Massachusetts beats Sacred Heart 37-10
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We had Sacred Heart favored. Massachusetts won.
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How it swung
Before kickoff, our ratings gave Massachusetts a 62% chance, and the closing betting line (Massachusetts was a 23.5-point favorite) put it at 97%.
Massachusetts led by 17 after the first quarter and by 23 at the half.
Favored the whole way: Massachusetts never fell below 95%.
Sacred Heart never had better than a 5% chance.
Massachusetts · Q1 11:44Pick-sixMassachusetts · Q3 10:23Massachusetts 37-10 Sacred Heart
Massachusetts wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.Sacred Heart 10-37 MassachusettsSacred Heart lostMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
How to read this chart
Starts from the pregame line (Massachusetts -23.5), at 95% for Massachusetts (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Outlined diamonds mark rare plays.Every drive
Massachusetts scored on 4 of its 8 drives; Sacred Heart on 2 of its 11.
Massachusetts’s drives are teal, Sacred Heart’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.
Box score
Massachusetts 37, Sacred Heart 10
Massachusetts covered −23.5 by 3.5. The total, 47, stayed under 53.5.
Sacred Heart leaders
- Passing Jack Snyder 11 of 16, 77 yds, 1 INT
- Rushing Nicholas Yanchuk 6 for 28 yds; Dameon Crosby 4 for 24 yds
- Receiving Jason Palmieri 5 for 46 yds; Darius Chukwuemeka 2 for 37 yds
Massachusetts leaders
- Passing William Watson III 9 of 10, 152 yds, 1 TD
- Rushing Elijah Faulkner 11 for 72 yds; William Watson III 4 for 40 yds, 1 TD
- Receiving Joseph Griffin Jr. 3 for 59 yds; Ty Harding 1 for 49 yds, 1 TD
No rain through the game
76° at kickoff · no rain recorded
September game-day temperatures at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
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Where this weather comes from
Measured at Chicopee/westover airport, 13 miles away. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.Before kickoff
Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.
Recent games
Last three games · 2025 season
Sacred Heart · 8-4
Rated 205th in our preseason ratings, 207th now.
2-1 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
L 10-34 @ Villanova #100 of 667
lost by 24 as a 16-point underdog
W 42-37 vs Merrimack #222 of 667
won by 5 as a 6.5-point favorite
W 56-10 vs Virginia Lynchburg
W 35-20 vs New Haven #265 of 667
won by 15 as a 15.5-point favorite
L 21-43 @ Montana #94 of 667
lost by 22 as a 26.5-point underdog
W 32-14 vs Howard #207 of 667
won by 18 as a 2.5-point favorite
L 35-42 @ Central Connecticut #215 of 667
lost by 7 as a 5.5-point underdog
W 35-31 vs Delaware State #202 of 667
won by 4 as a 5-point underdog
W 31-28 @ Norfolk State #249 of 667
won by 3 as a 1-point underdog
W 24-21 @ Long Island University #186 of 667
won by 3 as a 13.5-point underdog
L 10-28 @ Lehigh #193 of 667
lost by 18 as a 20-point underdog
W 12-7 vs Stonehill #256 of 667
won by 5 as a 6.5-point favorite
Last three games · 2025 season
Massachusetts · 0-12
Rated 258th in our preseason ratings, 244th now, up 14 spots.
Three straight losses, each by 20 or more.
L 14-45 vs Bowling Green #162 of 667
lost by 31 as a 14.5-point underdog
L 14-42 @ Ohio #71 of 667
lost by 28 as a 34.5-point underdog
L 3-45 vs Northern Illinois #184 of 667
lost by 42 as an 8.5-point underdog
L 10-44 @ Akron #145 of 667
lost by 34 as a 12.5-point underdog
L 13-38 @ Central Michigan #109 of 667
lost by 25 as a 17.5-point underdog
L 21-28 vs Buffalo #134 of 667
lost by 7 as a 16.5-point underdog
L 6-42 @ Kent State #200 of 667
lost by 36 as a 1.5-point underdog
L 3-21 vs Western Michigan #95 of 667
lost by 18 as a 12.5-point underdog
L 6-42 @ MissouriTop 25 #12 of 667
lost by 36 as a 44.5-point underdog
L 7-47 @ IowaTop 25 #41 of 667
lost by 40 as a 35.5-point underdog
L 26-27 vs Bryant #203 of 667
lost by 1 as a 16.5-point favorite
L 10-42 vs Temple #132 of 667
lost by 32 as a 2.5-point underdog
Week by week
Massachusetts
- Wk 1Wat Rutgers37-21
Sacred Heart
- Wk 1Lat Monmouth24-31
Line, fans and home field
The betting line, and the fans
Our model and the betting line don’t fully agree on Massachusetts’s chances here.
Massachusetts favored by 23.5 · Total 53.5
How games like this usually go
Massachusetts by 23.5, and it went to form
Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game
The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.
The market
The books’ cut: 3.7%, the margin built into the odds
Weather at kickoff
Warm and dry. Feels like 75° at kickoff.
Sacred Heart at Massachusetts · Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026 · Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium, Hadley
- 75°feels like at kickoff
- Dryno rain at kickoff
- 95weather score, Comfortable
At kickoff, Sept. 12, 2026.
Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.
Kickoff times that Saturday
Games in this time zone used 7 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game is ringed. At Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium that day, a 6 pm, 7 pm or 7:30 pm kickoff would have scored 100, against 95 at 3:30 pm.
- noon: 94, Comfortable
- 1 pm: 93, Comfortable
- 2 pm: 92, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 95, Comfortable (this game)
- 6 pm: 100, Ideal
- 7 pm: 100, Ideal
- 7:30 pm: 100, Ideal
Weather score at each kickoff time.
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At kickoff, Sept. 12, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.
Home field
Massachusetts is worth +4.7 points (±3.8) more at home than on the road since 2018 — middle of FBS, 60th percentile.
12% at home, 10% on the road against FBS opponents (4-30 home, 5-45 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -2.0 at home vs. away over 95 games — inside the ±6.1 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
The visitors travel about 88 miles to get here.