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.Conference USA Member Schools
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.
Preseason Coaching changes Ruffin McNeil replaced Skip Holtz at East Carolina.East Carolina introduces Ruffin McNeill as new coach: 'Not a stepping-stone hop' - ESPN Doc Holliday replaced Mark Snyder at Marshall.Marshall to hire Doc Holliday as new coach - ESPN
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 formattingConference USA member wonConference USA member lostConference USA teams in boldRankings from Coaches' Poll
Week One Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 2 6:30 p.m. Southern Miss South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina ESPN L 41-13 70,438 September 2 7:00 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans – W 27-21 20,258 September 2 7:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama ESPN L 32-31 25,885 September 2 7:30 p.m. Marshall #2 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio BTN L 45-7 105,040 September 4 2:30 p.m. #4 Texas Rice Reliant Stadium • Houston, Texas ESPN L 34-17 70,445 September 4 6:00 p.m. Memphis Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi - L 49-7 56,032 September 4 6:00 p.m. UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida - W 38-7 34,373 September 4 7:00 p.m. Texas State Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston - W 68-28 32,119 September 4 7:00 p.m. Arkansas Pine Bluff UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas – W 32-10 30,029 September 5 2:00 p.m. Tulsa East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina ESPN2 ECU 51-49 50,010 September 5 3:30 p.m. SMU Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas ESPN L 35-27 57,528
Week Two Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 10 7:00 p.m. #22 West Virginia Marshall Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia ESPN L 24-21 OT 41,382 September 10 10:15 p.m. UTEP Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston ESPN HOU 54-24 32,119 September 11 12:00 p.m. Memphis East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina ECU 49-27 48,123 September 11 7:00 p.m. Bowling Green Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma W 33-20 19,565 September 11 7:00 p.m. Rice North Texas Fouts Field • Denton, Texas W 32-31 23,743 September 11 7:00 p.m. Prairie View A&M Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi W 34-7 27,316 September 11 7:30 p.m. NC State UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida CBS CS L 28-21 43,020 September 11 8:00 p.m. UAB SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, Texas SMU 28-7 16,612 September 11 9:00 p.m. Mississippi Tulane Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana ESPN2 L 27-13 36,389
Week Three Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 17 8:00 p.m. Kansas Southern Miss M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi ESPN W 31-16 30,211 September 18 1:30 p.m. East Carolina Virginia Tech Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia L 49-27 66,233 September 18 3:30 p.m. Washington State SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, Texas W 35-21 18,184 September 18 3:30 p.m. Troy UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama W 34-33 23,681 September 18 7:00 p.m. Marshall Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio L 44-28 20,515 September 18 7:00 p.m. Tulsa Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma L 65-28 51,778 September 18 7:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee W 24-17 27,965 September 18 7:00 p.m. Northwestern Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas L 30-13 15,562 September 18 7:00 p.m. UCF Buffalo University at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst, New York W 24-10 14,312 September 18 9:05 p.m. New Mexico State UTEP Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico W 42-10 39,214 September 18 10:30 p.m. #23 Houston UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California L 31-13 54,407
Week Four Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 24 8:00 p.m. #5 TCU SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas ESPN L 41-24 35,481 September 25 12:21 p.m. UAB Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee SEC Network L 32-29 95,183 September 25 12:30 p.m. UCF Kansas State Bill Snyder Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas FSN L 17-13 50,586 September 25 3:30 p.m. Tulane Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston HOU 42-23 32,007 September 25 7:00 p.m. Central Arkansas Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma W 41-14 21,928 September 25 7:00 p.m. Ohio Marshall Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia W 24-23 28,143 September 25 7:00 p.m. Southern Miss Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana W 13-12 22,344 September 25 8:00 p.m. Baylor Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas CBS CS L 30-13 23,395 September 25 9:05 p.m. Memphis UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas UTEP 16-13 29,765
Week Five Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 2 2:00 p.m. Tulane Rutgers Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, New Jersey W 17-14 47,963 October 2 3:30 p.m. East Carolina North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina L 42-17 60,000 October 2 6:00 p.m. UTEP New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico W 38-20 22,511 October 2 7:00 p.m. Tulsa Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee TLSA 48-7 22,231 October 2 7:00 p.m. SMU Rice Rice Stadium • Houston SMU 42-31 14,981 October 2 8:00 p.m. Marshall Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CBS CS SM 41-16 27,518
