2012 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

2012 Sacred Heart Pioneers football
Conference	Northeast Conference
Record	2–9 (1–7 NEC)
Head coach	Mark Nofri (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Bolis (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Dave Wissman (2nd season)
Home stadium	Campus Field

2012 Northeast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 21 Wagner +^		7	–	1					9	–	4
Albany +		7	–	1					9	–	2
Monmouth		4	–	3					5	–	5
Saint Francis (PA)		4	–	4					5	–	6
Bryant		4	–	4					4	–	7
Robert Morris		3	–	5					4	–	7
Duquesne		3	–	5					5	–	6
Central Connecticut		2	–	5					2	–	8
Sacred Heart		1	–	7					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented Sacred Heart University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Mark Nofri, the Pioneers compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of nine teams in the NEC. Sacred Heart played home games at Campus Field in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	1:00 p.m.	at Morgan State*	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD		L 27–30 4OT	3,651
September 15	1:00 p.m.	at Colgate*	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY		L 14–35	5,438
September 22	1:00 p.m.	at Monmouth	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ		L 14–27	2,892
September 29	12:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	FCS, CoxCT, ESPN3	W 34–21	3,052
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Wagner	Campus Field Fairfield, CT		L 3–12	1,281
October 13	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH		W 27–10	3,473
October 20	12:00 p.m.	at Duquesne	Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field Pittsburgh, PA		L 3–35	2,215
October 27	1:00 p.m.	No. 24 Albany	Campus Field Fairfield, CT		L 20–23	3,505
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at Bryant	Bulldog Stadium Smithfield, RI		L 14–34	1,634
November 10	12:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	Campus Field Fairfield, CT		L 17–21	1,336
November 17	12:00 p.m.	at St. Francis (PA)	DeGol Field Loretto, PA		L 24–44	1,507
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time