2010 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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2010 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Indiana Hoosiers football team competed in football on behalf of Indiana University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. As members of the Big Ten Conference, the Hoosiers were coached by Bill Lynch and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. They finished the season 5–7, 1–7 in Big Ten play. Head Coach Bill Lynch was fired November 28, 2010, despite having won the team's last game of the season against rival Purdue University the previous day.

Schedule

September 27:30 PMTowson*

• Memorial Stadium
• Bloomington, IN

BTNW 51–17 35,242 September 185:00 PMat Western Kentucky*

• Houchens Industries – L. T. Smith Stadium
• Bowling Green, KY

BTNW 38–21 20,772 September 257:00 PMAkron*

• Memorial Stadium
• Bloomington, IN

BTNW 35–20 42,258 October 23:30 PMNo. 19 Michigan

• Memorial Stadium
• Bloomington, IN

ESPNUL 35–42 52,929 October 912:00 PMat No. 2 Ohio State

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, OH

ESPNL 10–38 105,291 October 1612:00 PMArkansas State*

• Memorial Stadium
• Bloomington, IN

ESPNUW 36–34 40,480 October 2312:00 PMat Illinois

• Memorial Stadium
• Champaign, IL

BTNL 13–43 53,550 October 3012:00 PMNorthwestern

• Memorial Stadium
• Bloomington, IN

BTNL 17–20 37,818 November 612:00 PMNo. 15 Iowa

• Memorial Stadium
• Bloomington, IN

BTNL 13–18 42,991 November 1312:00 PMat No. 5 Wisconsin

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

ESPN2L 20–83 80,477 November 2012:00 PMvs. Penn State

• FedEx Field
• Landover, MD

BTNL 24–41 78,790 November 2712:00 PMat Purdue

• Ross–Ade Stadium
• West Lafayette, IN (Battle for the Old Oaken Bucket)

BTNW 34–31 ^OT50,136

Regular Season

Towson

Towson at Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total Towson 0 14 0 3 17 • Indiana 17 21 10 3 51 Date: September 2 Location: Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN Game start: 7:31 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:09 Game attendance: 35,242 Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 83° F, Wind: SSW 8 MPH Referee: Mike Conlin TV announcers (BTN): Matt Devlin (Play-by-play), Derek Rackley (Color) & Stacy Paetz (Sideline)

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Western Kentucky

See also: 2010 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

Indiana at Western Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total • Indiana 0 17 14 7 38 Western Kentucky 7 0 0 14 21 Date: September 18 Location: Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY Game start: 5:00 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:17 Game attendance: 20,772 Game weather: Clear, 86° F, Wind: NE 5 MPH Referee: Charles Lewis TV announcers (BTN): Matt Devlin (Play-by-play), Derek Rackley (Color) & Stacy Paetz (Sideline)

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Akron

See also: 2010 Akron Zips football team

Akron at Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total Akron 3 10 0 7 20 • Indiana 14 14 7 0 35 Date: September 25 Location: Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN Game start: 7:06 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 2:49 Game attendance: 42,258 Referee: Alex Kemp TV announcers (BTN): Craig Coshun (Play-by-play), Rosevelt Colvin (Color) & Larra Overton (Sideline)

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Michigan

See also: 2010 Michigan Wolverines football team

#19 Michigan at Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total • #19 Michigan 14 7 14 7 42 Indiana 7 14 7 7 35 Date: October 2 Location: Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN Game start: 3:35 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:16 Game attendance: 52,929 Referee: Dan Capron TV announcers (ESPNU): Pam Ward (Play-by-play) & Danny Kanell (Color)

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Ohio State

See also: 2010 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Indiana at #2 Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 0 0 3 7 10 • #2 Ohio State 14 17 7 0 38 Date: October 9 Location: Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH Game start: 12:02 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:07 Game attendance: 105,291 Game weather: Clear, 70°F, Wind: W 1 MPH Referee: Todd Geerlings TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Pasch (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Chris Spielman (Color)

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Arkansas State

See also: 2010 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Arkansas State at Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total Arkansas State 7 7 0 20 34 • Indiana 3 9 7 17 36 Date: October 16 Location: Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN Game start: 12:01 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:32 Game attendance: 40,480 Game weather: Clear, 59°F, Wind: SW 6 MPH Referee: Dennis Lipski TV announcers (ESPNU): Rob Stone (Play-by-play) & David Pollack (Color)

