2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Minnesota Golden Gophers logo.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record3–9 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorThomas Hammock, Jeff Horton
Defensive coordinatorKevin Cosgrove, Ronnie Lee
Captains
  • Adam Weber
  • Jon Hoese
  • Kim Royston
  • Brandon Kirksey
Home stadium TCF Bank Stadium
Seasons
  2009
2011  
2010 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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]

The 2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2010 college football season. The Golden Gophers are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were led by fourth-year head coach Tim Brewster until his firing on October 17, 2010, the result of 1–6 start. Co-offensive coordinator Jeff Horton was tapped as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. [4] The Golden Gophers finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in Big Ten play.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:30 pmat Middle Tennessee * ESPNU W 24–1725,908 [5]
September 1111:00 am South Dakota * BTN L 38–4149,554 [6]
September 182:30 pm USC *
  • TCF Bank Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
ESPN L 21–3250,442 [7]
September 257:30 pm Northern Illinois *
  • TCF Bank Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
BTNL 23–3449,368 [8]
October 211:00 am Northwestern Dagger-14-plain.png
  • TCF Bank Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
ESPNL 28–2949,228 [9]
October 911:00 amat No. 19 Wisconsin BTNL 23–4180,328 [10]
October 1611:00 amat Purdue ESPN2 L 17–2847,319 [11]
October 2311:00 am Penn State
  • TCF Bank Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (Battle for the Governor's Victory Bell)
ESPNUL 21–3348,479 [12]
October 307:00 pmNo. 10 Ohio State
  • TCF Bank Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
ABC L 10–5248,717 [13]
November 611:00 amat No. 15 Michigan State BTNL 8–3171,128 [14]
November 1311:00 amat Illinois BTNW 38–3455,549 [15]
November 272:30 pmNo. 24 Iowa
BTNW 27–2450,805 [16]

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