2010 Indiana Hoosiers football team

2010 Indiana Hoosiers football
2010 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–7 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Lynch (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Matt Canada (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread, pistol
Co-defensive coordinators	Brian George (6th season); Joe Palcic (6th season);
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Ben Chappell
Captains	Ben Chappell; Tyler Replogle;
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. As members of the Big Ten Conference, the Hoosiers were led by head coach Bill Lynch and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. They finished the season 5–7, 1–7 in Big Ten play. Lynch was fired November 28, 2010, despite having won the team's last game of the season against rival Purdue the previous day.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:30 pm	Towson*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	W 51–17	35,242
September 18	5:00 pm	at Western Kentucky*	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	BTN	W 38–21	20,772
September 25	7:00 pm	Akron*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	W 35–20	42,258
October 2	3:30 pm	No. 19 Michigan	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPNU	L 35–42	52,929
October 9	12:00 pm	at No. 2 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	L 10–38	105,291
October 16	12:00 pm	Arkansas State*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPNU	W 36–34	40,480
October 23	12:00 pm	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	BTN	L 13–43	53,550
October 30	12:00 pm	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 17–20	37,818
November 6	12:00 pm	No. 15 Iowa	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 13–18	42,991
November 13	12:00 pm	at No. 5 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN2	L 20–83	80,477^[4]
November 20	12:00 pm	vs. Penn State	FedExField Landover, MD	BTN	L 24–41	78,790
November 27	12:00 pm	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	BTN	W 34–31 ^OT	50,136
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Towson	0	14	0	3	17
• Indiana	17	21	10	3	51

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Indiana	0	17	14	7	38
Western Kentucky	7	0	0	14	21

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Akron	3	10	0	7	20
• Indiana	14	14	7	0	35

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• #19 Michigan	14	7	14	7	42
Indiana	7	14	7	7	35

Schedule

2010 Big Ten Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 Michigan State +	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 7 Wisconsin $+	7	–	1	11	–	2
Iowa	4	–	4	8	–	5
Illinois	4	–	4	7	–	6
Penn State	4	–	4	7	–	6
Michigan	3	–	5	7	–	6
Northwestern	3	–	5	7	–	6
Purdue	2	–	6	4	–	8
Minnesota	2	–	6	3	–	9
Indiana	1	–	7	5	–	7
No. 5 Ohio State† %	0	–	1	0	–	1

$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions † – Ohio State (12–1, 7–1) self-vacated all of their wins^[1] Rankings from AP Poll^[2]^[3]

Scoring summary

1	8:26	Purdue	Antavian Edison 55 yard pass from Rob Henry (Carson Wiggs kick)	Purdue 7–0

1	6:04	Indiana	Trea Burgess 1 yard run (Mitch Ewald kick)	Tie 7–7

1	1:10	Purdue	Dan Dierking 2 yard pass from Rob Henry (Carson Wiggs kick)	Purdue 14–7

2	6:20	Purdue	Keith Carlos 1 yard run (Carson Wiggs kick)	Purdue 21–7

2	2:14	Indiana	Tandon Doss 4 yard pass from Ben Chappell (Mitch Ewald kick)	Purdue 21–14

3	9:55	Indiana	Tandon Doss 6 yard pass from Ben Chappell (Mitch Ewald kick)	Tie 21–21

3	5:21	Purdue	Cortez Smith 52 yard pass from Rob Henry (Carson Wiggs kick)	Purdue 28–21

4	13:05	Indiana	Tandon Doss 3 yard pass from Ben Chappell (Mitch Ewald kick)	Tie 28–28

4	5:41	Purdue	Carson Wiggs 36 yard field goal	Purdue 31–28

4	0:09	Indiana	Mitch Ewald 26 yard field goal	Tie 31–31

OT		Indiana	Mitch Ewald 31 yard field goal	Indiana 34–31