2014 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2014
| team = Sacred Heart Pioneers
| image = Sacred Heart Pioneers logo.svg
| sport = football
| image_size = 175
| conference = Northeast Conference
| short_conf = NEC
| FCSCoachRank = 22
| record = 9–3
| conf_record = 5–1
| head_coach = Mark Nofri
| hc_year = 3rd
| off_coach = Kevin Bolis
| oc_year = 4th
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Dave Wissman
| dc_year = 4th
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Campus Field
| champion = NEC co-champion
| bowl = NCAA Division I First Round
| bowl_result = L 22–44 at Fordham
}}
{{2014 Northeast Conference football standings}}
The 2014 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented Sacred Heart University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Mark Nofri, the Pioneers compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, sharing the NEC title with Wagner. Due to a head-to-head win the Wagner, Sacred Heart earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs. The Pioneers lost in the first round to Fordham. The team played home games at Campus Field in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2014
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = The Sports Network
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = August 30
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Marist
| site_stadium = Campus Field
| site_cityst = Fairfield, CT
| tv = {{abbr|NECFR|NEC Front Row}}
| score = 28–7
| attend = 3,500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 6
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Lafayette
| site_stadium = Campus Field
| site_cityst = Fairfield, CT
| tv =
| score = 27–14
| attend = 1,990
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 14
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2014|team=Assumption Greyhounds|title=Assumption}}
| site_stadium = Campus Field
| site_cityst = Fairfield, CT
| tv = NECFR
| score = 44–14
| attend = 1,427
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Bucknell
| site_stadium = Campus Field
| site_cityst = Fairfield, CT
| tv = NECFR
| score = 20–36
| attend = 3,471
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Delaware
| opprank = 24
| site_stadium = Delaware Stadium
| site_cityst = Newark, DE
| tv =
| score = 10–7
| attend = 14,894
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Robert Morris
| site_stadium = Campus Field
| site_cityst = Fairfield, CT
| tv = NECFR
| score = 52–13
| attend = 654
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Duquesne
| site_stadium = Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field
| site_cityst = Pittsburgh, PA
| tv =
| score = 23–20
| attend = 1,345
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| rank = 24
| opponent = Saint Francis (PA)
| site_stadium = Campus Field
| site_cityst = Fairfield, CT
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 27–30
| attend = 4,601
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Wagner
| site_stadium = Wagner College Stadium
| site_cityst = Staten Island, NY
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 23–7
| attend = 2,436
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Central Connecticut
| site_stadium = Arute Field
| site_cityst = New Britain, CT
| tv = NECFR
| score = 35–27
| attend = 2,511
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Bryant
| opprank = 21
| site_stadium = Campus Field
| site_cityst = Fairfield, CT
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 14–7
| attend = 2,605
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 29
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Fordham
| opprank = 9
| site_stadium = Coffey Field
| site_cityst = Bronx, NY
| bowl = NCAA Division I First Round
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 22–44
| attend = 2,442
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Sacred Heart Pioneers Schedule 2014 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2529/season/2014 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=July 23, 2024 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2014 Football Schedule |url=https://sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/football/schedule/2014 |publisher=Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics |access-date=July 23, 2024 }}
References
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{{Sacred Heart Pioneers football navbox}}
{{Northeast Conference football champions}}
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