2010 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

2010 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	6–5 (5–2 OVC)
Head coach	Dean Hood (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Springston (3rd season)
Home stadium	Roy Kidd Stadium (Capacity: 20,000)

2010 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 13 Southeast Missouri State $^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 12 Jacksonville State ^		6	–	2					9	–	3
Eastern Kentucky		5	–	2					6	–	5
Murray State		5	–	3					6	–	5
UT Martin		5	–	3					6	–	5
Tennessee Tech		4	–	4					5	–	6
Eastern Illinois		2	–	6					2	–	9
Austin Peay		1	–	7					2	–	9
Tennessee State		0	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2010 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Dean Hood, who was in his third season as head coach. The season was the Colonels' 101st. Eastern Kentucky played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium in Richmond, Kentucky.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	7:00 pm	at Missouri State*	Robert W. Plaster Sports Complex Springfield, MO		L 9–31	7,391	[1]
September 11	3:30 pm	at Louisville*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	WHAS	L 13–23	51,427
September 18	6:00 pm	at Chattanooga*	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		L 24–42	10,543
October 2	7:00 pm	Kentucky State*	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY		W 58–7	7,400
October 9	7:00 pm	Eastern Illinois	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	WSN	W 35–7	5,100
October 16	3:00 pm	at UT Martin	Graham Stadium Martin, TN		L 7–10	5,330
October 23	2:00 pm	Southeast Missouri State	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO		L 21–40	6,022
October 30	3:00 pm	Murray State	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	WSN	W 28–21	11,600
November 6	7:00 pm	No. 2 Jacksonville State	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	WSN	W 49–37	3,300
November 13	2:30 pm	at Tennessee Tech	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN		W 42–29	10,216
November 20	1:00 pm	Austin Peay	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY		W 17–3	3,700
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Alma mater	Year
Dean Hood	Head coach	Ohio Wesleyan, 1986	3rd
Mike Springston	Offensive coordinator/QBs coach	West Virginia Tech, 1981	3rd
Dane Damron	Special teams coordinator/tight ends coach	Georgetown College, 1994	2nd
Garry Fisher	Linebackers coach	Bowling Green, 2002	2nd
Tony Hatmaker	Defensive backs coach	Union College (KY), 1993	3rd
Ben Hodges	Wide receivers coach	Central College, 2006	5th
Carson Jeffers	Offensive line coach	Concord College, 1997	3rd
Jake Johnson	Defensive line coach	Eastern Kentucky, 2002	7th
John Revere	Running backs coach	Eastern Kentucky, 1976	14th

References

1. "Missouri State routs Eastern Kentucky 31–9". The Park City Daily News. September 4, 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.