2010 Big Ten Conference football season
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The 2010 Big Ten Conference football season was the 115th season for the Big Ten
. The conference started its season on Thursday, September 2, as conference member Minnesota
traveled to Murfreesboro, Tennessee
to face Middle Tennessee
, and Ohio State
hosted the Thundering Herd of Marshall
. The conference’s other 9 teams began their respective 2010 season
of NCAA
Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition on Saturday, September 4. It was also the final season for the conference before the Nebraska Cornhuskers
joined the conference from the Big XII
the following season
.
, which saw 34 Big Ten athletes selected, 12 2009 first-team All-Big Ten selections, 8 second-team selections and 33 honorable mention selections returned for the 2010 season. The Big Ten held the 2010 Football Media Days and 39th annual Kickoff Luncheon on Monday and Tuesday, August 2–3.
April 24
October 9
October 16
October 23
On September 25, Joe Paterno
became the fifth head coach
to earn 150 victories as a member of the Big Ten Conference. On October 9, Jim Tressel
became the first Big Ten head coach to earn 100 victories in his first ten seasons, surpassing Bo Schembechler
and Lloyd Carr
who achieved the milestone in their 11th seasons and he did so in the third fewest games (121), behind Schembechler and Fielding Yost
(119) and ahead of Henry Williams
(123). On November 6, Paterno became the first FBS coach to total 400 career wins.
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
. The conference started its season on Thursday, September 2, as conference member Minnesota
2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2010 college football season. The Golden Gophers are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were led by fourth-year head coach Tim Brewster until his...
traveled to Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Murfreesboro is a city in and the county seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 108,755 according to the United States Census Bureau's 2010 U.S. Census, up from 68,816 residents certified during the 2000 census. The center of population of Tennessee is located in...
to face Middle Tennessee
2010 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
The 2010 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Middle Tennessee competed as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The team was led by head coach Rick Stockstill...
, and Ohio State
2010 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 2010 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented The Ohio State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Buckeyes were coached by Jim Tressel and played their home games in Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. They were members of the Big Ten Conference...
hosted the Thundering Herd of Marshall
2010 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 2010 season was the 114th consecutive year of Marshall University Thundering Herd college football. The team competes in the eastern division of Conference USA of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Football Bowl Subdivision....
. The conference’s other 9 teams began their respective 2010 season
2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for...
of NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition on Saturday, September 4. It was also the final season for the conference before the Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Cornhuskers
The Nebraska Cornhuskers is the name given to several sports teams of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference...
joined the conference from the Big XII
2010 Big 12 Conference football season
The 2010 Big 12 Conference football season is the 15th season for the Big 12, as part of the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was also the final season in the conference for Colorado and Nebraska as Colorado moved to the Pac-12 and Nebraska transfered to the Big Ten the following...
the following season
2011 Big Ten Conference football season
The 2011 Big Ten Conference football season is the 116th and current season for the Big Ten. The conference started its season on Saturday, September 3, as each of the conference’s teams began their respective 2011 season of NCAA Division I FBS competition...
.
Preseason
After a 2010 NFL Draft2010 NFL Draft
The 2010 NFL Draft was the 75th annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible football players. Unlike previous years, the 2010 draft took place over three days, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, with the first round on Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 7:30 pm...
, which saw 34 Big Ten athletes selected, 12 2009 first-team All-Big Ten selections, 8 second-team selections and 33 honorable mention selections returned for the 2010 season. The Big Ten held the 2010 Football Media Days and 39th annual Kickoff Luncheon on Monday and Tuesday, August 2–3.
