2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team
The 2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represents Sacred Heart University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by seventh-year head coach Mark Nofri and play their home games at Campus Field. They are a member of the Northeast Conference.
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Conference | Northeast Conference |
2019 record | 7–5 (5–3 NEC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Matt Gardner (3rd season as OC, 10th overall season) |
Defensive coordinator | Michael Cooke (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Campus Field (Capacity: 3,500) |
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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 | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bryant | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wagner | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LIU | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Merrimack * | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The Pioneers finished the 2018 season 7–4, 5–1 in NEC play to be NEC co-champions with Duquesne. Due to their head-to-head loss to Duquesne, they did not receive the NEC's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs and did not receive and at-large bid.
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) |
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1 | Duquesne (7) |
2 | Sacred Heart (1) |
3 | Central Connecticut |
4 | Wagner |
5 | Bryant |
6 | Saint Francis |
7 | Robert Morris |
8 | LIU |
Preseason All-NEC team
The Pioneers had two players at two positions selected to the preseason all-NEC team.[1]
Offense Jordan Meachum – RB
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Defense Chris Agyemang – DL
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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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 Connecticut![]() |
| ESPN3 | L 3–28 | 5,402 | ||
October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Penn* | ESPN+ | L 24–38 | 6,033 | |||
October 19 | Noon | Duquesne |
| 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 |
| NEC Front Row | W 41–7 | |||
November 16 | Noon | Lehigh* |
| NEC Front Row | W 13–6 | |||
November 23 | Noon | at Robert Morris | NEC Front Row | L 14–16 | ||||
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Game summaries
at No. 7 Maine
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Pionners | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
No. 7 Black Bears | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
Bucknell
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bison | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Pioneers | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 30 |
at Lafayette
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Pioneers | 14 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 56 |
Leopards | 3 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 40 |
at LIU
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Pioneers | 6 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 34 |
Sharks | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Central Connecticut
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
Pioneers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
at Penn
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Pioneers | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Quakers | 14 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 38 |
Duquesne
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Dukes | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
Pioneers | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
at Saint Francis
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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Pioneers | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 36 |
Red Flash | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 33 |
at Bryant
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Pioneers | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
Wagner
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Seahawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Pioneers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 41 |
Lehigh
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mountain Hawks | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Pioneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
at Robert Morris
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Pioneers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Colonials | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final | |||||||
STATS FCS | RV | ||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- "Duquesne Deemed 'Team to Beat' at #NECFB Social Media Day; Preseason All-NEC Team also Unveiled". July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- "2019 Sacred Heart Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- "2019 Football Schedule". Sacred Heart. Retrieved August 4, 2019.