2010 Western Michigan Broncos football team

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2010 Western Michigan Broncos football
Western Michigan Broncos text logo.svg
Conference Mid-American Conference
DivisionWest
Record6–6 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorDave Cohen
Home stadium Waldo Stadium
(Capacity: 30,200)
Seasons
  2009
2011  
2010 Mid-American Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Miami (OH) x$  7 1   10 4  
Ohio  6 2   8 5  
Temple  5 3   8 4  
Kent State  4 4   5 7  
Bowling Green  1 7   2 10  
Buffalo  1 7   2 10  
Akron  1 7   1 11  
West Division
Northern Illinois x  8 0   11 3  
Toledo  7 1   8 5  
Western Michigan  5 3   6 6  
Ball State  3 5   4 8  
Central Michigan  2 6   3 9  
Eastern Michigan  2 6   2 10  
Championship: Miami 26, Northern Illinois 21
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions

The 2010 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos, led by sixth-year head coach Bill Cubit, compete in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference and played their home games at Waldo Stadium. They finished the season 6–6, 5–3 in MAC play.

Western Michigan, along with Temple, were the only bowl eligible teams that did not receive an invitation to a postseason bowl game. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 4Noonat Michigan State * ESPN2 L 14–3875,769 [2]
September 117:00 pm Nicholls State *W 49–1419,327 [3]
September 187:00 pm Toledo
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
L 24–3714,216 [4]
October 22:00 pm Idaho *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
ESPN3 L 13–3318,508 [5]
October 9Noonat Ball State ESPN+/ESPN3W 45–1611,963
October 162:30 pmat Notre Dame * NBC L 20–4480,795
October 233:30 pmat Akron STO [6] W 56–1010,073
October 30Noon Northern Illinois
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
ESPN+/ESPN3L 21–2812,578 [7]
November 56:00 pmat Central Michigan ESPNU L 22–2622,355
November 132:00 pm Eastern Michigan
W 45–3012,136 [8]
November 202:00 pm Kent State
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
W 38–38,763 [9]
November 262:00 pmat Bowling Green ESPN3W 41–75,121
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time

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