2010 Conference USA football season

The 2010 Conference USA football season was an NCAA football season played from September 2, 2010, through December 31, 2010. Conference USA consists of 12 football members separated into 2 divisions: East Carolina, Marshall, Memphis, Southern Miss, UAB, and UCF make up the eastern division, while Houston, Rice, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, and UTEP comprise the western division.[1]

2010 Conference USA football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 2, 2010
through December 31, 2010
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ESPN, CBS College Sports, CSS, Bright House Sports Network, CST, MASN, ISP Sports
2011 NFL Draft
Top draft pickOT Jah Reid, UCF
Picked byBaltimore Ravens, 85th overall
Regular Season
Season MVPWR/KR Dwayne Harris, ECU
East championsUCF
West championsSMU & Tulsa (co-champions)
Championship Game
ChampionsUCF
  Runners-upSMU
Finals MVPRB Latavius Murray, UCF
2010 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
No. 21 UCF x$  7 –1     11 –3  
East Carolina  5 –3     6 –7  
Southern Miss  5 –3     8 –5  
Marshall  4 –4     5 –7  
UAB  3 –5     4 –8  
Memphis  0 –8     1 –11  
West Division
SMU xy  6 –2     7 –7  
No. 24 Tulsa x  6 –2     10 –3  
Houston  4 –4     5 –7  
UTEP  3 –5     6 –7  
Rice  3 –5     4 –8  
Tulane  2 –6     4 –8  
Championship: UCF 17, SMU 7
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

This was the 15th football season and 16th overall for Conference USA. Although C-USA was founded in 1995, it did not start football competition until 1996.[2]

Previous season
Main article: 2009 Conference USA football season

East Carolina won the 2009 conference championship for the second straight year defeating the #21 Houston Cougars 38-32.[3]

Preseason

Coaching changes

Preseason polls

No Conference USA teams were ranked though both SMU and UCF each received one vote. Houston received 66 points in the AP Poll, and 76 points in the Coaches' Poll.

Regular season
Index to colors and formatting
Conference USA member won
Conference USA member lost
Conference USA teams in bold
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Week One
DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:30PMSouthern MissSouth CarolinaWilliams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South CarolinaESPNL 41-1370,438
September 27:00PMSoutheastern LouisianaTulaneLouisiana Superdome • New Orleans–W 27-2120,258
September 27:00PMFlorida AtlanticUABLegion Field • Birmingham, AlabamaESPNL 32-3125,885
September 27:30PMMarshall#2 Ohio StateOhio Stadium • Columbus, OhioBTNL 45-7105,040
September 42:30PM#4 TexasRiceReliant Stadium • Houston, TexasESPNL 34-1770,445
September 46:00PMMemphisMississippi StateDavis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi-L 49-756,032
September 46:00PMSouth DakotaUCFBright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida-W 38-734,373
September 47:00PMTexas StateHoustonRobertson Stadium • Houston-W 68-2832,119
September 47:00PMArkansas Pine BluffUTEPSun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas–W 32-1030,029
September 52:00PMTulsaEast CarolinaDowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North CarolinaESPN2ECU 51-4950,010
September 53:30PMSMUTexas TechJones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TexasESPNL 35-2757,528

Week Two
DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 107:00PM#22 West VirginiaMarshallEdwards Stadium • Huntington, West VirginiaESPNL 24-21 OT41,382
September 1010:15PMUTEPHoustonRobertson Stadium • HoustonESPNHOU 54-2432,119
September 1112:00PMMemphisEast CarolinaDowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North CarolinaECU 49-2748,123
September 117:00PMBowling GreenTulsaChapman Stadium • Tulsa, OklahomaW 33-2019,565
September 117:00PMRiceNorth TexasFouts Field • Denton, TexasW 32-3123,743
September 117:00PMPrairie View A&MSouthern MissM.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MississippiW 34-727,316
September 117:30PMNC StateUCFBright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FloridaCBS CSL 28-2143,020
September 118:00PMUABSMUGerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TexasSMU 28-716,612
September 119:00PMMississippiTulaneSuperdome • New Orleans, LouisianaESPN2L 27-1336,389

