2010 Miami RedHawks football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2010
| team = Miami RedHawks
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Mid-American Conference
| division = East Division
| short_conf = MAC
| record = 10–4
| conf_record = 7–1
| head_coach = Michael Haywood
| hc_year = 2nd
| hc_games = regular season
| head_coach2 = Lance Guidry
| hc_games2 = interim, bowl game
| off_coach = Morris Watts
| oc_year = 1st
| off_scheme = Spread
| def_coach = Carl Reese
| dc_year = 2nd
| def_scheme = 4–3
| captain =
| stadium = Yager Stadium
| champion = MAC champion
MAC East Division champion
GoDaddy.com Bowl champion
| conf_champ = MAC Championship
| conf_champ_result = W 26–21 vs. Northern Illinois
| bowl = GoDaddy.com Bowl
| bowl_result = W 35–21 vs. Middle Tennessee
}}
{{2010 Mid-American Conference football standings}}
The 2010 Miami RedHawks football team represented Miami University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The RedHawks, led by second-year head coach Michael Haywood and interim head coach Lance Guidry during their bowl game, competed in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference and played their home games at Yager Stadium. They finished the season 10–4, 7–1 in MAC play and were East Division champions. They advanced to the MAC Championship where they defeated Northern Illinois 26–21 to become MAC champions. They were invited to the GoDaddy.com Bowl where they defeated Middle Tennessee 35–21. They became the first team in college football history to win ten games the year after they lost ten or more games (1–11 in 2009).
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2010
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 4
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Florida
| opprank = 4
| site_stadium = Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL
| tv = ESPN
| score = 12–34
| attend = 90,178
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 11
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Eastern Michigan
| site_stadium = Yager Stadium
| site_cityst = Oxford, OH
| score = 28–21
| attend = 12,857
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 18
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Colorado State
| site_stadium = Yager Stadium
| site_cityst = Oxford, OH
| tv = ONN
| score = 31–10
| attend = 16,691
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 25
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Missouri
| site_stadium = Faurot Field
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| tv =
| score = 13–51
| attend = 60,329
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Kent State
| site_stadium = Yager Stadium
| site_cityst = Oxford, OH
| tv =
| score = 27–21
| attend = 17,666
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Cincinnati
| site_stadium = Nippert Stadium
| site_cityst = Cincinnati, OH
| gamename = Victory Bell
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 3–45
| attend = 33,909
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 16
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Central Michigan
| site_stadium = Kelly/Shorts Stadium
| site_cityst = Mount Pleasant, MI
| tv = ESPN Plus
| score = 27–20
| attend = 24,761
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Ohio
| site_stadium = Yager Stadium
| site_cityst = Oxford, OH
| gamename = Battle of the Bricks
| tv =
| score = 13–34
| attend = 17,144
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Buffalo
| site_stadium = University at Buffalo Stadium
| site_cityst = Amherst, NY
| tv =
| score = 21–9
| attend = 12,786
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Bowling Green
| site_stadium = Doyt Perry Stadium
| site_cityst = Bowling Green, OH
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 24–21
| attend = 12,073
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Akron
| site_stadium = InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field
| site_cityst = Akron, OH
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 19–14
| attend = 7,671
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 23
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Temple
| site_stadium = Yager Stadium
| site_cityst = Oxford, OH
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 23–3
| attend = 13,235
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 3
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Northern Illinois
| opprank = 24
| site_stadium = Ford Field
| site_cityst = Detroit, MI
| gamename = MAC Championship Game
| tv = ESPN2
| score = 26–21
| attend = 12,031
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = January 6, 2011
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = Middle Tennessee
| site_stadium = Ladd–Peebles Stadium
| site_cityst = Mobile, AL
| gamename = GoDaddy.com Bowl
| tv = ESPN
| score = 35–21
| attend = 38,168
}}
}}
Coaching change
It was announced that Mike Haywood would be leaving the RedHawks immediately on December 16, 2010, so that he could be hired to take over the program at the University of Pittsburgh. Miami named defensive backs coach Lance Guidry as the interim head coach for the bowl game.http://www.muredhawks.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/guidry_lance00.html{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 2 weeks after taking the Pitt job, Haywood was arrested in South Bend, Indiana on December 31, 2010, on felony domestic violence charges.{{cite news | url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/01/mike-haywood-fired-arrested_n_803201.html | title=Mike Haywood Fired: Pittsburgh Football Coach Gone After Arrest | work=Huffington Post | date=January 1, 2011}} He was released on bond on January 1, 2011, and only hours later was fired by Pitt before ever coaching a game.
References
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