The Sacred Heart Pioneers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Sacred Heart University located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. In its most recent 2025 season, it was one of two NCAA Division I FCS independent schools. The school's first football team was fielded in 1991. The 2001 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team compiled a perfect 11âÂÂ0 record and won the school's first conference championship. The team plays its home games at the 3,334-seat Campus Field.
The Pioneers started competing as an NCAA Division I FCS independent in 2024. Their departure from the Northeast Conference (now officially known as the NEC) coincided with the move of the Sacred Heart Pioneers athletic program to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, which has not supported football competition since 2007. They joined the Merrimack Warriors football program, also joining the MAAC as a full member, as the only two schools competing in the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season independent of conference affiliation, and remained in that status in the 2025 season. On July 22, 2025, CAA Football announced Sacred Heart would be its newest football member and begin conference play in the 2026 season.
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Sacred Heart has made four appearances in the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs. The Pioneers combined record is 0âÂÂ4.
Future non-conference opponents announced as of December 16, 2025.