2010 Richmond Spiders football team

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2010 Richmond Spiders football
Richmond Spiders text logo.svg
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Record6–5 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach
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
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 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.

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.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 46:00 pmat Virginia *No. 6 ESPN3 L 13–3454,146
September 181:00 pmNo. 7 Elon *No. 9W 27–21 OT8,700
September 253:30 pmNo. 7 Delaware No. 5
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
CSN L 13–348,700
October 21:00 pm Coastal Carolina *No. 11
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 41–198,464
October 912:00 pmat No. 22 New Hampshire No. 11CSNL 0–1712,095
October 163:30 pmat No. 8 UMass No. 20W 11–1016,421
October 233:30 pm Towson Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 16
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 28–68,700
October 3012:00 pmat No. 5 Villanova No. 14CSNL 7–286,317
November 63:30 pmNo. 22 James Madison No. 20
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, CA (rivalry)
CSNW 13–10 OT8,700
November 132:00 pm Rhode Island No. 21
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 15–68,136
November 203:30 pmat No. 6 William & Mary No. 18CSNL 3–4112,259

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