2010 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

The 2010 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Jack Crowe, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, placing second in the OVC. Jacksonville played home games at Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama.

2010 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 12
Record9–3 (6–2 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRonnie Letson (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorGreg Stewart (11th season)
Home stadiumBurgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
(capacity: 24,000)
2010 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

In the season opener at Ole Miss, Jacksonville State stunned its NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) opponent with a double-overtime upset, 49–48. In the second overtime period, the Gamecocks matched Ole Miss with a touchdown and Crowe ordered his team to attempt a two-point conversion to end the game. Quarterback Coty Blanchard connected with running back Calvin Middleton on a shovel pass in the end zone for the win. Crowe, who had been fired as Arkansas head coach after losing to Division I-AA The Citadel in 1992, said, "If you stay in this long enough, it goes both ways."[1]

Jacksonville State entered the regular season finale against underdogs Tennessee Tech ranked fourth in the nation, with a share of the OVC championship on the line. The Gamecocks mounted a 21-play, 94-yard scoring drive that left 11:33 remaining to play and gave them a 24–7 lead. Tennessee Tech, however, successfully mounted four rapid-fire touchdown drives to win, 35–24, and denied Jacksonville State a share of the conference title and an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs.[2] The Gamecocks did receive an at-large berth to the playoff, and after a first-round bye, lost in the second round of to Wofford, 17–14.[3]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 42:30 p.m.at Ole Miss*No. 17
CSSW 49–48 2OT55,768
September 116:00 p.m.Chattanooga*No. 6
WJXSW 21–1722,186
September 1812:00 p.m.at Georgia State*No. 4
CSSW 34–2716,128
September 251:30 p.m.at Eastern IllinoisNo. 4
W 28–234,311
October 26:00 p.m.at Murray StateNo. 4
  • Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
  • Jacksonville, AL
WJXSW 40–3414,812
October 91:00 p.m.at UT MartinNo. 3
WJXSW 30–203,913
October 163:00 p.m.Tennessee StateNo. 3
  • Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
  • Jacksonville, AL
WJXSW 24–015,218
October 233:00 p.m.Austin PeayNo. 3
  • Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
  • Jacksonville, AL
WJXSW 56–319,707
November 66:00 p.m.at Eastern KentuckyNo. 2
WJXSL 37–493,300
November 133:00 p.m.No. 8 Southeast Missouri StateNo. 6
  • Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium
  • Jacksonville, AL
WJXSW 29–2720,237
November 204:00 p.m.at Tennessee TechNo. 4
ESPN3L 24–354,576
December 411:00 a.m.No. 7 Wofford*No. 8
ESPN3L 14–1711,817

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References
  1. Jacksonville St. pulls off 2OT upset over Ole Miss in Jeremiah Masoli's debut, ESPN, September 4, 2010.
  2. No. 4 Jacksonville State upset by Tennessee Tech, loses OVC title Archived 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, Anniston Star, November 20, 2010.
  3. Wofford Terriers vs. Jacksonville State Gamecocks - Recap, ESPN, December 4, 2010.
  4. "Jacksonville State Gamecocks Schedule 2010". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  5. "2010 Football Schedule". Jacksonville State University Athletics. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
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