Schedules
In a given year, each Big Ten team will play eight of the other Big Ten teams. Thus for any given team in a given year, there are two others which will not be competed against. Below is the breakdown of each team and its two "no-plays" for 2010:- Illinois: Iowa, Wisconsin
- Indiana: Michigan State, Minnesota
- Iowa: Illinois, Purdue
- Michigan: Minnesota, Northwestern
- Michigan State: Indiana, Ohio State
- Minnesota: Indiana, Michigan
- Northwestern: Michigan, Ohio State
- Ohio State: Michigan State, Northwestern
- Penn State: Purdue, Wisconsin
- Purdue: Iowa, Penn State
- Wisconsin: Illinois, Penn State
Rankings
In Weeks 3 and 4, the Big Ten had six teams ranked in both polls for the first time since September 13, 2004.| Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Final | ||
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| Iowa | AP | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 21 | ||||
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| Michigan | AP | RV | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||
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| Michigan State | AP | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | ||
| C | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | ||
| HAR | Not released | 12 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
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| Minnesota | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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| Northwestern | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||
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| Ohio State | AP | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | |||||
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| BCS | Not released | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Penn State | AP | 19 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 22 | RV | RV | |||||||||
| C | 14 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||
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| Purdue | AP | ||||||||||||||||
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| Wisconsin | AP | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| C | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| HAR | Not released | 16 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
Spring games
April 17- Indiana
- Iowa
- Michigan
- Purdue
- Wisconsin
April 24
- Illinois
- Michigan State
- Minnesota
- Northwestern
- Ohio State
- Penn State
Homecoming games
October 2- Penn State @ Iowa 7:05 p.m. CT (Iowa's record in homecoming games is 52-41-5)
- Northwestern @ Minnesota 11:00 a.m. CT (Minnesota's record in homecoming games is 54-33-3)
October 9
- Illinois @ Penn State 12:00 p.m. ET (Penn State's record in homecoming games is 65-20-5)
- Minnesota @ Wisconsin 11:00 a.m. ET (Wisconsin's record in homecoming games is 52-45-5)
October 16
- Arkansas State @ Indiana 12:00 p.m. ET (Indiana's record in homecoming games is 43-48-6)
- Iowa @ Michigan 3:30 p.m. ET (Michigan's record in homecoming games is 83-26)
- Illinois @ Michigan State 12:00 p.m. ET (Michigan State's record in homecoming games is 61-30-3)
- Minnesota @ Purdue 12:00 p.m. ET (Purdue's record in homecoming games is 48-35-4)
October 23
- Indiana @ Illinois 11:00 a.m. CT (Illinois's record in homecoming games is 42-55-2)
- Michigan State @ Northwestern 11:00 a.m. CT
- Purdue @ Ohio State 12:00 p.m. ET (Ohio State's record in homecoming games is 64-19-5)
On September 25, Joe Paterno
Joe Paterno
Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno is a former college football coach who was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions for 46 years from 1966 through 2011. Paterno, nicknamed "JoePa," holds the record for the most victories by an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football coach with...
became the fifth head coach
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
to earn 150 victories as a member of the Big Ten Conference. On October 9, Jim Tressel
Jim Tressel
James Patrick Tressel is a gameday consultant for the Indianapolis Colts, and former collegiate football head coach at both The Ohio State University from 2001 to 2011 and at Youngstown State University from 1986 to 2000. Tressel is most notable for his time at Ohio State. He was hired by the...
became the first Big Ten head coach to earn 100 victories in his first ten seasons, surpassing Bo Schembechler
Bo Schembechler
Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler, Jr. was an American football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1963 to 1968 and at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1989, compiling a career record of 234–65–8...
and Lloyd Carr
Lloyd Carr
Lloyd H. Carr is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Michigan from 1995 through the 2007 season. Under Carr, the Wolverines compiled a record of 122–40 and won or shared five Big Ten Conference titles...
who achieved the milestone in their 11th seasons and he did so in the third fewest games (121), behind Schembechler and Fielding Yost
Fielding Yost
Fielding Harris Yost was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Ohio Wesleyan University , the University of Nebraska–Lincoln , the University of Kansas , Stanford University , San Jose State University , and the University...
