2023 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

2023 Sacred Heart Pioneers football
Conference	Northeast Conference
Record	2–9 (2–6 NEC)
Head coach	Mark Nofri (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Gardner (7th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Cooke (7th season)
Home stadium	Campus Field

2023 Northeast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Duquesne $^		6	–	1					7	–	5
Saint Francis (PA)		4	–	3					4	–	6
Merrimack		4	–	3					5	–	6
Stonehill *		4	–	3					5	–	5
LIU		4	–	3					4	–	7
Wagner		3	–	4					4	–	7
Sacred Heart		2	–	5					2	–	9
Central Connecticut		1	–	6					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Note: Stonehill ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented Sacred Heart University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Pioneers were led by tenth-year head coach Mark Nofri and played home games at Campus Field in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Lafayette*	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	NEC Front Row	L 14–19	5,634
September 9	12:30 p.m.	at Georgetown*	Cooper Field Washington, DC	ESPN+	L 10–27	2,009
September 16	1:00 p.m.	Wagner	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	NEC Front Row	L 10–17	5,174
September 23	12:00 p.m.	at Saint Francis (PA)	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NEC Front Row	W 37–34	1,167
September 30	1:00 p.m.	Merrimack	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	NEC Front Row	L 7–17	8,552
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at LIU	Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium Brookville, NY	NEC Front Row	L 13–23	2,339
October 14	12:00 p.m.	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	L 3–31	3,739
October 21	1:00 p.m.	at Stonehill	W.B. Mason Stadium Easton, MA	NEC Front Row	L 19–22 2OT	2,422
October 28	12:00 p.m.	Duquesne	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	ESPN+	L 0–27	6,822
November 4	12:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	NEC Front Row	W 31–24	5,547
November 18	12:00 p.m.	at UConn*	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	WFSB	L 3–31	19,053
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time