2010 Western Michigan Broncos football team

2010 Western Michigan Broncos football
Conference Mid-American Conference West
2010 record 6–6 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach Bill Cubit
Defensive coordinator Dave Cohen
Home stadium Waldo Stadium
(Capacity: 30,200)
2010 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern 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  
Western 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
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos, led by sixth-year head coach Bill Cubit, compete in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference and played their home games at Waldo Stadium. They finished the season 6–6, 5–3 in MAC play.

Western Michigan, along with Temple, were the only bowl eligible teams that did not receive an invitation to a postseason bowl game.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 4 12:00 pm at Michigan State* Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN2 L 14–38   75,769[2]
September 11 7:00 pm Nicholls State* Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI W 49–14   19,327[3]
September 18 7:00 pm Toledo Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI L 24–37   14,216[4]
October 2 2:00 pm Idaho*dagger Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI ESPN3 L 13–33   18,508[5]
October 9 12:00 pm at Ball State Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN ESPN+/ESPN3 W 45–16   11,963
October 16 2:30 pm at Notre Dame* Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN NBC L 20–44   80,795
October 23 3:30 pm at Akron InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH STO[6] W 56–10   10,073
October 30 12:00 pm Northern Illinois Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI ESPN+/ESPN3 L 21–28   12,578[7]
November 5 6:00 pm at Central Michigan Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI (WMU–CMU Rivalry Trophy, Michigan MAC Trophy) ESPNU L 22–26   22,355
November 13 2:00 pm Eastern Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy) W 45–30   12,136[8]
November 20 2:00 pm Kent State Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI {{{tv}}} W 38–3   8,763[9]
November 26 2:00 pm at Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH ESPN3 W 41–7   5,121
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2010/12/four_mac_football_teams_are_bo.html
  2. ↑ "Western Michigan Broncos vs. Michigan State Spartans Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Western Michigan Broncos vs. Nicholls State Colonels Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
  4. ↑ http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302612711
  5. ↑ http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302752711
  6. ↑ http://mac-sports.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=204982500
  7. ↑ http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=303032711
  8. ↑ http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=303172711
  9. ↑ http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=303242711