(119) and ahead of Henry Williams
Henry Williams
- Politicians :* Henry Williams , British Member of Parliament for Brecon, elected 1604* Sir Henry Williams, 2nd Baronet , British Member of Parliament for Brecon and Breconshire...
(123). On November 6, Paterno became the first FBS coach to total 400 career wins.
Big Ten vs. BCS matchups
| Date | Visitor | Home | Significance | Winning Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 4 | Illinois 2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team The 2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2010 college football season. The Fighting Illini, led by sixth-year head coach Ron Zook, are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Memorial Stadium... |
Missouri 2010 Missouri Tigers football team The 2010 Missouri Tigers football team, in their 121st season, represented the University of Missouri in college football's 2010 season. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who returned for his tenth season with Mizzou, and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. The team... |
Arch Rivalry Arch Rivalry The Arch Rivalry, officially known as the State Farm Arch Rivalry for sponsorship purposes, was an American college football rivalry between the Illinois Fighting Illini football team of the University of Illinois and the Missouri Tigers football team of the University of Missouri... |
Missouri |
| September 4 | Connecticut 2010 Connecticut Huskies football team The 2010 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was coached by Randy Edsall and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut... |
Michigan 2010 Michigan Wolverines football team The 2010 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Michigan played its home games at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan and competed in the Big Ten Conference. The season was the first since the renovation of... |
Michigan | |
| September 4 | Northwestern 2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team The 2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the Big Ten during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his fifth season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois... |
Vanderbilt 2010 Vanderbilt Commodores football team The 2010 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2010 college football season. The team's head coach was Robbie Caldwell, who had been serving as interim head coach following the unexpected retirement of previous head coach Bobby Johnson in July 2010... |
Northwestern | |
| September 4 | Purdue 2010 Purdue Boilermakers football team The 2010 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana and compete in the Big Ten Conference. It was Danny Hope's second season as head coach... |
Notre Dame 2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team The 2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2010 college football season. The team's head football coach was Brian Kelly. The Irish played their home games at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana... |
Shillelagh Trophy Shillelagh Trophy The Shillelagh Trophy is a trophy exchanged between Notre Dame and Purdue, being held by the winner of the annual football game. The two in-state rivals first played each other in 1896 and the game has occurred annually since 1946. The trophy, first presented in 1957, is a club donated by Joe... |
Notre Dame |
| September 11 | Iowa State 2010 Iowa State Cyclones football team The 2010 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by second year head coach Paul Rhoads and played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They are members of the Big 12 Conference in the... |
Iowa 2010 Iowa Hawkeyes football team The 2010 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2010 college football season. The Hawkeyes, led by 12th year head coach Kirk Ferentz, were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.Iowa came off of a 11–2... |
Cy-Hawk Trophy Cy-Hawk Trophy The Cy-Hawk Trophy is the trophy awarded to the winner of the American college football intra-state rivalry game played annually between Big 12 Conference member Iowa State Cyclones of Iowa State University and the University of Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference.Conceived and created as a... |
Iowa |
| September 11 | Michigan 2010 Michigan Wolverines football team The 2010 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Michigan played its home games at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan and competed in the Big Ten Conference. The season was the first since the renovation of... |
Notre Dame 2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team The 2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2010 college football season. The team's head football coach was Brian Kelly. The Irish played their home games at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana... |
Michigan – Notre Dame rivalry | Michigan |
| September 11 | Miami 2010 Miami Hurricanes football team The 2010 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hurricanes were coached by Randy Shannon during the regular season, then coached by Jeff Stoutland during their bowl game and played their home games at Sun Life... |
