2010 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

2010 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
Big South Co-Champions
FCS Playoffs First Round vs Western Illinois, L 10–17
Conference	Big South Conference
2010 record	6–6 (5–1 Big South)
Head coach	David Bennett (8th year)
Home stadium	Brooks Stadium (Capacity: 9,112)

2010 Big South football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#21 Liberty +		5	–	1					8	–	3
Stony Brook +		5	–	1					6	–	5
Coastal Carolina +^		5	–	1					6	–	6
Gardner–Webb		2	–	4					4	–	7
VMI		2	–	4					3	–	8
Charleston Southern		1	–	5					3	–	8
Presbyterian		1	–	5					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2010 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Chanticleers were led by eighth year head coach David Bennett and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. Coastal Carolina competed a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6-6 with a 5-1 record in conference play and were conference co-champions with Liberty and Stony Brook. The Chanticleers received the Big South's automatic bid to compete in the FCS playoffs, where they lost to Western Illinois in the first round. Coastal Carolina played a five-overtime game against Towson on September 11, the longest in school history.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	3:30 PM	at #25 West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	ESPN+	L 31–0	57,862[2]
September 11	7:00 PM	at Towson*	Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD		L 45–47 ^5OT	8,990[3]
September 18	6:00 PM	Georgia Southern*	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC		L 26–43	8,857[4]
September 25	6:00 PM	Delaware State*	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC		W 34–14	9,218[5]
October 2	1:00 PM	at #11 Richmond*	Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA		L 19–41	8,464[6]
October 16	2:00 PM	at Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC		W 35–7	4,753[7]
October 23	7:30 PM	Stony Brook	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	MASN	L 28–38	8,671[8]
October 30	1:30 PM	at Gardner–Webb	Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC		W 30–27 ^OT	3,750[9]
November 6	1:30 PM	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA	ESPN3	W 31–3	5,123[10]
November 13	1:00 PM	#11 Liberty	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	ESPN3	W 45–31	7,764[11]
November 20	1:00 PM	Charleston Southern	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC		W 70–3	7,503[12]
November 27	1:00 PM	#21 Western Illinois*	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC (FCS Playoffs First Round)		L 10–17	4,556[13]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

1. "Coastal Carolina Falls in 5 Overtimes at Towson". Coastal Carolina University. September 11, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
2. "Coastal Carolina vs West Virginia (Sep 04, 2010)". Coastal Carolina University. September 4, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
3. "Coastal Carolina vs Towson University (Sep 11, 2010)". Coastal Carolina University. September 11, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
4. "Georgia Southern vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 18, 2010)". Coastal Carolina University. September 18, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
5. "Delaware State vs Coastal Carolina (Sep 25, 2010)". Coastal Carolina University. September 25, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
6. "Coastal Carolina vs Richmond (Oct 02, 2010)". Coastal Carolina University. October 2, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
7. "Coastal Carolina vs Presbyterian College (Oct 16, 2010)". Coastal Carolina University. October 16, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
8. "Stony Brook vs Coastal Carolina (Oct 23, 2010)". Coastal Carolina University. October 23, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
9. "Coastal Carolina vs Gardner-Webb (Oct 30, 2010)". Coastal Carolina University. October 30, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
10. "Coastal Carolina vs VMI (Nov 06, 2010)". Coastal Carolina University. September 18, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
11. "Liberty vs Coastal Carolina (Nov 13, 2010)". Coastal Carolina University. November 13, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
12. "Charleston Southern vs Coastal Carolina (Nov 20, 2010)". Coastal Carolina University. November 20, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
13. "Western Illinois vs Coastal Carolina (Nov 27, 2010)". Coastal Carolina University. November 27, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2012.