American college football season
The 2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented Sacred Heart University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by eighth-year head coach Mark Nofri , the Pioneers compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the NEC. Sacred Heart played home games at Campus Field in Fairfield, Connecticut .
Preseason coaches' poll[ edit ] The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Pioneers were picked to finish in second place.[1]
Predicted finish Team (1st place votes) 1 Duquesne (7) 2 Sacred Heart (1) 3 Central Connecticut 4 Wagner 5 Bryant 6 Saint Francis 7 Robert Morris 8 LIU
Preseason All-NEC team [ edit ] The Pioneers had two players at two positions selected to the preseason all-NEC team.[1]
Offense
Jordan Meachum – RB
Defense
Chris Agyemang – DL
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 6:00 p.m. at No. 7 Maine * FloSports L 14–427,478 September 7 6:00 p.m. Bucknell * NEC Front Row W 30–104,187 September 14 12:30 p.m. at Lafayette * Stadium W 56–405,119 September 21 1:00 p.m. at LIU NEC Front Row W 34–102,482 October 5 2:00 p.m. Central Connecticut Campus Field Fairfield, CT ESPN3 L 3–285,402 October 12 1:00 p.m. at Penn * ESPN+ L 24–386,033 October 19 12:00 p.m. Duquesne Campus Field Fairfield, CT ESPN3 L 6–205,151 October 26 12:00 p.m. at Saint Francis NEC Front Row W 36–33OT 1,045 November 2 1:00 p.m. at Bryant NEC Front Row W 24–173,778 November 9 12:00 p.m. Wagner Campus Field Fairfield, CT NEC Front Row W 41–7 November 16 12:00 p.m. Lehigh * Campus Field Fairfield, CT NEC Front Row W 13–6 November 23 12:00 p.m. at Robert Morris NEC Front Row L 14–16 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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1 2 3 4 Total Pionners 7 0 0 7 14 No. 7 Black Bears 21 21 0 0 42
1 2 3 4 Total Bison 0 3 7 0 10 Pioneers 0 23 0 7 30
1 2 3 4 Total Pioneers 14 7 21 14 56 Leopards 3 21 3 13 40
1 2 3 4 Total Pioneers 6 13 8 7 34 Sharks 7 0 3 0 10
Central Connecticut [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 7 7 14 0 28 Pioneers 0 3 0 0 3
1 2 3 4 Total Pioneers 0 10 7 7 24 Quakers 14 10 0 14 38
1 2 3 4 Total Dukes 3 14 0 3 20 Pioneers 0 0 6 0 6
1 2 3 4 OT Total Pioneers 3 7 6 14 6 36 Red Flash 10 10 3 7 3 33
1 2 3 4 Total Pioneers 0 14 10 0 24 Bulldogs 0 14 0 3 17
1 2 3 4 Total Seahawks 0 7 0 0 7 Pioneers 0 0 10 31 41
1 2 3 4 Total Mountain Hawks 0 3 3 0 6 Pioneers 0 0 0 13 13
1 2 3 4 Total Pioneers 7 0 7 0 14 Colonials 0 7 3 6 16
Ranking movementsLegend: RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS RV Coaches