Ohio State 2010 Ohio State Buckeyes football team The 2010 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented The Ohio State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Buckeyes were coached by Jim Tressel and played their home games in Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. They were members of the Big Ten Conference... |
Rematch of 2003 Fiesta Bowl 2003 Fiesta Bowl The 2003 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl took place on January 3,2003 in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium. The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Miami Hurricanes by a score of 31–24 in double overtime. It also served as the BCS National Championship Game for the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season... (2002 National Championship) |
Ohio State (Vacated) |
| September 11 | Penn State 2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team 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... |
Alabama 2010 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The 2010 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 118th overall season, 78th as a member of the Southeastern Conference and its 19th within the SEC Western Division... |
Alabama | |
| September 18 | USC 2010 USC Trojans football team The 2010 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Trojans were led by head coach Lane Kiffin, who was in his 1st season... |
Minnesota 2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team The 2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2010 college football season. The Golden Gophers are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were led by fourth-year head coach Tim Brewster until his... |
USC | |
| September 18 | Iowa 2010 Iowa Hawkeyes football team The 2010 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2010 college football season. The Hawkeyes, led by 12th year head coach Kirk Ferentz, were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.Iowa came off of a 11–2... |
Arizona 2010 Arizona Wildcats football team The 2010 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the college football season of 2010. The team's head coach was Mike Stoops. The Wildcats played their home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona... |
Arizona | |
| September 18 | Notre Dame 2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team The 2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2010 college football season. The team's head football coach was Brian Kelly. The Irish played their home games at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana... |
Michigan State 2010 Michigan State Spartans football team The 2010 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Head coach Mark Dantonio was in his fourth season with the Spartans... |
Megaphone Trophy Megaphone Trophy Started in 1949 the Megaphone Trophy is awarded each year to the winner of the football game between the University of Notre Dame and Michigan State University. Notre Dame and Michigan State started competing against each other 114 years ago in 1897... |
Michigan State |
| September 18 | Arizona State 2010 Arizona State Sun Devils football team The 2010 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Sun Devils were led by head coach Dennis Erickson in his 4th season. They played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium and are members of the Pacific-10... |
Wisconsin 2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team The 2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers, led by fifth-year head coach Bret Bielema, were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium... |
Wisconsin | |
Attendance
Week 3 attendance (September 18) set an all-time Big Ten single-day attendance record with an average of 78,844. All eight games had crowds of over 50,000; Michigan State (78,411), Wisconsin (81,332), Ohio State (105,075) and Michigan (110,187) had sellouts; and 100,610 patrons were in attendance for Penn State. It surpassed the September 3, 2005 eight-game single-day average of 76,475. On October 9, the Big Ten set a five-game attendance record of 88,034, surpassing the 87,620, set on October 28, 1995. Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin all hosted sellouts.| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 | Game 8 | Total | Average | % of Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | Memorial Stadium Memorial Stadium (Champaign) thumb|right|300px|Original plan for Memorial Stadium circa 1921. Caption from [[Popular Mechanics]] Magazine, 1921Memorial Stadium is a football stadium located in Champaign, Illinois, in the United States, on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The stadium is dedicated as... |
62,872 | 52,217 | 50,569 | 62,870 | 53,550 | 50,371 | 55,549 | 325,126 | 54,188 | 86.2 | ||
| Indiana | Memorial Stadium | 52,929 | 35,242 | 42,258 | 52,929 | 40,480 | 37,818 | 42,991 | 251,718 | 41,953 | 79.3 | ||
| Iowa | Kinnick Stadium Kinnick Stadium Kinnick Stadium, formerly known as Iowa Stadium, and known in the area simply as Kinnick, is a stadium located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the home stadium of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, in the sport of college football... |
70,585 | 70,585 | 70,585 | 70,585 | 70,585 | 70,585 | 70,585 | 70,585 | 494,095 | 70,585 | 100 | |
