2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football
ConferenceNortheast Conference
Record7–5 (5–3 NEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Gardner (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorMichael Cooke (3rd season)
Home stadiumCampus Field
2019 Northeast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 23 Central Connecticut $^  7 –0   11 –1  
Robert Morris  6 –1   7 –5  
Duquesne  4 –3   6 –5  
Sacred Heart  4 –3   7 –5  
Saint Francis (PA)  3 –4   6 –6  
Bryant  3 –4   4 –8  
Wagner  1 –6   1 –11  
LIU  0 –7   0 –10  
Merrimack *  0 –0   6 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • * – Merrimack ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition to NCAA Division I, and also ineligible for NEC title due to not playing a full conference schedule
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented Sacred Heart University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Mark Nofri and played their home games at Campus Field.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Pioneers were picked to finish in second place.[1]

Predicted finish Team (1st place votes)
1Duquesne (7)
2Sacred Heart (1)
3Central Connecticut
4Wagner
5Bryant
6Saint Francis
7Robert Morris
8LIU

Preseason All-NEC team

The Pioneers had two players at two positions selected to the preseason all-NEC team.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 30 6:00 p.m. at No. 7 Maine*
FloSports L 14–42 7,478
September 7 6:00 p.m. Bucknell*
NEC Front Row W 30–10 4,187
September 14 12:30 p.m. at Lafayette*
Stadium W 56–40 5,119
September 21 1:00 p.m. at LIU
NEC Front Row W 34–10 2,482
October 5 2:00 p.m. Central Connecticutdagger
  • Campus Field
  • Fairfield, CT (Constitution State Rivalry)
 ESPN3 L 3–28 5,402
October 12 1:00 p.m. at Penn*
ESPN+ L 24–38 6,033
October 19 Noon Duquesne
  • Campus Field
  • Fairfield, CT
 ESPN3 L 6–20 5,151
October 26 Noon at Saint Francis
NEC Front Row W 36–33OT 1,045
November 2 1:00 p.m. at Bryant
NEC Front Row W 24–17 3,778
November 9 Noon Wagner
  • Campus Field
  • Fairfield, CT
 NEC Front Row W 41–7
November 16 Noon Lehigh*
  • Campus Field
  • Fairfield, CT
 NEC Front Row W 13–6
November 23 Noon at Robert Morris
NEC Front Row L 14–16
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2][3]

Game summaries

At No. 7 Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
Pionners 7 0 0 7 14
No. 7 Black Bears 21 21 0 0 42

Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0 3 7 0 10
Pioneers 0 23 0 7 30

At Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 14 7 21 14 56
Leopards 3 21 3 13 40

At LIU

1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 6 13 8 7 34
Sharks 7 0 3 0 10

Central Connecticut

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 7 7 14 0 28
Pioneers 0 3 0 0 3

At Penn

1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 0 10 7 7 24
Quakers 14 10 0 14 38

Duquesne

1 2 3 4 Total
Dukes 3 14 0 3 20
Pioneers 0 0 6 0 6

At Saint Francis

1 2 3 4OT Total
Pioneers 3 7 6 146 36
Red Flash 10 10 3 73 33

At Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 0 14 10 0 24
Bulldogs 0 14 0 3 17

Wagner

1 2 3 4 Total
Seahawks 0 7 0 0 7
Pioneers 0 0 10 31 41

Lehigh

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 3 3 0 6
Pioneers 0 0 0 13 13

At Robert Morris

1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 7 0 7 0 14
Colonials 0 7 3 6 16

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCSRV
Coaches

References

  1. 1 2 "Duquesne Deemed 'Team to Beat' at #NECFB Social Media Day; Preseason All-NEC Team also Unveiled". July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  2. ↑ "2019 Sacred Heart Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ "2019 Football Schedule". Sacred Heart. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
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