2010 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

The 2010 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Chippewas, led by first-year head coach Dan Enos, compete in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference and played their home games at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in MAC play.

2010 Central Michigan Chippewas football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West
2010 record	3–9 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Dan Enos
Offensive coordinator	Mike Cummings
Defensive coordinator	Joe Tumpkin
Home stadium	Kelly/Shorts Stadium (Capacity: 30,255)

2010 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Miami 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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 PM	Hampton*	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, Michigan		W 33–0	17,311[1]
September 9	7:00 PM	at Temple	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia	ESPNU	L 10–13 ^OT	15,152
September 18	4:00 PM	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, Michigan (Michigan MAC Trophy)		W 52–14	20,348[2]
September 25	12:00 PM	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois	BTN	L 25–30	30,075[3]
October 2	3:30 PM	Ball State	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, Michigan		L 17–31	20,152[4]
October 9	1:30 PM	at Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPNU	L 21–45	66,233[5]
October 16	12:00 PM	Miami (OH)	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, Michigan	ESPN+	L 20–27	24,761[6]
October 23	4:00 PM	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois	CSNC	L 7–33	17,042
October 30	3:30 PM	Bowling Green	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, Michigan		L 14–17	17,659[7]
November 5	6:00 PM	Western Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, Michigan (Michigan MAC Trophy/CMU–WMU Rivalry Trophy)	ESPNU	W 26–22	22,355[8]
November 13	3:30 PM	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland	CBSCS	L 37–38	34,333[9]
November 26	2:00 PM	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, Ohio	ESPN3	L 31–42	12,121
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

vs. Hampton

Hampton at Central Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 • Chippewas 16 7 3 7 33 Date: September 2 Location: Kelly/Shorts Stadium Game start: 7:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 17,311

at Temple

Central Michigan at Temple

1 2 3 4 OT Total Chippewas 0 0 7 3 0 10 • Owls 0 7 3 0 3 13 Date: September 9 Location: Lincoln Financial Field Game start: 7:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 15,152 Television network: ESPNU

at Eastern Michigan

Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • Chippewas 14 7 14 17 52 Eagles 0 7 7 0 14 Date: September 18 Location: Rynearson Stadium Game start: 4:00 PM EDT Game attendance: 20,348

Central Michigan lined up for one of their seven converts against EMU.

Scoring summary

1st Quarter

• 4:13 CMU – Cody Wilson 21-yard pass from Ryan Radcliff (David Harman kick) 7-0 CMU
• 0:47 CMU – Paris Cotton 13-yard run (David Harman kick) 14-0 CMU

2nd Quarter

• 4:28 EMU – Dwayne Priest 2-yard run (Sean Graham kick) 14-7 CMU
• 1:45 CMU – Paris Cotton 1-yard run (David Harman kick) 21-7 CMU

3rd Quarter

• 13:30 CMU – Paris Cotton 61-yard run (David Harman kick) 28-7 CMU
• 8:09 EMU – Donald Scott 52-yard pass from Alex Gillett (Sean Graham kick) 28-14 CMU
• 4:20 CMU – Kito Poblah 14-yard pass from Ryan Radcliff (David Harman kick) 35-14 CMU

4th Quarter

• 13:42 CMU – Mike Petrucci 43-yard fumble return (David Harman kick) 42-14 CMU
• 8:09 CMU – David Harman 41-yard field goal 45-14 CMU
• 6:25 CMU – Zurlon Tipton 20-yard run (David Harman kick) 52-14 CMU

References

1. "Hampton Pirates vs. Central Michigan Chippewas Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
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