Sacred Heart Pioneers
Coastal AthleticFairfield, CTCampus Field
2026: 3–4 (3–2 Coastal Athletic). Last: beat Hampton 35–21 at home. Next: at Stony Brook, Saturday, Oct 31, noon ET.
- L 24–31at Monmouth
- L 10–37at Massachusetts
- L 21–24at Elon
- W 20–13New Hampshire
- W 24–16at Maine
- L 7–28Stonehill
- W 35–21Hampton
- Oct 31at Stony Brook
- Nov 7Towson
- Nov 14Bryant
- Nov 21at Merrimack
Sacred Heart has played football since 1991 and is officially 174–194; 253 of its 368 games are in our file. They have won six Northeast Conference titles (the last in 2021), counting shared titles. The most-played rival is Central Connecticut: 21 meetings, Central Connecticut leads 12–9. This season, they’re 3–4.
On this date in 2024Sacred Heart lost to Lafayette 31–17 on the road.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 174–194 official; 122–131 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1254
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 87 · Composite No. 97 in FCS, Oct 17; up 1 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 6 last in 2021
- Bowl record
- 1–0 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 24 since 2003, 253 games
2026 season 3–4
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Monmouth | L 24–31 | 38% |
| Sep 12 | at Massachusetts | L 10–37 | 36% |
| Sep 19 | at Elon | L 21–24 | 32% |
| Sep 26 | vs New Hampshire | W 20–13 | 51% |
| Oct 3 | at Maine | W 24–16 | 45% |
| Oct 10 | vs Stonehill | L 7–28 | 74% |
| Oct 17 | vs Hampton | W 35–21 | 78% |
| Oct 31 | at Stony Brook | Preview | 32% |
| Nov 7 | vs Towson | Preview | 65% |
| Nov 14 | vs Bryant | Preview | 56% |
| Nov 21 | at Merrimack | Preview | 47% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Jack Snyder1,199 passing yards, 10 TD (leads Sacred Heart in passing yards)
- Chuck Webb409 rushing yards, 2 TD (leads Sacred Heart in rushing yards)
- Myles Hamilton50 tackles, 2 sacks (leads Sacred Heart in tackles)
- Darius Chukwuemeka284 rushing yards
- Kymari Latney46 tackles
- Dean Hangey31 catches, 306 yards, 3 TD (leads Sacred Heart in receiving touchdowns)
Program strength since 2003
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Central Connecticut
9–12 in 21
- 2014 W 35–27
- 2015 L 10–26
- 2016 L 35–37
- 2017 L 15–26
- 2018 W 28–25
- 2019 L 3–28
- 2021 W 27–17
- 2022 W 14–10
- 2023 W 31–24
- 2025 L 35–42
Lost the last one.
- Saint Francis
10–10 in 20
- 2013 L 10–24
- 2014 L 27–30
- 2015 L 14–23
- 2016 L 17–38
- 2017 W 16–7
- 2018 W 13–7
- 2019 W 36–33
- 2021 W 14–13
- 2022 L 14–44
- 2023 W 37–34
Won the last one.
- Wagner
10–10 in 20
- 2013 L 20–23
- 2014 W 23–7
- 2015 W 45–17
- 2016 L 20–45
- 2017 L 15–28
- 2018 W 41–14
- 2019 W 41–7
- 2021 W 27–0
- 2022 W 38–28
- 2023 L 10–17
Lost the last one.
| Opponent | Games | SHU record |
|---|---|---|
| Central Connecticut | 21 | 9–12 |
| Saint Francis | 20 | 10–10 |
| Wagner | 20 | 10–10 |
| Duquesne | 17 | 3–14 |
| Robert Morris | 16 | 10–6 |
| Marist | 13 | 8–5 |
| Monmouth | 12 | 2–10 |
| Bryant | 12 | 6–6 |
Every opponent (54)
Every program Sacred Heart has played, A to Z, with Sacred Heart’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Assumption 3–0
- Bentley 1–0
- Bryant 6–6
- Bucknell 4–2
- Central Connecticut 9–12
- Chowan 1–0
- Colgate 0–1
- Colorado College 0–1
- Columbia 1–0
- Cornell 2–1
- Dartmouth 3–5
- Delaware 1–2
- Delaware State 1–1
- Denver 0–4
- Duquesne 3–14
- Elon 0–1
- Fordham 0–2
- Georgetown 2–1
- Hampton 1–0
- Holy Cross 0–3
- Howard 1–2
- Iona 4–2
- La Salle 1–0
- Lafayette 5–4
- Lehigh 1–1
- Lincoln (PA) 1–0
- Long Island University 4–3
- Maine 1–1
- Marist 8–5
- Massachusetts 0–1
- Mercyhurst 1–0
- Merrimack 4–2
- Monmouth 2–10
- Montana 0–1
- Morgan State 1–2
- New Hampshire 1–0
- New Haven 1–0
- Norfolk State 3–0
- Pennsylvania 0–2
- Robert Morris 10–6
- Saint Anselm 2–0
- Saint Francis 10–10
- Siena 1–0
- St. Peter’s 2–0
- Stetson 2–0
- Stonehill 2–3
- Stony Brook 3–3
- UAlbany 0–9
- UConn 0–1
- Valparaiso 2–0
- Villanova 0–1
- Virginia Lynchburg 1–0
- Wagner 10–10
- Yale 0–1
Conference titles
6, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1991–1994
- Eastern Collegiate Football (historical) 1995–1996
- Eastern Football (1997–2000) 1997
- NEC 1998–2023
- Independent 2024–2025
- Coastal Athletic Conference since 2026
- 2024Went independent from the NEC in football. Source
- 2026Joined the Coastal Athletic Conference from independence in football, announced July 22, 2025. Source
Sacred Heart’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 1 since 2002
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
Sacred Heart University- Enrollment
- 11,022 7,204 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1963
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $75,059 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 1254 | ||||
| 2025 | 8–4 | 1292 | |||||
| 2024 | 5–6 | 1199 | |||||
| 2023 | 2–9 | 2–5 | 1138 | ||||
| 2022 | 5–6 | 3–4 | 1273 | ||||
| 2021 | 8–4 | 6–1 | 1371 | ||||
| 2020 | 2–2 | 1321 | |||||
| 2019 | 7–5 | 4–3 | 1320 | ||||
| 2018 | 7–4 | 5–1 | 1323 | ||||
| 2017 | 4–7 | 2–4 | 1221 | ||||
| 2016 | 6–5 | 1–5 | 1265 | ||||
| 2015 | 6–5 | 3–3 | 1308 | ||||
| 2014 | 9–3 | 5–1 | 1388 | ||||
| 2013 | 8–3 | 2–2 | 1315 | ||||
| 2012 | 2–8 | 1–6 | 1155 | ||||
| 2011 | 5–6 | 3–5 | 1213 | ||||
| 2010 | 4–7 | 2–6 | 1178 | ||||
| 2009 | 2–8 | 2–6 | 1166 | ||||
| 2008 | 8–3 | 4–3 | 1262 | ||||
| 2007 | 3–8 | 0–6 | 1100 | ||||
| 2006 | 2–9 | 1–6 | 1125 | ||||
| 2005 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 1240 | ||||
| 2004 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 1310 | ||||
| 2003 | 6–5 | 3–4 | 1195 |
Officially 174–194 since 1991 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 122–131 (253 of its 368 games are on file). Our file starts in 2003; the program began in 1991. Some games are missing from our source.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.