The 2013 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented

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in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach

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in his first official year as head coach after serving as the interim head coach in 2012. They played their home games at

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and were a member of the

Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Foo ...

. The Pioneers finished the season 10–3, 4–2 in NEC play to share the NEC championship with Duquesne. Due to their win over Dequesne, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, their first ever playoff appearance, where they were defeated in the first round by Fordham.

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Sacred Heart Pioneers football seasons Northeast Conference football champion seasons

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