# 2010 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 2010 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. As members of the Big Ten Conference, the Hoosiers were led by head coach Bill Lynch and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. They finished the season 5–7, 1–7 in Big Ten play. Lynch was fired November 28, 2010, despite having won the team's last game of the season against rival Purdue the previous day.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 7:30 pm | Towson* | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | BTN | W 51–17 | 35,242 |
| September 18 | 5:00 pm | at Western Kentucky* | Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY | BTN | W 38–21 | 20,772 |
| September 25 | 7:00 pm | Akron* | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | BTN | W 35–20 | 42,258 |
| October 2 | 3:30 pm | No. 19 Michigan | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | ESPNU | L 35–42 | 52,929 |
| October 9 | 12:00 pm | at No. 2 Ohio State | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH | ESPN | L 10–38 | 105,291 |
| October 16 | 12:00 pm | Arkansas State* | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | ESPNU | W 36–34 | 40,480 |
| October 23 | 12:00 pm | at Illinois | Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL (rivalry) | BTN | L 13–43 | 53,550 |
| October 30 | 12:00 pm | Northwestern | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | BTN | L 17–20 | 37,818 |
| November 6 | 12:00 pm | No. 15 Iowa | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | BTN | L 13–18 | 42,991 |
| November 13 | 12:00 pm | at No. 5 Wisconsin | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI | ESPN2 | L 20–83 | 80,477 |
| November 20 | 12:00 pm | vs. Penn State | FedExFieldLandover, MD | BTN | L 24–41 | 78,790 |
| November 27 | 12:00 pm | at Purdue | Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) | BTN | W 34–31 $^{OT}$ | 50,136 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Towson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Towson | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| • Indiana | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 51 |

### Western Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Indiana | 0 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Western Kentucky | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |

### Akron

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Akron | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| • Indiana | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |

### Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #19 Michigan | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| Indiana | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |

### Ohio State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Indiana | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| • #2 Ohio State | 14 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 38 |

### Arkansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Arkansas State | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 34 |
| • Indiana | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 36 |

### Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Indiana | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| • Illinois | 10 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 43 |

### Northwestern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Northwestern | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Indiana | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |

### Iowa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #15 Iowa | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| Indiana | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |

### Wisconsin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Indiana | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| • #5 Wisconsin | 10 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 83 |

### Penn State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Indiana | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| • Penn State | 7 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 41 |

### Purdue

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| • Indiana | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 34 |
| Purdue | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
Notes
* Indiana beat Purdue in West Lafayette for the first time since 1996.
* Indiana snaps a 12-game Big Ten losing streak and a 15-game conference road losing streak.
* Ben Chappell breaks the single-season school record for passing yardage with 3,295 (3,043 – Kellen Lewis, 2007).

## 2011 NFL draftees

| Player | Round | Pick | Position | NFL club |
| James Brewer | 4 | 20 | Offensive tackle | New York Giants |
| Tandon Doss | 4 | 26 | Wide receiver | Baltimore Ravens |