM Gardner-Webb Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Big South Net L 33-34  
November 8, 2008 1:00 PM at Iona* Mazzella Field • New Rochelle, NY Big South Net W 68-9  
November 15, 2008 3:30 PM VMI Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY MASN,Big South Net W 40-26  
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from the AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

2009 Season

2009 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Big South Co-Champions
Conference Big South Conference
2009 record 6 - 5 (5 - 1 Big South)
Head coach Chuck Priore
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Seasons
« 2008 2010 »

The Seawolves opened their season against their Long Island rivals, Hofstra, at Hempstead which ended in 17-10 loss to the Prade. The Seawolves then visited Colgate, losing the game in a 23-13 decision. Opening their home season at Stony Brook the Seawolves played Brown University Bears. The Bears went ahead in the game early on but the Seawolves were able to come back and claim the game with a touchdown with 47 seconds left in the game resulting in a 21-20 win in the home-opener. The Seawolves then visited UMass resulting in a 44-17 loss at Amherst. Seawolves entered their Conference play winning three games straight, losing at Charleston Southern and then winning their season finale against Liberty in a very close game at LaValle Stadium, 36-33.

2009 Big South football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#22 Liberty §   5 – 1         8 – 3  
Stony Brook §   5 – 1         6 – 5  
Charleston Southern   4 – 2         6 – 5  
Gardner–Webb   3 – 3         6 – 5  
Coastal Carolina   3 – 3         5 – 6  
VMI   1 – 5         2 – 9  
Presbyterian   0 – 6         0 – 11  
§ – Conference co-champions
^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll
Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 5, 2009 7:00 PM at Hofstra* James M. Shuart Stadium • Hempstead, New York FiOS1, Big South Net L 10-17  
September 12, 2009 7:00 PM at Colgate* Andy Kerr Stadium • Hamilton, New York Big South Net L 13-23  
September 19, 2009 6:00 PM Brown* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Big South Net W 21-20  
September 26, 2009 6:00 PM at Massachusetts* Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Amherst, MA Big South Net L 17-44  
October 3, 2009 3:00 PM Presbyterian Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Big South Net W 41-21  
October 10, 2009 2:00 PM (ET) at North Dakota* Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND Big South Net L 41-21  
October 17, 2009 1:30 PM at VMI Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA Big South Net W 27-20  
October 24, 2009 3:30 PM Coastal Carolina Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY MASN,Big South Net W 16-10  
October 31, 2009 1:30 PM at Gardner-Webb Gardner-Webb field • Boiling Spring, NC Big South Net W 24-14  
November 14, 2009 1:30 PM at Charleston Southern Buccaneer Field • North Charleston, SC Big South Net L 27-30 OT 
November 21, 2009 1:00 PM Liberty Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Big South Net W 36-33  
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from the AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

2010 Season

Main article: 2010 Stony Brook Seawolves football team
2010 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Big South Co-Champions
Conference Big South Conference
2010 record 6 - 5 (5 - 1 Big South)
Head coach Chuck Priore
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Seasons
« 2009 2011 »

In the off-season Hofstra University, Stony Brook’s Long Island rivals, announced that it would cut its football team for future season after 2009 leaving the Seawolves as the sole college football team in the long island area. As NCAA rules state, when a college team is cut, football athletes that transfer to another school don’t need to meet residency requirements to start play. This led to five incoming transfer from Hofstra to begin play at Stony Brook including Miguel Mayonet, and Brock Jackolski for the 2010 season.

The 2010 season started with the first ever face off of the Seawolves against a FBS team. Seawolves lead against South Florida 14-0 early in the game but lost control and gave up a loss at South Florida, 59-14. Stony Brook quickly recovered to beat American International 31-14. The Seawolves later on posted wins at every single conference game against the Big South and by November 14 had an overall 6-4 record and were 5-0 in the Big South. In one of the biggest upsets of Seawolves football history, their automatic bid faded away as they fell to the Liberty Flames on November 20 in a 54-28 game creating a three-way tie for the FCS playoff and sending Coastal Carolina to the FCS Playoffs (Seawolves allowed 122 point against BSC, Liberty 110, and CC allowed 109 in the tie-breaker) thus making the Seawolves Co-Champions of the Big South but eliminated from playoff contention on the last day of the season. The Seawolves are 13-4 overall in Big South games since 2008.

