2020 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2020
| team = Sacred Heart Pioneers
| sport = football
| image = Sacred Heart Pioneers logo.svg
| image_size = 175
| conference = Northeast Conference
| short_conf = NEC
| record = 3–2
| conf_record = 2–1
| head_coach = Mark Nofri
| hc_year = 9th
| off_coach = Matt Gardner
| oc_year = 4th
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Michael Cooke
| dc_year = 4th
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Campus Field
| champion = NEC champion
| conf_champ = NEC Championship Game
| conf_champ_result = W 34–27 OT vs. Duquesne
| bowl = NCAA Division I First Round
| bowl_result = L 10–19 vs. Delaware
}}
{{2020 Northeast Conference football standings}}
The 2020 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented Sacred Heart University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sacred Heart original's schedule for the fall of 2020 was cancelled, and the team played a shortened schedule in the spring of 2021 instead. Led by ninth-year head coach Mark Nofri, the Pioneers compiled an overall record of 3–2 with a mark of 2–1 in conference play, placing second in the NEC during the regular season. Sacred Heart qualified for the NEC Championship Game and defeated Duquesne to win the conference title. The Pioneers advanced to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, losing in the first round to Delaware. Sacred Heart played home games at Campus Field in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Schedule
Sacred Heart had games scheduled against Stony Brook (September 26) and Penn (October 10), which were later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.{{cite web |last1=West |first1=Jenna |title=Ivy League to Postpone Fall Athletics, No Date Set for Return |url=https://www.si.com/college/2020/07/08/ivy-league-postpone-fall-sports-hopeful-football-spring |website=Sports Illustrated |accessdate=8 July 2020 |language=en-us}}{{cite web |last1=Singelais |first1=Mark |title=Reports: CAA football won't play this fall |url=https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Reports-CAA-football-won-t-play-this-fall-15414291.php |website=Times Union |accessdate=17 July 2020 |date=16 July 2020}}
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2020
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = STATS
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = March 7
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| away = y
| opponent = Duquesne
| stadium = Rooney Field
| cityst = Pittsburgh, PA
| tv = NEC Front Row
| w/l = l
| score = 27–30
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = March 14
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| opponent = LIU
| stadium = Campus Field
| cityst = Fairfield, CT
| tv = ESPN3
| w/l = w
| score = 35–7
| attend = 400
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = March 21
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| opponent = Merrimack
| stadium = Campus Field
| cityst = Fairfield, CT
| tv = NEC Front Row
| w/l = w
| score = 26–9
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = March 28
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| away = y
| opponent = Wagner
| stadium = Wagner College Stadium
| cityst = Staten Island, NY
| tv =
| w/l = Cancelled
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|April 11|Sunday}}
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opprank = 25
| opponent = Duquesne
| stadium = Rooney Field
| cityst = Pittsburgh, PA
| gamename = NEC Championship Game
| tv = ESPN3
| w/l = w
| score = 34–27
| overtime = OT
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = April 24
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opprank = 5
| opponent = Delaware
| stadium = Delaware Stadium
| cityst = Newark, DE
| gamename = NCAA Division I First Round
| tv = ESPN3
| w/l = l
| score = 10–19
| attend =
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Sacred Heart Pioneers Schedule 2020 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2529/season/2020 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=July 24, 2024 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2020 Football Schedule |url=https://sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/football/schedule/2020 |publisher=Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics |access-date=July 24, 2024 }}
References
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