2010 Richmond Spiders football team

The 2010 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond during the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Richmond competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) under first-year head football coach Latrell Scott and played its home games at the new E. Claiborne Robins Stadium. The 2010 campaign came on the heels of an NCAA Division I FCS national championship in 2008 and a quarterfinal appearance in 2009.

2010 Richmond Spiders football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	6–5 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach	Latrell Scott (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Wayne Lineburg (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Trott (1st season)
Home stadium	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium
Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

2010 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Delaware +^		6	–	2					12	–	3
No. 10 William & Mary +^		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 3 Villanova ^		5	–	3					9	–	5
No. 7 New Hampshire ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
UMass		4	–	4					6	–	5
Richmond		4	–	4					6	–	5
Rhode Island		4	–	4					5	–	6
James Madison		3	–	5					6	–	5
Maine		3	–	5					4	–	7
Towson		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

In the Colonial Athletic Association preseason poll, the Spiders were picked to finish 6th in the conference.^[1] Nationally, the preseason poll from The Sports Network ranked Richmond 6th.

Schedule

Richmond's 2010 schedule^[2] kicked off against Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) team Virginia and includes other non-conference games against Elon and Coastal Carolina. The schedule also included an eight-game CAA slate wrapping up against rival William & Mary in the Capital Cup.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	6:00 pm	at Virginia*	No. 6	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN3	L 13–34	54,146
September 18	1:00 pm	No. 7 Elon*	No. 9	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA		W 27–21 OT	8,700
September 25	3:30 pm	No. 7 Delaware	No. 5	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN	L 13–34	8,700
October 2	1:00 pm	Coastal Carolina*	No. 11	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA		W 41–19	8,464
October 9	12:00 pm	at No. 22 New Hampshire	No. 11	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	CSN	L 0–17	12,095
October 16	3:30 pm	at No. 8 UMass	No. 20	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA		W 11–10	16,421
October 23	3:30 pm	Towson	No. 16	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA		W 28–6	8,700
October 30	12:00 pm	at No. 5 Villanova	No. 14	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	CSN	L 7–28	6,317
November 6	3:30 pm	No. 22 James Madison	No. 20	Robins Stadium Richmond, CA (rivalry)	CSN	W 13–10 OT	8,700
November 13	2:00 pm	Rhode Island	No. 21	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA		W 15–6	8,136
November 20	3:30 pm	at No. 6 William & Mary	No. 18	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (Capital Cup)	CSN	L 3–41	12,259
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time