Sacred Heart

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Coastal Athletic · Campus Field · 3,334

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs New Hampshire · our model 74% Sacred Heart · a number, not a pick

LastL 21–24 at Elon · Sat Sep 19 · Jack Snyder 195 pass yds, 3 TD, 39 rush yds

Nextvs New Hampshire · Sat Sep 26 · 12 pm ET · Campus Field · first meeting on record

Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3

Sacred Heart · 2026 schedule & results0-3
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#205#164+11.5@MonmouthL 24–310-10-1
2Sep 12#208#243+23.5@MassachusettsL 10–37 400-20-1
3Sep 19#215#179+11.5@ElonL 21–240-30-2
4Sep 26#218#227New Hampshire
5Oct 3#217#221@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 19@ElonL 21–24+0.11245.9%106.6%Best success rate
Sep 12@MassachusettsL 10–37-0.15336.6%94.9%Season-low EPA/play
Sep 5@MonmouthL 24–31+0.16835.2%160.2%Season-high EPA/play
Season average (3 games)+0.04239.2%120.6%

Game Week

4d 16h

until kickoff · vs New Hampshire · Sat Sep 26 · 12 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…

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…

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The season in chapters

Weeks 1–30-3, all on the roadL 10–37 at Massachusetts · Sat Sep 12
Ahead
Sat Sep 26Next: New Hampshirevs New Hampshire · at home

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 one of its last five.

Cold. 4-6 over the last 10, and lost the last four.

Streak L4Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 4-6
The forecast

Next Sep 26

vs New Hampshire · at home

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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