2010 Syracuse Orange football team

2010 Syracuse Orange football
Pinstripe Bowl champion
Pinstripe Bowl, W 36–34 vs. Kansas State
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	8–5 (4–3 Big East)
Head coach	Doug Marrone (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Doug Marrone (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Scott Shafer (2nd season)
Home stadium	Carrier Dome (Capacity: 49,262)

2010 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Connecticut $+		5	–	2					8	–	5
West Virginia +		5	–	2					9	–	4
Pittsburgh +		5	–	2					8	–	5
Syracuse		4	–	3					8	–	5
South Florida		3	–	4					8	–	5
Louisville		3	–	4					7	–	6
Cincinnati		2	–	5					4	–	8
Rutgers		1	–	6					4	–	8
$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions As of January 11, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange were led by head coach Doug Marrone in his second season. They played their home games at Carrier Dome and were members of the Big East Conference. For the first time since Paul Pasqualoni was fired following the 2004 season, the Orange won enough games to become bowl eligible. Syracuse played Kansas State in the Inaugural Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium where they won 36–34 to finish the season 8–5, 4–3 in Big East play.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	6:00 pm	at Akron*	InfoCision Stadium Akron, Ohio	ESPN3	W 29–3	15,969
September 11	7:00 pm	at Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSNNW	L 20–41	62,418
September 18	7:15 pm	Maine*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York	TWCSN	W 38–14	37,758
September 25	3:30 pm	Colgate*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York	ESPN3	W 42–7	38,068
October 9	12:00 pm	at South Florida	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida	Big East Network	W 13–9	41,917
October 16	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York (rivalry)	Big East Network	L 14–45	40,168
October 23	12:00 pm	at No. 19 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy)	ESPN2	W 19–14	58,122
October 30	12:00 pm	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati	ESPNU	W 31–7	32,072
November 6	12:00 pm	Louisville	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York	Big East Network	L 20–28	40,735
November 13	3:30 pm	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPNU	W 13–10	49,911
November 20	7:00 pm	Connecticut	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 6–23	41,635
November 27	12:00 pm	Boston College*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York	ESPN	L 7–16	42,191
December 30	3:00 pm	vs. Kansas State*	Yankee Stadium The Bronx, New York (Pinstripe Bowl)	ESPN	W 36–34	38,274
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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