2013 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

2013 Sacred Heart Pioneers football
Northeast Conference Co–Champions
FCS Playoffs First Round vs Fordham, L 27–37
Conference	Northeast Conference
Record	10–3 (4–2 NEC)
Head coach	Mark Nofri (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Bolis
Defensive coordinator	Dave Wissman
Home stadium	Campus Field

2013 Northeast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Sacred Heart +^		4	–	2					10	–	3
Duquesne +		4	–	2					7	–	4
Robert Morris		3	–	3					5	–	6
Saint Francis (PA)		3	–	3					5	–	6
Bryant		3	–	3					5	–	7
Central Connecticut		2	–	4					4	–	8
Wagner		2	–	4					3	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant

The 2013 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented Sacred Heart University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Mark Nofri in his first official year as head coach after serving as the interim head coach in 2012. They played their home games at Campus Field and were a member of the Northeast Conference. The Pioneers finished the season 10–3, 4–2 in NEC play to share the NEC championship with Duquesne. Due to their win over Dequesne, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, their first ever playoff appearance, where they were defeated in the first round by Fordham.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	at Marist*	Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field Poughkeepsie, NY		W 37–21	3,365
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at Lafayette*	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA		W 26–24	6,238
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Lincoln*	Campus Field Fairfield, CT		W 45–3	2,176
September 21	1:00 p.m.	Chowan*	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	NECFR	W 78–35	2,884
September 28	6:00 p.m.	at Bucknell*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA		W 16–0	3,782
October 5	1:00 p.m.	Wagner	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	NECFR	L 20–23	4,288
October 12	1:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Campus Field Fairfield, CT (Constitution State Rivalry)	NECFR	W 59–36	1,190
October 19	1:00 p.m.	at Bryant	Bulldog Stadium Smithfield, RI	NECFR	W 56–28	1,568
October 26	Noon	at Saint Francis (PA)	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NECFR	L 10–24	1,723
November 2	1:00 p.m.	Monmouth*	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	NECFR	W 24–21	1,646
November 9	Noon	Duquesne	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	ESPN3	W 10–0	1,466
November 16	Noon	at Robert Morris	Joe Walton Stadium Moon Township, PA	NECFR	W 42–25	1,133
November 30	1:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Fordham*	Coffey Field Bronx, NY (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 27–37	4,787
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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