The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Northeast Conference.

The team plays its home games at the 3,300 seat Wagner College Stadium in Staten Island, New York.

Under head coach Walt Hameline, Wagner won its first championship in school history by dominating St. John's 48–7 in November 1983, avenging one of its only two losses that season.

The senior class ended their careers as one of the winningest in Wagner history with a four-year record of 34–6–2.

This class also played part in Wagner's first-ever NCAA appearance in 1980, and helped establish the foundation to Wagner's rise as a national power in Division III, culminating in a national championship in 1987, and eventual move to NCAA I-AA (now FCS) status.