2021 Northeast Conference Football Championship Game information
College football game
College football game
2021 Northeast Conference Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
Sacred Heart Pioneers
Duquesne Dukes
(3–1)
(4–0)
34
27
Head coach: Mark Nofri
Head coach: Jerry Schmitt
1
2
3
4
OT
Total
Sacred Heart
6
6
15
0
7
34
Duquesne
7
0
6
14
0
27
Date
April 11, 2021
Season
2020
Stadium
Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States TV coverage
Network
ESPN3
Announcers
Paul Dottino (play-by-play), Rasheed Marshall (color)
Northeast Conference Football Championship Game
2020 Northeast Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Duquesne y
4
–
0
4
–
1
Sacred Heart y$^
2
–
1
3
–
2
LIU
2
–
2
2
–
2
Bryant
2
–
2
2
–
2
Wagner
0
–
2
0
–
2
Merrimack*
0
–
3
0
–
3
Championship: Sacred Heart 34, Duquesne 27 (OT)
$ – Conference champion
y – Championship game participant
^ – FCS playoff participant
Note: Due to COVID-19, the Northeast suspended the 2020 football season. * – Merrimack ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition to NCAA Division I Central Connecticut and Saint Francis (PA) opted out of the spring season.
Rankings from STATS Poll
The 2021 Northeast Conference Football Championship Game was a college football game played on Sunday, April 11, 2021, to determine the 2020–21 champion of the Northeast Conference.[1] The game featured the Sacred Heart Pioneers and the Duquesne Dukes in the conference's first championship game.
^"Sudden Victory! Sacred Heart Edges Duquesne In OT To Claim #NECFootball Crown".
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