2010 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2010

| team = New Hampshire Wildcats

| sport= football

| image=UNH Wildcats.png

| image_size= 150

| conference= Colonial Athletic Association

| division=

| short_conf= CAA

| TSNRank = 7

| FCSCoachRank = 7

| record = 8–5

| conf_record = 5–3

| head_coach= Sean McDonnell

| hc_year = 12th

| off_coach= Tim Cramsey

| oc_year = 2nd

| def_coach=

| off_scheme=

| def_scheme=

| stadium= Cowell Stadium

| champion =

| bowl = FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals

| bowl_result = L 3–16 vs. Delaware

}}

{{2010 CAA football standings}}

The 2010 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by 12th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in CAA play . They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they lost in the quarterfinals to Delaware.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2010

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS

| poll = The Sports Network

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 4

| time = 12:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 10

| opponent = Central Connecticut State

| site_stadium = Cowell Stadium

| site_cityst = Durham, NH

| tv = UNHTV

| score = 33–3

| attend = 7,419

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 11

| time = 1:00 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 6

| opponent = Pittsburgh

| opprank = 15 (FBS)

| site_stadium = Heinz Field

| site_cityst = Pittsburgh, PA

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 16–38

| attend = 50,120

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 18

| time = 12:00 pm

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank = 8

| opponent = Rhode Island

| site_stadium = Meade Stadium

| site_cityst = Kingston, RI

| tv = CSN

| score = 25–28

| attend = 4,521

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 25

| time = 12:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 16

| opponent = Lehigh

| site_stadium = Cowell Stadium

| site_cityst = Durham, NH

| tv = UNHTV

| score = 31–10

| attend = 8,144

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 2

| time = 6:00 pm

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank = 14

| opponent = Maine

| site_stadium = Alfond Stadium

| site_cityst = Orono, ME

| gamename = Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket

| tv =

| score = 13–16

| overtime = OT

| attend = 6,531

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 9

| time = 12:00 pm

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| rank = 22

| opponent = Richmond

| opprank = 11

| site_stadium = Cowell Stadium

| site_cityst = Durham, NH

| tv = CSN

| score = 17–0

| attend = 12,095

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 16

| time = 3:30 pm

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 16

| opponent = James Madison

| opprank = 7

| site_stadium = Bridgeforth Stadium

| site_cityst = Harrisonburg, VA

| tv = CSN

| score = 28–14

| attend = 16,985

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 23

| time = 3:30 pm

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| rank = 10

| opponent = UMass

| opprank = 12

| site_stadium = Gillette Stadium

| site_cityst = Foxborough, MA

| gamename = Colonial Clash

| tv = CSN

| score = 39–13

| attend = 32,848

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 6

| time = 12:00 pm

| w/l = l

| rank = 4

| opponent = William & Mary

| opprank = 8

| site_stadium = Cowell Stadium

| site_cityst = Durham, NH

| tv = UNHTV

| score = 3–13

| attend = 6,008

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 13

| time = 12:00 pm

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 17

| opponent = Villanova

| opprank = 9

| site_stadium = Villanova Stadium

| site_cityst = Villanova, PA

| tv = CSN

| score = 31–24

| attend = 7,103

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 20

| time = 12:00 pm

| w/l = w

| rank = 14

| opponent = Towson

| site_stadium = Cowell Stadium

| site_cityst = Durham, NH

| tv = UNHTV

| score = 38–19

| attend = 5,003

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = December 4

| time = 1:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 11

| opponent = Bethune–Cookman

| opprank = 13

| site_stadium = Municipal Stadium

| site_cityst = Daytona Beach, FL

| gamename = NCAA Division I Second Round

| tv =

| score = 45–20

| attend = 5,738

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = December 10

| time = 8:00 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 11

| opponent = Delaware

| opprank = 5

| site_stadium = Delaware Stadium

| site_cityst = Newark, DE

| gamename = NCAA Division I Quarterfinal

| tv = ESPN2

| score = 3–16

| attend = 8,770

}}

}}

{{cite web|title=2010 Football Schedule|url=http://unhwildcats.com/sports/fball/2010-11/schedule|publisher=University of New Hampshire Department of Athletics|year=2011|accessdate=November 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220201356/http://unhwildcats.com/sports/fball/2010-11/schedule|archive-date=December 20, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

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