Week Three
DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 178:00PMKansasSouthern MissM.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MississippiESPNW 31-1630,211
September 181:30PMEast CarolinaVirginia TechLane Stadium • Blacksburg, VirginiaL 49-2766,233
September 183:30PMWashington StateSMUGerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TexasW 35-2118,184
September 183:30PMTroyUABLegion Field • Birmingham, AlabamaW 34-3323,681
September 187:00PMMarshallBowling GreenDoyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OhioL 44-2820,515
September 187:00PMTulsaOklahoma StateBoone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OklahomaL 65-2851,778
September 187:00PMMiddle TennesseeMemphisLiberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TennesseeW 24-1727,965
September 187:00PMNorthwesternRiceRice Stadium • Houston, TexasL 30-1315,562
September 187:00PMUCFBuffaloUniversity at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst, New YorkW 24-1014,312
September 189:05PMNew Mexico StateUTEPAggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New MexicoW 42-1039,214
September 1810:30PM#23 HoustonUCLARose Bowl • Pasadena, CaliforniaL 31-1354,407

Week Four
DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 248:00PM#5 TCUSMUGerald J. Ford Stadium • DallasESPNL 41-2435,481
September 2512:21PMUABTennesseeNeyland Stadium • Knoxville, TennesseeSEC NetworkL 32-2995,183
September 2512:30PMUCFKansas StateBill Snyder Stadium • Manhattan, KansasFSNL 17-1350,586
September 253:30PMTulaneHoustonRobertson Stadium • HoustonHOU 42-2332,007
September 257:00PMCentral ArkansasTulsaChapman Stadium • Tulsa, OklahomaW 41-1421,928
September 257:00PMOhioMarshallEdwards Stadium • Huntington, West VirginiaW 24-2328,143
September 257:00PMSouthern MissLouisiana TechJoe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LouisianaW 13-1222,344
September 258:00PMBaylorRiceRice Stadium • Houston, TexasCBS CSL 30-1323,395
September 259:05PMMemphisUTEPSun Bowl • El Paso, TexasUTEP 16-1329,765

Week Five
DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 22:00PMTulaneRutgersRutgers Stadium • Piscataway, New JerseyW 17-1447,963
October 23:30PMEast CarolinaNorth CarolinaKenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North CarolinaL 42-1760,000
October 26:00PMUTEPNew MexicoUniversity Stadium • Albuquerque, New MexicoW 38-2022,511
October 27:00PMTulsaMemphisLiberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TennesseeTLSA 48-722,231
October 27:00PMSMURiceRice Stadium • HoustonSMU 42-3114,981
October 28:00PMMarshallSouthern MissM. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MississippiCBS CSSM 41-1627,518

Week Six
DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 68:00PMUABUCFBright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FloridaESPNUCF 42-740,281
October 92:00PMMemphisLouisvillePapa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KentuckyL 56-048,427
October 93:30PMArmyTulaneSuperdome • New OrleansL 41-2328,756
October 97:30PMEast CarolinaSouthern MissM. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MississippiCSSECU 44-4332,334
October 98:00PMMississippi StateHoustonRobertson Stadium • Houston, TexasCBS CSL 47-2432,067
October 98:00PMTulsaSMUGerald J. Ford Stadium • DallasSMU 21-1819,329
October 99:05PMRiceUTEPSun Bowl • El Paso, TexasUTEP 44-2428,955

Week Seven
DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 138:00PMUCFMarshallEdwards Stadium • Huntington, West VirginiaESPNUCF 35-1423,601
October 1612:00PMNC StateEast CarolinaDowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North CarolinaW 33-27 OT50,410
October 1612:00PMSouthern MissMemphisLiberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TennesseeSM 41-1918,848
October 163:30PMHoustonRiceRice Stadium • HoustonRICE 34-3126,342
October 163:30PMSMUNavyNavy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MarylandL 28-2133,924
October 164:00PMUTEPUABLegion Field • Birmingham, AlabamaUAB 21-611,756
October 167:00PMTulaneTulsaChapman Stadium • Tulsa, OklahomaTLSA 52-2423,295

Week Eight
DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 233:30PMRiceUCFBright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FloridaUCF 41-1438,151
October 233:30PMHoustonSMUGerald J. Ford Stadium • DallasCBSCSHOU 45-2020,741
October 234:15PMMarshallEast CarolinaDowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North CarolinaCSSECU 37-1050,145
October 237:00PMUAB#24 Mississippi StateDavis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MississippiESPNUL 29-2456,423
October 239:05PMTulaneUTEPSun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TexasTULN 34-2425,007

Week Nine
DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 3012:00PMUABSouthern MissM. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MississippiCSSUAB 50-4926,415
October 302:30PMTulsaNotre DameNotre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IndianaNBCW 28-2780,795
October 303:00PMUTEPMarshallJoan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West VirginiaMRSH 16-1224,740
October 303:30PMEast CarolinaUCFBright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FloridaMASNUCF 49-3540,073
October 303:30PMSMUTulaneLouisiana Superdome • New OrleansSMU 31-1718,636
October 307:00PMHoustonMemphisLiberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TennesseeCSSHOU 56-1719,731

