2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team information
American college football season
2010Penn State Nittany Lions football
Outback Bowl, L 24–37 vs. Florida
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Record
7–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Joe Paterno (45th season)
Offensive coordinator
Galen Hall (7th season)
Offensive scheme
Spread
Defensive coordinator
Tom Bradley (11th season)
Base defense
4–3
Captains
Brett Brackett
Ollie Ogbu
Home stadium
Beaver Stadium
Seasons
← 2009
2011 →
2010 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 14 Michigan State +
7
–
1
11
–
2
No. 7 Wisconsin $+
7
–
1
11
–
2
Iowa
4
–
4
8
–
5
Illinois
4
–
4
7
–
6
Penn State
4
–
4
7
–
6
Michigan
3
–
5
7
–
6
Northwestern
3
–
5
7
–
6
Purdue
2
–
6
4
–
8
Minnesota
2
–
6
3
–
9
Indiana
1
–
7
5
–
7
No. 5 Ohio State† %
0
–
1
0
–
1
$ – BCS representative as conference champion
% – BCS at-large representative
+ – Conference co-champions
† – Ohio State (12–1, 7–1) self-vacated all of their wins[1]
Rankings from AP Poll[2][3]
The 2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. They were members of the Big Ten Conference. Team captains for the season were wide receiver Brett Brackett and defensive tackle Ollie Ogbu.[4]
The Nittany Lions finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Big Ten play and were invited to the Outback Bowl where they were defeated by Florida 37–24.
^"Buckeyes vacate wins from last football season". ESPN.com. July 8, 2011. The measures taken by the school included vacating all the Buckeyes' wins from last season, a year in which Ohio State captured a record-tying sixth straight Big Ten title and won an unprecedented seventh straight game over Michigan.
^"Big Ten Conference Standings - 2010". ESPN. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
^"2014 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 16". ESPN. December 7, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
^Musselman, Ron (August 31, 2010). "Paterno Doesn't Name starter for Saturday". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
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