2021 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team
| 2021 Sacred Heart Pioneers football | |
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NEC champion | |
NCAA Division I First Round, L 10–13 at Holy Cross | |
| Conference | Northeast Conference |
| Record | 8–4 (6–1 NEC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Matt Gardner (5th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Mike Cooke (5th season) |
| Home stadium | Campus Field |
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| Sacred Heart $^ | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bryant | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Connecticut | 4 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Merrimack * | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LIU | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wagner | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented Sacred Heart University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Mark Nofri, the Pioneers compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, winning the NEC title. Sacred Heart earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, losing in the first round to Holy Cross. The team played home games at Campus Field in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 4 | 6:00 p.m. | Bucknell* | W 21–0 | 4,201 | ||
| September 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at Bryant | L 6–17 | 2,276 | ||
| September 18 | 1:00 p.m. | Morgan State* |
| W 21–7 | 4,626 | |
| September 25 | 1:30 p.m. | at Dartmouth* | L 3–41 | 5,121 | ||
| October 2 | 1:00 p.m. | at Howard* | L 17–22 | 5,235 | ||
| October 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Merrimack |
| W 20–10 | 4,993 | |
| October 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Central Connecticut |
| W 27–17 | 2,853 | |
| October 23 | 12:30 p.m. | Duquesne |
| ESPN3 | W 31–13 | 7,327 |
| November 6 | 12:00 p.m. | at Saint Francis (PA) | W 14–13 | 1,077 | ||
| November 13 | 12:00 p.m. | Wagner |
| W 27–0 | 3,483 | |
| November 20 | 12:00 p.m. | at LIU | ESPN3 | W 38–14 | 1,092 | |
| November 27 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Holy Cross* | ESPN+ | L 10–13 | 4,163 | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Sacred Heart Pioneers Schedule 2021". ESPN. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ "2021 Football Schedule". Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
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