Week Ten
DateTime (EDT)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 58:00PMUCFHoustonRobertson Stadium • HoustonESPN2UCF 40-3332,008
November 62:00PMRiceTulsaChapman Stadium • Tulsa, OklahomaTLSA 64-2719,036
November 63:30PMNavyEast CarolinaDowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North CarolinaMASNL 76-3550,191
November 63:30PMSouthern MissTulaneLouisiana Superdome • New OrleansSM 46-3022,737
November 64:15PMMarshallUABLegion Field • Birmingham, AlabamaCSSMRSH 31-1717,860
November 68:00PMTennesseeMemphisLiberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TennesseeCBSCSL 50-1439,742
November 69:05PMSMUUTEPSun Bowl • El Paso, TexasUTEP 28-1423,127

Week Eleven
DateTime (EST)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 118:00PMEast CarolinaUABLegion Field • Birmingham, AlabamaCBSCSECU 54-4214,083
November 1312:00PMSouthern Miss#23 UCFBright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FloridaCBSCSSM 31-2140,358
November 133:00PMMemphisMarshallEdwards Stadium • Huntington, West VirginiaMRSH 28-1325,108
November 133:30PMRiceTulaneLouisiana Superdome • New OrleansTULN 54-4916,698
November 137:00PMUTEP#14 ArkansasRazorback Stadium • Fayetteville, ArkansasESPNUL 58-2167,330
November 138:00PMTulsaHoustonRobertson Stadium • HoustonCBSCSTLSA 28-2530,046

Week Twelve
DateTime (EST)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 201:00PMEast CarolinaRiceRice Stadium • Houston, TexasCSSRICE 62-3815,262
November 202:00PMUTEPTulsaChapman Stadium • Tulsa, OklahomaTLSA 31-2816,547
November 203:00PMMarshallSMUGerald J. Ford Stadium • DallasSMU 31-1717,513
November 203:30PMUCFTulaneLouisiana Superdome • New OrleansUCF 61-1419,069
November 204:00PMMemphisUABLegion Field • Birmingham, AlabamaUAB 31-1516,177
November 206:00PMHoustonSouthern MissM. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MississippiSM 59-4132,606

Week Thirteen
DateTime (EST)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 262:00PMSMUEast CarolinaDowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North CarolinaCBSCSSMU 45-3849,108
November 266:30PMSouthern MissTulsaChapman Stadium • Tulsa, OklahomaCBSCSTLSA 56-5021,901
November 2712:00PMUCFMemphisLiberty Bowl Stadium • Memphis, TennesseeCSSUCF 37-1014,992
November 2712:00PMTulaneMarshallJoan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West VirginiaCBSCSMRSH 38-2319,302
November 273:30PMUABRiceRice Stadium • HoustonCSSRICE 28-2313,007
November 278:00PMHoustonTexas TechJones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TexasFSSL 35-2053,461

Week Fourteen- C-USA Championship Game
See also: 2010 Conference USA Football Championship Game
DateTime (EST)Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
December 412:00PMSMU#25 UCFBright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FloridaESPN2UCF 17-741,045

Players of the week
Week Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
1 – Sep. 6 Dominique Davis, QB East Carolina Trent Mackey, LB Tulane Matt Szymanski, P SMU
2 – Sep. 13 Bryce Beall, RB Houston Vinny Curry, DE Marshall Kevin Fitzpatrick, K Tulsa
3 – Sep. 20 Bryan Ellis, QB UAB Darius Nall, DE UCF Tom Hornsey, P
Deron Wilson, DB		 Memphis
Southern Miss
4 – Sep. 27 Bryan Ellis, QB UAB Loyce Means, DB Houston Dakota Warren, K UTEP
5 – Oct. 4 Kyle Padron, QB SMU Dezman Moses, DE Tulane Jonathan Ginsburgh, P Tulane
6 – Oct. 11 Kris Adams, WR UTEP Kemal Ishmael, S UCF Danny Hrapmann, K Southern Miss
7 – Oct. 18 Dominique Davis, QB East Carolina Jamon Hughes, LB Memphis Kyle Martens, P Rice
8 – Oct. 25 Casey Robottom, WR Tulane Sammy Brown, LB
Darius Nall, DE		 Houston
UCF		 Tyron Carrier, KR Houston
9 – Nov. 1 Pat Shed, RB
Ronnie Weaver, RB		 UAB
UCF		 Shawn Jackson, LB Tulsa Damaris Johnson, PR Tulsa
10 – Nov. 8 Jeffrey Godfrey, QB UCF Josh Linam, LB UCF Damaris Johnson, KR Tulsa
11 – Nov. 15 G.J. Kinne, QB Tulsa Marco Nelson, DB Tulsa Charles Ross, KR Rice
12 – Nov. 22 Austin Davis, QB Southern Miss Richard Crawford, DB SMU Quincy McDuffie, KR UCF

