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2021 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

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2021 Sacred Heart Pioneers football
NEC champion
ConferenceNortheast Conference
Record8–4 (6–1 NEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Gardner (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Cooke (5th season)
Home stadiumCampus Field
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Northeast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
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  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Merrimack ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II

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

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 46:00 p.m.Bucknell*
W 21–04,201
September 117:00 p.m.at Bryant
L 6–172,276
September 181:00 p.m.Morgan State*
  • Campus Field
  • Fairfield, CT
W 21–74,626
September 251:30 p.m.at Dartmouth*
L 3–415,121
October 21:00 p.m.at Howard*
L 17–225,235
October 92:00 p.m.Merrimack
  • Campus Field
  • Fairfield, CT
W 20–104,993
October 161:00 p.m.Central Connecticut
  • Campus Field
  • Fairfield, CT
W 27–172,853
October 2312:30 p.m.Duquesne
  • Campus Field
  • Fairfield, CT
ESPN3W 31–137,327
November 612:00 p.m.at Saint Francis (PA)
W 14–131,077
November 1312:00 p.m.Wagner
  • Campus Field
  • Fairfield, CT
W 27–03,483
November 2012:00 p.m.at LIU
ESPN3W 38–141,092
November 2712:00 p.m.at No. 24 Holy Cross*
ESPN+L 10–134,163

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References

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  1. ^ "Sacred Heart Pioneers Schedule 2021". ESPN. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "2021 Football Schedule". Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics. Retrieved July 24, 2024.


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