Sacred Heart Pioneers football
2023 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team
First season1991
Head coachMark Nofri
10th season, 67–53 (.558)
StadiumCampus Field
(capacity: 3,334)
LocationFairfield, Connecticut
NCAA divisionDivision I FCS
ConferenceNortheast Conference
All-time record89–124 (.418)
Bowl record1–0 (1.000)
Claimed national titles1
Conference titles6
Consensus All-Americans3
ColorsRed and white[1]
   
Websitesacredheartpioneers.com

The Sacred Heart Pioneers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Sacred Heart University located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Northeast Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1993.[2] The 2001 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team compiled a perfect 11–0 record and won the school's first conference championship.

The team plays its home games at the 3,334 seat Campus Field.

History

Classifications

Conference memberships

Notable former players

Championships

Conference championships

Year Coach Conference Record
2001 Jim Fleming Northeast Conference 11–0
2013 Mark Nofri Northeast Conference 10–3 †
2014 Mark Nofri Northeast Conference 9–3 †
2018 Mark Nofri Northeast Conference 7–4 †
2020 Mark Nofri Northeast Conference 3–1
2021 Mark Nofri Northeast Conference 6–1
Conference Championships 6

† denotes co-championship

Playoff appearances

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS

Sacred Heart has made four appearances in the FCS playoffs. Their combined record is 0–4.

Year Round Opponent Result
2013 First Round Fordham L 27–37
2014 First Round Fordham L 22–44
2020 First Round Delaware L 10–19
2021 First Round Holy Cross L 10–13

Future non-conference opponents

Future non-conference opponents announced as of January 20, 2023.[4]

2023 2024 2025
Lafayette at Lafayette at Norfolk State
at Yale Lafayette
at UConn

References

  1. ^ SHU Pioneers Official Logo Art. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Sacred Heart Pioneers Archived 2016-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "Ninjas Earn First Victory, 51-38, over Mohegan". 28 April 2002.
  4. ^ "Sacred Heart Pioneers Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 20, 2023.

External links

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Sacred Heart University
Northeast Conference football
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