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.

2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football
ConferenceNortheast Conference
2019 record7–5 (5–3 NEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Gardner (3rd season as OC, 10th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorMichael Cooke (3rd season)
Home stadiumCampus Field
(Capacity: 3,500)
2019 Northeast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
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  
  • $ – 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

Previous season
Main article: 2018 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

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)
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 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
  • 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
  • Homecoming
  • 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
See also: 2019 Maine Black Bears football team

Bucknell
1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0 3 7 0 10
Pioneers 0 23 0 7 30
See also: 2019 Bucknell Bison football team

at Lafayette
1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 14 7 21 14 56
Leopards 3 21 3 13 40
See also: 2019 Lafayette Leopards football team

at LIU
1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 6 13 8 7 34
Sharks 7 0 3 0 10
See also: 2019 LIU Sharks football team

Central Connecticut
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 7 7 14 0 28
Pioneers 0 3 0 0 3
See also: 2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

at Penn
1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 0 10 7 7 24
Quakers 14 10 0 14 38
See also: 2019 Penn Quakers football team

Duquesne
1 2 3 4 Total
Dukes 3 14 0 3 20
Pioneers 0 0 6 0 6
See also: 2019 Duquesne Dukes football team

at Saint Francis
1 2 3 4OT Total
Pioneers 3 7 6 146 36
Red Flash 10 10 3 73 33
See also: 2019 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

at Bryant
1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 0 14 10 0 24
Bulldogs 0 14 0 3 17
See also: 2019 Bryant Bulldogs football team

Wagner
1 2 3 4 Total
Seahawks 0 7 0 0 7
Pioneers 0 0 10 31 41
See also: 2019 Wagner Seahawks football team

Lehigh
1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 3 3 0 6
Pioneers 0 0 0 13 13
See also: 2019 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

at Robert Morris
1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 7 0 7 0 14
Colonials 0 7 3 6 16
See also: 2019 Robert Morris Colonials football team

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV  
Coaches

References
  1. "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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