| Michigan | Michigan Stadium Michigan Stadium Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan Stadium was built in 1927 at a cost of $950,000 and had an original capacity of 72,000. Before playing football at the stadium, the Wolverines played on Ferry Field... |
109,901 | 113,090 | 110,187 | 109,933 | 113,065 | 112,784 | 111,441 | 112,276 | 782,782 | 111,826 | 101.8 | |
| Michigan State | Spartan Stadium Spartan Stadium (East Lansing) Spartan Stadium opened in 1923 in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It is primarily used for football, and is the home field of the Michigan State University Spartans... |
75,005 | 75,769 | 78,411 | 70,926 | 73,108 | 74,441 | 71,128 | 71,111 | 514,984 | 73,556 | 98.1 | |
| Minnesota | TCF Bank Stadium TCF Bank Stadium TCF Bank Stadium, sometimes referred to as either "The Bank" or "The Gopher Hole," is the football stadium for the Minnesota Golden Gophers college football team at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota... |
50,805 | 49,554 | 50,422 | 49,368 | 49,228 | 48,479 | 48,717 | 50,805 | 346,573 | 49,510 | 97.5 | |
| Northwestern | Ryan Field | 47,130 | 25,471 | 30,075 | 33,847 | 41,115 | 47,130 | 177,638 | 35,527 | 75.4 | |||
| Ohio State | Ohio Stadium Ohio Stadium Ohio Stadium is the home of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team and is located on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The stadium was added to the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on March 22, 1974... |
102,329 | 105,040 | 105,454 | 105,075 | 105,017 | 105,291 | 105,387 | 105,466 | 105,491 | 842,231 | 105,278 | 102.9 |
| Penn State | Beaver Stadium Beaver Stadium Beaver Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, United States, on the campus of The Pennsylvania State University. It is home to the Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten Conference. The stadium is named for James A... |
107,282 | 101,213 | 100,610 | 104,840 | 107,638 | 108,539 | 104,147 | 102,649 | 729,636 | 104,233 | 97.2 | |
| Purdue | Ross-Ade Stadium Ross-Ade Stadium Ross–Ade Stadium is a stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States. It is the home of the Purdue University Boilermakers football team.-History:... |
62,500 | 47,301 | 54,124 | 42,068 | 47,319 | 45,227 | 50,268 | 50,136 | 190,812 | 48,063 | 76.9 | |
| Wisconsin | Camp Randall Stadium Camp Randall Stadium Camp Randall Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. It has been the home of the Wisconsin Badgers football team in rudimentary form since 1895, and as a complete stadium since 1917. It is located on the center-southern region of the University of Wisconsin campus. The stadium seats... |
80,321 | 78,469 | 81,332 | 77,224 | 80,328 | 81,194 | 80,477 | 80,011 | 559,035 | 79,862 | 99.4 | |
Bowl games
The following is the Big Ten Bowl game schedule.| Bowl | Date | Opponents | Winner* | Score | Loser* | Score | Location | Time+ | Network | Big Ten's Records |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insight Bowl 2010 Insight Bowl The 2010 Insight Bowl was the 22nd edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Tuesday, December 28, 2010... |
December 28, 2010 | Iowa vs. Missouri 2010 Missouri Tigers football team The 2010 Missouri Tigers football team, in their 121st season, represented the University of Missouri in college football's 2010 season. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who returned for his tenth season with Mizzou, and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. The team... |
Iowa | 27 | Missouri | 24 | Tempe, Arizona Tempe, Arizona Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale... |
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| Texas Bowl 2010 Texas Bowl The 2010 Texas Bowl was the fifth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The game started at 5:00 PM US CST on Wednesday, December 29, 2010. The game was telecast on ESPN for the second time in bowl history after being televised by the NFL... |
December 29, 2010 | Illinois vs. Baylor 2010 Baylor Bears football team The 2010 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in college football's 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Art Briles and played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They are members of the Big 12 Conference in the South Division... |
Illinois | 38 | Baylor | 14 | Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ... |
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| Capital One Bowl 2011 Capital One Bowl The 2011 Capital One Bowl was the sixty-fifth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The game was played on January 1, 2011 and matched the Alabama Crimson Tide from the Southeastern Conference with the Michigan State Spartans from the Big... |
January 1, 2011 | Michigan State vs. Alabama 2010 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The 2010 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 118th overall season, 78th as a member of the Southeastern Conference and its 19th within the SEC Western Division... |
Alabama | 49 | Michigan State | 7 | Orlando, Florida Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... |