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Illinois

See also: 2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

Indiana at Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 7 3 3 0 13 • Illinois 10 17 2 14 43 Date: October 23 Location: Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL Game start: 12:01 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:18 Game attendance: 53,550 Game weather: Cloudy, 66°F, Wind: SSE 8 MPH Referee: Scott McElwee TV announcers (BTN): Tom Hart (Play-by-play), Anthony Herron (Color) & Lisa Byington (Sideline)

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Northwestern

See also: 2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Northwestern at Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total • Northwestern 0 10 7 3 20 Indiana 3 7 0 7 17 Date: October 30 Location: Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN Game start: 12:01 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:24 Game attendance: 37,818 Game weather: Clear, 51°F, Wind: SSW 13 MPH Referee: Bill LeMonnier TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins (Play-by-play), Chris Martin (Color) & Charissa Thompson (Sideline)

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Iowa

See also: 2010 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

#15 Iowa at Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total • #15 Iowa 3 3 3 9 18 Indiana 3 3 7 0 13 Date: November 6 Location: Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN Game start: 12:02 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:05 Game attendance: 42,991 Game weather: Clear, 39°F, Wind: N 4 MPH Referee: John O'Neill TV announcers (BTN): Tom Werme (Play-by-play), Derek Rackley (Color) & Stacy Paetz (Sideline)

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Wisconsin

See also: 2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team

Indiana at #5 Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 7 3 3 7 20 • #5 Wisconsin 10 28 21 24 83 Date: November 13 Location: Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI Game start: 12:01 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:04 Game attendance: 80,477 Game weather: Light Rain, 48°F, Wind: E 8 MPH Referee: Scott McElwee TV announcers (ESPN2): Bob Wischusen (Play-by-play), Brian Griese (Color) & Quint Kessenich (Sideline)

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Penn State

See also: 2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Indiana at Penn State

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 0 14 10 0 24 • Penn State 7 10 14 10 41 Date: November 20 Location: FedExField Landover, MD Game start: 12:01 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:22 Game attendance: 78,790 Referee: Dave Witvoet TV announcers (BTN): Tom Hart (Play-by-play), Anthony Herron (Color) & Lisa Byington (Sideline)

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Purdue

See also: 2010 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Indiana at Purdue

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Indiana 7 7 7 10 3 34 Purdue 14 7 7 3 0 31 Date: November 27 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:38 Game attendance: 50,136 Game weather: Sunny, 32°F, Wind: W 10 MPH Referee: Bill LeMonnier TV announcers (BTN): Tom Hart (Play-by-play), Anthony Herron (Color) & Lisa Byington (Sideline)

Scoring summary 1 8:26 Purdue Antavian Edison 55 yard pass from Rob Henry (Carson Wiggs kick) Purdue 7-0 1 6:04 Indiana Trea Burgess 1 yard run (Mitch Ewald kick) Tie 7-7 1 1:10 Purdue Dan Dierking 2 yard pass from Rob Henry (Carson Wiggs kick) Purdue 14-7 2 6:20 Purdue Keith Carlos 1 yard run (Carson Wiggs kick) Purdue 21-7 2 2:14 Indiana Tandon Doss 4 yard pass from Ben Chappell (Mitch Ewald kick) Purdue 21-14 3 9:55 Indiana Tandon Doss 6 yard pass from Ben Chappell (Mitch Ewald kick) Tie 21-21 3 5:21 Purdue Cortez Smith 52 yard pass from Rob Henry (Carson Wiggs kick) Purdue 28-21 4 13:05 Indiana Tandon Doss 3 yard pass from Ben Chappell (Mitch Ewald kick) Tie 28-28 4 5:41 Purdue Carson Wiggs 36 yard field goal Purdue 31-28 4 0:09 Indiana Mitch Ewald 26 yard field goal Tie 31-31 OT Indiana Mitch Ewald 31 yard field goal Indiana 34-31

Notes

• Indiana beat Purdue in West Lafayette for the first time since 1996.
• Indiana snaps a 12-game Big Ten losing streak and a 15-game conference road losing streak.
• Ben Chappell breaks the single-season school record for passing yardage with 3,295 (3,043 - Kellen Lewis, 2007).

2011 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
James Brewer	4	20	Offensive Tackle	New York Giants
Tandon Doss	4	26	Wide Receiver	Baltimore Ravens

See Also

• List of Indiana Hoosiers in the NFL Draft