2020 Sacred Heart Pioneers football
NEC champion
NEC Championship Game, W 34–27 OT vs. Duquesne
ConferenceNortheast Conference
Record3–2 (2–1 NEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Gardner (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorMichael Cooke (4th season)
Home stadiumCampus Field
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Northeast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Duquesne y   4 – 0     4 – 1  
Sacred Heart y$^   2 – 1     3 – 2  
LIU   2 – 2     2 – 2  
Bryant   2 – 2     2 – 2  
Wagner   0 – 2     0 – 2  
Merrimack*   0 – 3     0 – 3  
Championship: Sacred Heart 34, Duquesne 27 (OT)
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Northeast suspended the 2020 football season.
    * – Merrimack ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition to NCAA Division I
    Central Connecticut and Saint Francis (PA) opted out of the spring season.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented Sacred Heart University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Mark Nofri and played their home games at Campus Field.

Schedule

Sacred Heart had games scheduled against Stony Brook (September 26) and Penn (October 10), which were later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[1][2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
March 7 12:00 p.m. at Duquesne
NEC Front Row L 27–30
March 14 12:00 p.m. LIU
ESPN3 W 35–7 400
March 21 1:00 p.m. Merrimack
  • Campus Field
  • Fairfield, CT
 NEC Front Row W 26–9
March 28 1:00 p.m. at Wagner
Canceled
April 11 2:00 p.m. at No. 25 Duquesne
  • Rooney Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA (NEC Championship Game)
 ESPN3 W 34–27 OT
April 24 7:00 p.m. at No. 5 Delaware
ESPN3 L 10–19

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References

  1. ^ West, Jenna. "Ivy League to Postpone Fall Athletics, No Date Set for Return". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  2. ^ Singelais, Mark (July 16, 2020). "Reports: CAA football won't play this fall". Times Union. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "2020 Sacred Heart Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 6, 2021.


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