American college football season
The2010 VMI Keydets football team represented theVirginia Military Institute during the2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season . It was VMI's 120th football season, which dates back to 1891.[ 1] Sparky Woods , who became the VMI's 30th all-time football coach in 2008.[ 2] Alumni Memorial Field , as they have since 1962.
After defeating Division-IILock Haven 48–6, VMI was beat byWilliam & Mary (45–0) andVirginia (48–6), and the following week defeated conference foePresbyterian College 24–13 in theBig South Conference opener. They were defeated heavily byStony Brook andLiberty in the next two weeks. The Keydets next defeatedCharleston Southern 34–16, but ended the year on a 4-game losing streak, falling toArmy ,Coastal Carolina ,Old Dominion , andGardner-Webb . They finished the year 3–8 overall and 2–4 in the Big South.[ 3] [ 1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 4 1:30 p.m. Lock Haven * BSN W 48–66,865 September 11 7:00 p.m. at No. 11William & Mary * L 45–011,475 September 25 1:30 p.m. atVirginia * ESPN3 L 48–643,592 October 2 1:30 p.m. Presbyterian Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA BSN W 24–135,719 October 9 3:30 p.m. atStony Brook BSN L 27–97,432 October 16 1:30 p.m. Liberty Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA MASN L 41–77,157 October 23 11:30 a.m. atCharleston Southern SPS W 34–163,476 October 30 12:00 p.m. atArmy * CBSCS L 29–732,410 November 6 1:30 p.m. Coastal Carolina Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA ESPN3 L 31–35,123 November 13 3:3 p.m. atOld Dominion TCN L 45–2819,782 November 20 11:30 a.m. Gardner–Webb SPS L 10–73,950
William and Mary built a 31–0 halftime lead capped off with a fake kneel downHail Mary touchdown pass to close the half, much like in the USC-UCLA game in 1986. William and Mary put in the backups and did not attempt a single pass in the second half as they coasted to their 45–0 win.
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Presbyterian 7 3 0 3 13 VMI 10 7 0 7 24
at Alumni Memorial Field (Lexington, VA)
Game time : 1:30 PMGame attendance : 5,719[ 7] Referee : Jeff Heaser
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Liberty 14 17 7 3 41 VMI 0 0 0 7 7
at Alumni Memorial Field (Lexington, VA)
Game time : 1:30 PMGame attendance : 7,157[ 9] Referee : J. Magallanes
Charleston Southern [ edit ]
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Coastal Carolina 7 10 7 7 31 VMI 3 0 0 0 3
at Alumni Memorial Field (Lexington , VA)
Game time : 1:30 PMGame attendance : 5,123[ 12] Referee : Tom ZimorskiTV :ESPN3
Name GP Attempts Net Yards Avg. TD Avg/Game Chaz Jones 9 133 502 3.8 6 55.8 Gabe Itoka 11 105 401 3.8 0 36.5 Julian Bowers 5 29 63 2.2 2 12.6
Name GP Comp Attempts Int TD Yards Avg/game Cameron Jones 10 84 172 9 6 831 83.1 Eric Kordenbrock 9 67 134 7 3 723 80.3 Adam Morgan 9 35 76 4 3 370 41.1
Name GP Thrown to Yards Avg. TD Avg/Game T.J. Talley 11 35 407 11.6 3 37.0 Mario Scott 11 30 375 12.5 3 34.1 Chaz Jones 9 24 134 5.6 1 14.9
Name Attempts Yards Avg. TD Long Michael Rainey-Wiles 18 221 12.3 1 52 Mario Scott 7 46 6.6 0 13 Mike Smith 1 3 3.0 0 0
Name Int Yards Avg. TD Greg Walker 2 58 29.0 1 Trae Watkins 2 6 3.0 0 A.J. Gross 1 0 0 0
Name Attempts Yards Avg. TD Long Mario Scott 28 554 19.8 0 45 Michael Rainey-Wiles 18 387 21.5 0 35 T.J. Talley 7 152 21.7 0 38
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^a b 2010 VMI Football Record Book ^ Sparky Woods - VMIKeydets.com - The Official Site of Virginia Military Institute Athletics ^ Football - Schedule - VMIKeydets.com - The Official Site of Virginia Military Institute Athletics ^ Lock Haven vs VMI (Sep 4, 2010) ^ VMI Keydets vs William and Mary (Sep 11, 2010) ^ VMI Keydets vs Virginia (Sep 25, 2010) ^ Presbyterian College vs VMI (Oct 2, 2010) ^ VMI Keydets vs Stony Brook (Oct 9, 2010) ^ LIBERTY vs VMI (Oct 16, 2010) ^ VMI vs CSU (Oct 23, 2010) ^ VMI Keydets vs Army (Oct 30, 2010) ^ COASTAL vs VMI (Nov 06, 2010) ^ VMI Keydets vs Old Dominion (Nov 13, 2010) ^ VMI Keydets vs Gardner-Webb (Nov 20, 2010) ^ VMI Keydets - Cumulative Season Statistics
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