2010 UMass Minutemen football team

2010 UMass Minutemen football
2010 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	6–5 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach	Kevin Morris (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Brian Picucci (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Keith Dudzinski (7th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
	Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. The team was coached by Kevin Morris and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen played their road opener on September 18 against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium in a game that drew the largest crowd ever to attend a UMass football game. UMass also played their first game in program history at Gillette Stadium, their future home beginning in 2012, on October 23 in the Colonial Clash against New Hampshire. The team finished with a record of 6–5, 4–4 in CAA play.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	3:30 p.m.	No. 4 William & Mary		McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	CSNNE	W 27–23	10,072
September 11	6:00 p.m.	Holy Cross*	No. 18	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	WSHM	W 31–7	16,352
September 18	12:00 p.m.	at No. 20 (AP/FBS) Michigan*	No. 16	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	L 37–42	110,187
September 25	6:00 p.m.	at Stony Brook*	No. 11	LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY		W 26–21	5,309
October 2	7:00 p.m.	at Towson	No. 8	Unitas Stadium Towson, MD		W 27–14	5,560
October 16	3:30 p.m.	No. 20 Richmond	No. 8	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	WSHM	L 10–11	16,421
October 23	3:30 p.m.	vs. No. 10 New Hampshire	No. 12	Gillette Stadium Foxboro, MA (Colonial Clash)	CSNNE	L 13–39	32,848
October 30	3:30 p.m.	at No. 15 James Madison	No. 18	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	CSNNE	W 21–14	16,664
November 6	3:30 p.m.	Maine	No. 15	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	CSNNE	W 39–24	12,121
November 13	1:00 p.m.	No. 2 Delaware	No. 14	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	WSHM	L 27–45	10,057
November 20	12:30 p.m.	at Rhode Island	No. 19	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI		L 34–37	3,156
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule

2010 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
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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