2010 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

2010 New Hampshire Wildcats football
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 3–16 vs. Delaware
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 7
FCS Coaches	No. 7
Record	8–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach	Sean McDonnell (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Cramsey (2nd season)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium

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

The 2010 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by 12th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in CAA play . They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they lost in the quarterfinals to Delaware.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	12:00 pm	Central Connecticut State*	No. 10	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	UNHTV	W 33–3	7,419
September 11	1:00 pm	at No. 15 (FBS) Pittsburgh*	No. 6	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN3	L 16–38	50,120
September 18	12:00 pm	at Rhode Island	No. 8	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	CSN	L 25–28	4,521
September 25	12:00 pm	Lehigh*	No. 16	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	UNHTV	W 31–10	8,144
October 2	6:00 pm	at Maine	No. 14	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket)		L 13–16 ^OT	6,531
October 9	12:00 pm	No. 11 Richmond	No. 22	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	CSN	W 17–0	12,095
October 16	3:30 pm	at No. 7 James Madison	No. 16	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	CSN	W 28–14	16,985
October 23	3:30 pm	vs. No. 12 UMass	No. 10	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA (Colonial Clash)	CSN	W 39–13	32,848
November 6	12:00 pm	No. 8 William & Mary	No. 4	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	UNHTV	L 3–13	6,008
November 13	12:00 pm	at No. 9 Villanova	No. 17	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	CSN	W 31–24	7,103
November 20	12:00 pm	Towson	No. 14	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	UNHTV	W 38–19	5,003
December 4	1:00 pm	at No. 13 Bethune–Cookman*	No. 11	Municipal Stadium Daytona Beach, FL (NCAA Division I Second Round)		W 45–20	5,738
December 10	8:00 pm	at No. 5 Delaware*	No. 11	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN2	L 3–16	8,770
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. "2010 Football Schedule". University of New Hampshire Department of Athletics. 2011. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014.