Sacred Heart

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Coastal Athletic · Campus Field · 3,334

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Elon · our model 23% Sacred Heart · a number, not a pick

LastL 10–37 at Massachusetts · Sat Sep 12 · Cole Snider 1 rush yds, 1 TD, 11 rec yds

Nextat Elon · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET · Rhodes Stadium · first meeting on record

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Sacred Heart · 2026 schedule & results0-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#205#164+11.5@MonmouthL 24–310-10-1
2Sep 12#208#246+23.5@MassachusettsL 10–37 400-20-1
3Sep 19#215#179@Elon
4Sep 26#216#206New Hampshire
5Oct 3@Maine
6Oct 10Stonehill
7Oct 17Hampton
9Oct 31@Stony Brook
10Nov 7Towson
11Nov 14Bryant
12Nov 21@Merrimack
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Explosive%Note
Sep 12@MassachusettsL 10–37-0.13536.6%94.9%
Sep 5@MonmouthL 24–31+0.16835.2%160.2%
Season average (2 games)+0.01635.9%127.5%

Game Week

4d 22h

until kickoff · at Elon · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Sacred Heart is the Connecticut Catholic school that started FCS football in 1999, went independent for a decade, and joins the CAA in 2026 — the Pioneers are a winning program on the verge of testing itself against the FCS's most competitive conference.

Standard GapAn 8-4 independent season in 2025 and 14 seasons under Mark Nofri who bu…

Fans say Sacred Heart has been winning games in FCS for 26 years and no one in national media has paid attention — they believe joining the CAA in 2026 is the program finally demanding the spotlight i…

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The season in chapters

Weeks 1–20-2, all on the roadL 10–37 at Massachusetts · Sat Sep 12
Ahead
Sat Sep 19Next: Elonat Elon · on the road

What it is like to watch them2025 · 8-4 · last season

Game feel55even gamescombined pts / game1st highest-scoring of 2 in the FCS Independents
Heart rate5-1some dramain one-score games (6 of 12)2nd most one-score games of 2 in the FCS Independents
Margin+2.3competitiveavg scoring margin1st best margin of 2 in the FCS Independents
Big plays1.26some popexplosiveness (IsoPPP)2nd most explosive of 2 in the FCS Independents
Home crowd4,015avg attendance2nd biggest crowds of 2 in the FCS Independents

✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among FCS Independents teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Sacred Heart has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 5-5 over the last 10, and lost the last three.

Streak L3Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 5-5
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Elon · away

Outcome band · Sacred Heart · 2026

Sacred Heart's most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.

Floor0-12Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
Base0-12Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
Ceiling3-9Conference title race. Playoff bid in play.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Sacred Heart is the Connecticut Catholic school that started FCS football in 1999, went independent for a decade, and joins the CAA in 2026 — the Pioneers are a winning program on the verge of testing itself against the FCS's most competitive conference.

Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

r/cfb this year

[Postgame Thread] Sacred Heart Defeats Howard 32-14
10 upvotes · Oct 2025

Top community posts · last 12 months · r/cfb

CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Pioneers.”
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