American college football season
The 2010 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season . It was VMI's 120th football season, which dates back to 1891.[1] In his 3rd year at VMI, the Keydets were led by head coach Sparky Woods , who became the VMI's 30th all-time football coach in 2008.[2] VMI plays its home games at Alumni Memorial Field , as they have since 1962.
After defeating Division-II Lock Haven 48–6, VMI was beat by William & Mary (45–0) and Virginia (48–6), and the following week defeated conference foe Presbyterian College 24–13 in the Big South Conference opener. They were defeated heavily by Stony Brook and Liberty in the next two weeks. The Keydets next defeated Charleston Southern 34–16, but ended the year on a 4-game losing streak, falling to Army , Coastal Carolina , Old Dominion , and Gardner-Webb . They finished the year 3–8 overall and 2–4 in the Big South.[3] The program has not had a winning season since 1981.[1]
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 4 1:30 PM Lock Haven * BSN W 48–66,865
September 11 7:00 PM at No. 11 William & Mary * L 45–011,475
September 25 1:30 PM at Virginia * ESPN3 L 48–643,592
October 2 1:30 PM Presbyterian Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA BSN W 24–135,719
October 9 3:30 PM at Stony Brook BSN L 27–97,432
October 16 1:30 PM Liberty Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA MASN L 41–77,157
October 23 11:30 AM at Charleston Southern SPS W 34–163,476
October 30 12:00 PM at Army * CBSCS L 29–732,410
November 6 1:30 PM Coastal Carolina Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA ESPN3 L 31–35,123
November 13 3:30 PM at Old Dominion TCN L 45–2819,782
November 20 11:30 AM Gardner-Webb SPS L 10–73,950
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries [ ]
Lock Haven [ ]
1
2
3 4 Total
Lock Haven
0
6
0 0 6
VMI
6
14
21 7 48
at Alumni Memorial Field (Lexington, VA )
Game time : 1:30 PMGame attendance : 6,865[4] Referee : Tracy Jones
William and Mary [ ]
William and Mary built a 31–0 halftime lead capped off with a fake kneel down hail mary touchdown pass to close the half, much like in the USC-UCLA game in 1986. William and Mary put in the backups and did not attempt a single pass in the second half as they coasted to their 45–0 win.
1
2
3 4 Total
VMI
0
0
0 0 0
William and Mary
10
21
7 7 45
at Zable Stadium (Williamsburg, VA )
Game time : 7:00 PMGame attendance : 11,475[5] Referee : Bill Broadhurst
Virginia [ ]
1
2
3 4 Total
VMI
7
0
0 0 7
Virginia
14
17
10 7 48
at Scott Stadium (Charlottesville, VA )
Game time : 1:30 PMGame attendance : 43,592[6] Referee : W. Davenport
Presbyterian [ ]
1
2
3 4 Total
Presbyterian
7
3
0 3 13
VMI
10
7
0 7 24
at Alumni Memorial Field (Lexington, VA)
Game time : 1:30 PMGame attendance : 5,719[7] Referee : Jeff Heaser
Stony Brook [ ]
1
2
3 4 Total
VMI
3
0
0 6 9
Stony Brook
0
10
10 7 27
at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (Stony Brook, NY )
Game time : 3:30 PMGame attendance : 7,432[8] Referee : Todd LaPenta
Liberty [ ]
1
2
3 4 Total
Liberty
14
17
7 3 41
VMI
0
0
0 7 7
at Alumni Memorial Field (Lexington, VA)
Game time : 1:30 PMGame attendance : 7,157 [9] Referee : J. Magallanes
Charleston Southern [ ]
1
2
3 4 Total
VMI
7
10
0 17 34
Charleston Southern
13
0
3 0 16
at Buccaneer Field (Charleston, SC )
Game time : 11:30 AMGame attendance : 3,476[10] Referee : Ron CherryTV : SportSouth
Army [ ]
1
2
3 4 Total
VMI
0
0
7 0 7
Army
7
12
0 10 29
at Michie Stadium (West Point, NY
Game time : NoonGame attendance : 32,410[11] Referee : Tom McCreeshTV : CBS College Sports
Coastal Carolina [ ]
1
2
3 4 Total
Coastal Carolina
7
10
7 7 31
VMI
3
0
0 0 3
at Alumni Memorial Field (Lexington , VA)
Game time : 1:30 PMGame attendance : 5,123[12] Referee : Tom ZimorskiTV : ESPN3
Old Dominion [ ]
1
2
3 4 Total
VMI
14
0
7 7 28
Old Dominion
7
17
14 7 45
at S.B. Ballard Stadium (Norfolk, VA )
Game time : 3:30 PMGame attendance : 19,782[13] Referee : David EpperleyTV : TCN
Gardner-Webb [ ]
1
2
3 4 Total
VMI
0
0
7 0 7
Gardner-Webb
0
3
0 7 10
at Spangler Stadium (Boiling Springs, NC )
Game time : 11:30 AMGame attendance : 3,950[14] Referee : Tracy JonesTV : SportSouth
Team leaders [ ]
Rushing [ ]
Name
GP
Attempts
Net Yards
Avg.
TD
Avg/Game
Chaz Jones
9
133
502
3.8
6
55.8
Gabe Itoka
11
105
401
3.8
0
36.5
Julian Bowers
5
29
63
2.2
2
12.6
Passing [ ]
Name
GP
Comp
Attempts
Int
TD
Yards
Avg/game
Cameron Jones
10
84
172
9
6
831
83.1
Eric Kordenbrock
9
67
134
7
3
723
80.3
Adam Morgan
9
35
76
4
3
370
41.1
Receiving [ ]
Name
GP
Thrown to
Yards
Avg.
TD
Avg/Game
T.J. Talley
11
35
407
11.6
3
37.0
Mario Scott
11
30
375
12.5
3
34.1
Chaz Jones
9
24
134
5.6
1
14.9
Punt returning [ ]
Name
Attempts
Yards
Avg.
TD
Long
Michael Rainey-Wiles
18
221
12.3
1
52
Mario Scott
7
46
6.6
0
13
Mike Smith
1
3
3.0
0
0
Interceptions [ ]
Name
Int
Yards
Avg.
TD
Greg Walker
2
58
29.0
1
Trae Watkins
2
6
3.0
0
A.J. Gross
1
0
0
0
Kick returning [ ]
Name
Attempts
Yards
Avg.
TD
Long
Mario Scott
28
554
19.8
0
45
Michael Rainey-Wiles
18
387
21.5
0
35
T.J. Talley
7
152
21.7
0
38
[15]
References [ ]
^ a b 2010 VMI Football Record Book
^ Sparky Woods - VMIKeydets.com - The Official Site of Virginia Military Institute Athletics
^ Football - Schedule - VMIKeydets.com - The Official Site of Virginia Military Institute Athletics
^ Lock Haven vs VMI (Sep 4, 2010)
^ VMI Keydets vs William and Mary (Sep 11, 2010)
^ VMI Keydets vs Virginia (Sep 25, 2010)
^ Presbyterian College vs VMI (Oct 2, 2010)
^ VMI Keydets vs Stony Brook (Oct 9, 2010)
^ LIBERTY vs VMI (Oct 16, 2010)
^ VMI vs CSU (Oct 23, 2010)
^ VMI Keydets vs Army (Oct 30, 2010)
^ COASTAL vs VMI (Nov 06, 2010)
^ VMI Keydets vs Old Dominion (Nov 13, 2010)
^ VMI Keydets vs Gardner-Webb (Nov 20, 2010)
^ VMI Keydets - Cumulative Season Statistics
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