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 | |
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NCAA DivisionSecond Round, L 14–17 vs. Wofford | |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 12 |
| Record | 9–3 (6–2 OVC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Ronnie Letson (7th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Greg Stewart (11th season) |
| Home stadium | Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 4 | 2:30 p.m. | at Ole Miss* | No. 17 | CSS | W 49–48 2OT | 55,768 | |
| September 11 | 6:00 p.m. | Chattanooga* | No. 6 | WJXS | W 21–17 | 22,186 | |
| September 18 | 12:00 p.m. | at Georgia State* | No. 4 | CSS | W 34–27 | 16,128 | |
| September 25 | 1:30 p.m. | at Eastern Illinois | No. 4 | W 28–23 | 4,311 | ||
| October 2 | 6:00 p.m. | at Murray State | No. 4 |
| WJXS | W 40–34 | 14,812 |
| October 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at UT Martin | No. 3 | WJXS | W 30–20 | 3,913 | |
| October 16 | 3:00 p.m. | Tennessee State | No. 3 |
| WJXS | W 24–0 | 15,218 |
| October 23 | 3:00 p.m. | Austin Peay | No. 3 |
| WJXS | W 56–3 | 19,707 |
| November 6 | 6:00 p.m. | at Eastern Kentucky | No. 2 | WJXS | L 37–49 | 3,300 | |
| November 13 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 8 Southeast Missouri State | No. 6 |
| WJXS | W 29–27 | 20,237 |
| November 20 | 4:00 p.m. | at Tennessee Tech | No. 4 | ESPN3 | L 24–35 | 4,576 | |
| December 4 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 7 Wofford* | No. 8 |
| ESPN3 | L 14–17 | 11,817 |
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