2020 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team
2020 Sacred Heart Pioneers football | |
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NEC champion | |
NEC Championship Game, W 34–27 OT vs. Duquesne | |
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 10–19 vs. Delaware | |
Conference | Northeast Conference |
2020 record | 3–2 (2–1 NEC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Matt Gardner (4th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Michael Cooke (4th season) |
Home stadium | Campus Field (capacity: 3,500) |
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Previous season[]
The Pioneers finished the 2019 season 7–5, 4–3 in NEC play to finish tied for third place.
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]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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March 7 | 12:00 p.m. | at Duquesne | L 27–30 | |||||
March 14 | 12:00 p.m. | LIU | ESPN3 | W 35–7 | 400 | |||
March 21 | Merrimack |
| W 26–9 | |||||
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| Canceled | ||||
April 11 | at No. 25 Duquesne |
| ESPN3 | W 34–27 OT | ||||
April 24 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 5 Delaware | L 10–19 | |||||
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References[]
- ^ West, Jenna. "Ivy League to Postpone Fall Athletics, No Date Set for Return". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Singelais, Mark (16 July 2020). "Reports: CAA football won't play this fall". Times Union. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "2020 Sacred Heart Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
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