Week Six Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 6 8:00 p.m. UAB UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida ESPN UCF 42-7 40,281 October 9 2:00 p.m. Memphis Louisville Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky L 56-0 48,427 October 9 3:30 p.m. Army Tulane Superdome • New Orleans L 41-23 28,756 October 9 7:30 p.m. East Carolina Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CSS ECU 44-43 32,334 October 9 8:00 p.m. Mississippi State Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas CBS CS L 47-24 32,067 October 9 8:00 p.m. Tulsa SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas SMU 21-18 19,329 October 9 9:05 p.m. Rice UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas UTEP 44-24 28,955
Week Seven Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 13 8:00 p.m. UCF Marshall Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia ESPN UCF 35-14 23,601 October 16 12:00 p.m. NC State East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina W 33-27 OT 50,410 October 16 12:00 p.m. Southern Miss Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee SM 41-19 18,848 October 16 3:30 p.m. Houston Rice Rice Stadium • Houston RICE 34-31 26,342 October 16 3:30 p.m. SMU Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland L 28-21 33,924 October 16 4:00 p.m. UTEP UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama UAB 21-6 11,756 October 16 7:00 p.m. Tulane Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma TLSA 52-24 23,295
Week Eight Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 23 3:30 p.m. Rice UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida UCF 41-14 38,151 October 23 3:30 p.m. Houston SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas CBSCS HOU 45-20 20,741 October 23 4:15 p.m. Marshall East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina CSS ECU 37-10 50,145 October 23 7:00 p.m. UAB #24 Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi ESPNU L 29-24 56,423 October 23 9:05 p.m. Tulane UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas TULN 34-24 25,007
Week Nine Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance October 30 12:00 p.m. UAB Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi CSS UAB 50-49 26,415 October 30 2:30 p.m. Tulsa Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana NBC W 28-27 80,795 October 30 3:00 p.m. UTEP Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia MRSH 16-12 24,740 October 30 3:30 p.m. East Carolina UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida MASN UCF 49-35 40,073 October 30 3:30 p.m. SMU Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans SMU 31-17 18,636 October 30 7:00 p.m. Houston Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee CSS HOU 56-17 19,731
Week Ten Date Time (EDT) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 5 8:00 p.m. UCF Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston ESPN2 UCF 40-33 32,008 November 6 2:00 p.m. Rice Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma TLSA 64-27 19,036 November 6 3:30 p.m. Navy East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina MASN L 76-35 50,191 November 6 3:30 p.m. Southern Miss Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans SM 46-30 22,737 November 6 4:15 p.m. Marshall UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama CSS MRSH 31-17 17,860 November 6 8:00 p.m. Tennessee Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee CBSCS L 50-14 39,742 November 6 9:05 p.m. SMU UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas UTEP 28-14 23,127
Week Eleven Date Time (EST) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 11 8:00 p.m. East Carolina UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama CBSCS ECU 54-42 14,083 November 13 12:00 p.m. Southern Miss #23 UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida CBSCS SM 31-21 40,358 November 13 3:00 p.m. Memphis Marshall Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia MRSH 28-13 25,108 November 13 3:30 p.m. Rice Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans TULN 54-49 16,698 November 13 7:00 p.m. UTEP #14 Arkansas Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas ESPNU L 58-21 67,330 November 13 8:00 p.m. Tulsa Houston Robertson Stadium • Houston CBSCS TLSA 28-25 30,046
Week Twelve Date Time (EST) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 20 1:00 p.m. East Carolina Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas CSS RICE 62-38 15,262 November 20 2:00 p.m. UTEP Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma TLSA 31-28 16,547 November 20 3:00 p.m. Marshall SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas SMU 31-17 17,513 November 20 3:30 p.m. UCF Tulane Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans UCF 61-14 19,069 November 20 4:00 p.m. Memphis UAB Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama UAB 31-15 16,177 November 20 6:00 p.m. Houston Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, Mississippi SM 59-41 32,606
Week Thirteen Date Time (EST) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance November 26 2:00 p.m. SMU East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina CBSCS SMU 45-38 49,108 November 26 6:30 p.m. Southern Miss Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma CBSCS TLSA 56-50 21,901 November 27 12:00 p.m. UCF Memphis Liberty Bowl Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee CSS UCF 37-10 14,992 November 27 12:00 p.m. Tulane Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia CBSCS MRSH 38-23 19,302 November 27 3:30 p.m. UAB Rice Rice Stadium • Houston CSS RICE 28-23 13,007 November 27 8:00 p.m. Houston Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas FSS L 35-20 53,461
Week Fourteen- C-USA Championship Game
Date Time (EST) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance December 4 12:00 p.m. SMU #25 UCF Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida ESPN2 UCF 17-7 41,045
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