2014 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{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 }}

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