2010 Big South football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#21 Liberty §   5 – 1         8 – 3  
Stony Brook §   5 – 1         6 – 5  
Coastal Carolina §^   5 – 1         6 – 6  
Gardner–Webb   2 – 4         4 – 7  
VMI   2 – 4         3 – 8  
Charleston Southern   1 – 5         3 – 8  
Presbyterian   1 – 5         2 – 9  
§ – Conference co-champions
^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll
Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 4, 2010 7:00 PM at South Florida* Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida SNY, Big South Net L 14–59  
September 11, 2010 6:00 PM American International* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Big South Net W 31-14  
September 18, 2010 12:30 PM at Brown* Brown Stadium • Providence, RI Big South Net L 33-30 2OT 
September 25, 2010 6:00 PM Massachusetts* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Big South Net L 21-26  
October 9, 2010 6:00 PM VMI Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Big South Net W 27-9  
October 16, 2010 1:00 PM at Lafayette* Fisher Field • Easton, PA MASN, Big South Net L 21-28  
October 23, 2010 7:30 PM at Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC MASN, Big South Net W 38-28  
October 30, 2010 3:00 PM Charleston Southern Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Big South Net W 41-21  
November 6, 2010 1:00 PM at Presbyterian Presbyterian Field • Clinton, SC SportSouth, Big South Net W 37-7  
November 13, 2010 1:00 PM Gardner-Webb Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY Big South Net W 55-3  
November 20, 2010 3:30 PM at Liberty Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, Virginia MASN, Big South Net L 28-54  
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from the AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

2011 Season

Main article: 2011 Stony Brook Seawolves football team
2011 Stony Brook Seawolves football
Big South Champions
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs Sam Houston State, L 27-34
Conference Big South Conference
Ranking
Sports Network #22
Coaches #24
2011 record 9–4 (6–0 Big South)
Head coach Chuck Priore
Offensive coordinator Jeff Behrman
Defensive coordinator Rob Nevaiser
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (8,300)
Seasons
« 2010 2012 »
2011 Big South football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#22 Stony Brook †^   6 – 0         9 – 4  
#24 Liberty   5 – 1         7 – 4  
Coastal Carolina   3 – 3         7 – 4  
Presbyterian   3 – 3         4 – 7  
Gardner–Webb   2 – 4         4 – 7  
VMI   2 – 4         2 – 9  
Charleston Southern   0 – 6         0 – 11  
† – Conference champion
^ – FCS playoff participant
As of December 3, 2011 • Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll
Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 9:00 PM at UTEP* Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX L 24–31 OT  28,752
September 10 6:00 PM at Buffalo* University at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst, NY TWCS L 7–35   21,933
September 17 6:00 PM Brown* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY L 20–21   5,731
September 24 6:00 PM Lafayette* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY W 37–20   8,278
October 8 6:00 PM Presbyterian Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY W 42–24   4,103
October 15 6:00 PM Saint Anselm* Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY W 55–6   3,095
October 22 1:30 PM at VMI Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA W 42–14   5,142
October 29 4:00 PM Coastal Carolina Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY ESPN3 W 42–0   1,619
November 5 1:30 PM at Charleston Southern Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC W 50–31   2,806
November 12 1:30 PM at Gardner–Webb Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC W 76–28   4,209
November 19 1:00 PM #16 Liberty Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY ESPN3, MASN W 41–31   7,896
November 26 2:00 PM Albany* #22 Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 W 31–28   8,286
December 3 3:00 PM at #1 Sam Houston State* #22 Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 L 27-34    
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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