American college football season
The 2010 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season . As members of the Big Ten Conference , the Hoosiers were led by head coach 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. Lynch was fired November 28, 2010, despite having won the team's last game of the season against rival Purdue the previous day.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 7:30 pm Towson * BTN W 51–1735,242
September 18 5:00 pm at Western Kentucky * BTN W 38–2120,772
September 25 7:00 pm Akron * Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN BTN W 35–2042,258
October 2 3:30 pm No. 19 Michigan Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN ESPNU L 35–4252,929
October 9 12:00 pm at No. 2 Ohio State ESPN L 10–38105,291
October 16 12:00 pm Arkansas State * Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN ESPNU W 36–3440,480
October 23 12:00 pm at Illinois BTN L 13–4353,550
October 30 12:00 pm Northwestern Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN BTN L 17–2037,818
November 6 12:00 pm No. 15 Iowa Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN BTN L 13–1842,991
November 13 12:00 pm at No. 5 Wisconsin ESPN2 L 20–8380,477[ 4]
November 20 12:00 pm vs. Penn State BTN L 24–4178,790
November 27 12:00 pm at Purdue BTN W 34–31 OT 50,136
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Game summaries
Towson
Towson at Indiana
1
2 3 4 Total
Towson
0
14 0 3
17
• Indiana
17
21 10 3
51
Western Kentucky
Indiana at Western Kentucky
1
2 3 4 Total
• Indiana
0
17 14 7
38
Western Kentucky
7
0 0 14
21
Akron
Akron at Indiana
1
2 3 4 Total
Akron
3
10 0 7
20
• Indiana
14
14 7 0
35
Michigan
#19 Michigan at Indiana
1
2 3 4 Total
• #19 Michigan
14
7 14 7
42
Indiana
7
14 7 7
35
Ohio State
Indiana at #2 Ohio State
1
2 3 4 Total
Indiana
0
0 3 7
10
• #2 Ohio State
14
17 7 0
38
Arkansas State
Arkansas State at Indiana
1
2 3 4 Total
Arkansas State
7
7 0 20
34
• Indiana
3
9 7 17
36
Illinois
Indiana at Illinois
1
2 3 4 Total
Indiana
7
3 3 0
13
• Illinois
10
17 2 14
43
Northwestern
Northwestern at Indiana
1
2 3 4 Total
• Northwestern
0
10 7 3
20
Indiana
3
7 0 7
17
Iowa
#15 Iowa at Indiana
1
2 3 4 Total
• #15 Iowa
3
3 3 9
18
Indiana
3
3 7 0
13
Wisconsin
Indiana at #5 Wisconsin
1
2 3 4 Total
Indiana
7
3 3 7
20
• #5 Wisconsin
10
28 21 24
83
Penn State
Indiana at Penn State
1
2 3 4 Total
Indiana
0
14 10 0
24
• Penn State
7
10 14 10
41
Purdue
Indiana at Purdue
1
2 3 4 OT Total
• Indiana
7
7 7 10 3
34
Purdue
14
7 7 3 0
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).
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2011 NFL draftees
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References
^ "Buckeyes vacate wins from last football season" . ESPN.com . July 8, 2011. The measures taken by the school included vacating all the Buckeyes' wins from last season, a year in which Ohio State captured a record-tying sixth straight Big Ten title and won an unprecedented seventh straight game over Michigan.
^ "Big Ten Conference Standings - 2010" . ESPN . Retrieved January 3, 2011 .
^ "2014 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 16" . ESPN . December 7, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2011 .
^ "Wisconsin Badgers vs. Indiana Hoosiers box score" . uwbadgers.com. Retrieved November 13, 2010 .
^ "Indiana Hoosiers Schedule 2010" . ESPN . Retrieved January 1, 2024 .
^ "2010 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results" . College Football @ Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference . Retrieved January 1, 2024 .
^ "2010 Football Schedule" . Indiana University . Retrieved January 1, 2024 .
^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF) . Indiana University . p. 17. Retrieved January 1, 2024 .
^ "Indiana Halts 12-Game Big Ten Skid with OT Win" . ESPN . November 27, 2010. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2014 .
^ "2011 NFL Draft" . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 26, 2015 .
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