Rankings
See also: 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
Ranking Movement[6]
 PreWk
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14		Final
East Carolina
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Marshall
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Rice
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Southern Miss
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Tulane
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UTEP
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Records against other conferences
ConferenceWinsLosses
ACC 1 3
Big 12 1 6
Big East 1 2
Big Ten 0 2
Independents 1 3
MAC 3 1
Mountain West 1 1
Pac-10 1 1
SEC 0 8
Sun Belt 3 1
WAC 2 0
All FCS 6 0
Overall 20 28

Bowl games

Bowl Eligibility

Bowl Eligible (6)
  • UCF (9-3) became bowl eligible on October 30 after defeating East Carolina.
  • Southern Miss (8-4) became bowl eligible on November 6 after defeating Tulane.
  • Tulsa (9-3) became bowl eligible on November 6 after defeating Rice.
  • East Carolina (6-6) became bowl eligible on November 11 after defeating UAB.
  • UTEP (6-6) became bowl eligible on November 13 after defeating SMU.
  • SMU (7-5) became bowl eligible on November 20 after defeating Marshall.

Bowl Ineligible (6)
  • Memphis (1-11) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 30 after losing to Houston.
  • Rice (4-8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 6 after losing to Tulsa.
  • UAB (4-8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 11 after losing to East Carolina.
  • Marshall (5-7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 20 after losing to SMU.
  • Tulane (4-8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 20 after losing to UCF.
  • Houston (5-7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 27 after losing to Texas Tech.

Bowl games
Bowl Game Date Stadium City Television Matchups/Results Attendance Payout (US$)
New Mexico Bowl December 18, 2010 University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico ESPN BYU 52, UTEP 24 32,424 $750,000
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl December 21, 2010 Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Florida ESPN Louisville 31, Southern Miss 28 20,017 $1,000,000
Hawai'i Bowl December 24, 2010 Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI ESPN Tulsa 62, #25 Hawaii 35 43,673 $750,000
Military Bowl December 29, 2010 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. ESPN Maryland 51, East Carolina 20 38,062 $1,000,000
Armed Forces Bowl December 30, 2010 Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas ESPN Army 16, SMU 14 36,742 $750,000
Liberty Bowl December 31, 2010 Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tennessee ESPN #24 UCF 10, Georgia 6 51,231 $1,350,000

Attendance
Team Stadium Capacity Gm 1 Gm 2 Gm 3 Gm 4 Gm 5 Gm 6 Gm 7 Total Average % of Capacity
East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium 50,000 50,010 48,123 50,410 50,145 50,191 49,108 — 297,987 49,664 99.3%
Houston Robertson Stadium 32,000 32,119 32,119 32,007 32,067 32,008 30,046 — 188,366 31,394 98.1%
Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium 38,019 41,382 28,143 23,601 24,740 25,108 19,302 — 162,276 27,046 71.1%
Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 62,380 27,965 22,231 18,848 19,731 39,742 14,992 — 143,149 23,858 38.2%
Rice Rice Stadium 47,000 15,562 23,395 14,981 26,342 15,262 13,007 — 108,549 18,091 38.5%
Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium 36,000 27,316 30,211 27,518 32,334 26,415 32,606 — 176,400 29,400 81.6%
SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium 32,000 16,612 18,184 35,481 19,329 20,741 17,513 — 127,860 21,310 66.6%
Tulane Louisiana Superdome 72,968 20,258 36,389 28,756 18,636 22,737 16,698 19,069 162,543 23,220 31.8%
Tulsa H. A. Chapman Stadium 30,000 19,565 21,928 23,295 19,036 16,547 21,901 — 122,272 20,378 67.9%
UAB Legion Field 71,594 25,885 23,681 11,756 17,860 14,083 16,177 — 109,442 18,240 25.4%
UCF Bright House Networks Stadium 45,301 34,373 43,020 40,281 38,151 40,073 40,358 41,045 277,301 39,614 87.4%
UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium 51,500 30,029 39,214 29,765 28,955 25,007 23,127 — 176,097 29,349 56.9%

References
  1. Conference USA Member Schools
  2. "About Conference USA". Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  3. East Carolina stops Houston for Conference USA crown
  4. East Carolina introduces Ruffin McNeill as new coach: 'Not a stepping-stone hop' - ESPN
  5. Marshall to hire Doc Holliday as new coach - ESPN
  6. 2010 NCAA College Football Polls and Rankings - ESPN
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