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| Outback Bowl 2011 Outback Bowl The 2011 Outback Bowl was the 25th edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The game kicked off at 1 p.m. US EST on January 1, 2011 and was telecasted on ABC... |
January 1, 2011 | Penn State vs. Florida 2010 Florida Gators football team The 2010 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2010 college football season... |
Florida | 37 | Penn State | 24 | Tampa, Florida Tampa, Florida Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709.... |
1 p.m. | ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... |
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| TicketCity Bowl | January 1, 2011 | Northwestern vs. Texas Tech 2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team The 2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach Tommy Tuberville and played its home games at Jones AT&T Stadium. They were members of the South Division of the Big 12... |
Texas Tech | 45 | Northwestern | 38 | Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States... |
ESPNU ESPNU ESPNU is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced by, affiliated with and owned by parent network ESPN. ESPNU originates out of ESPN Regional Television's ESPNU (often referred to as The U) is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced... |
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| Gator Bowl 2011 Gator Bowl The 2011 Gator Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten and Mississippi State Bulldogs of the SEC, and was played on January 1, 2011 , at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the sixty sixth edition of the bowl game and was... |
January 1, 2011 | Michigan vs. Mississippi State 2010 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team The 2010 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 2010 college football season. Mississippi State has been a member of the Southeastern Conference since the league's inception in 1932, and has participated in that conference's Western Division... |
Mississippi State | 52 | Michigan | 14 | Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968... |
1:30 p.m. | ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,... |
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| Rose Bowl presented by Vizio 2011 Rose Bowl The 2011 Rose Bowl was the 97th edition of the annual bowl game played on January 1, 2011, as part of the 2010 college football season. Played in Pasadena, California, the TCU Horned Frogs of the Mountain West Conference defeated the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference. The Pasadena... |
January 1, 2011 | Wisconsin vs. TCU 2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team The 2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by tenth year head coach Gary Patterson and played its home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas... |
TCU | 21 | Wisconsin | 19 | Pasadena, California Pasadena, California Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet... |
2:10 p.m. | ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming.... |
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| Sugar Bowl 2011 Sugar Bowl The 2011 Sugar Bowl Game was an American college football bowl game that was part of the Bowl Championship Series for the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the 77th Sugar Bowl. The contest took place on January 4, 2011, in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The... |
January 4, 2011 | Ohio State vs. Arkansas 2010 Arkansas Razorbacks football team The 2010 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2010 football season. The team played five home games at Razorback Stadium and two home games at War Memorial Stadium. Coach Bobby Petrino was in his third year with the Razorbacks. They were members of the... |
Ohio State (Vacated) | 31 | Arkansas | 26 | New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population... |
8:30 p.m. | ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming.... |
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| *Big Ten team is bolded. +Time given is Central Time Central Time zone In North America, the Central Time Zone refers to national time zones which observe standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC , and daylight saving, or summer time by subtracting five hours... |
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Head coaches
- Ron ZookRon ZookRon Zook is a former American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at the University of Florida from 2002 to 2004 and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2005 to 2011. Zook is a native of Ohio and an alumnus of Miami University, where he...
, Illinois - Bill LynchBill LynchBill Lynch is a college athletics administrator and former American football player and coach. Since March 2011, he has served at the Associate Athletic Director for Development at Butler University...
, Indiana - Kirk FerentzKirk FerentzKirk James Ferentz is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Iowa, a position he has held since 1999. From 1990 to 1992, Ferentz was the head football coach at the University of Maine. He has also served as an assistant coach...
, Iowa - Rich RodriguezRich RodriguezRichard A. "Rich" Rodriguez is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Arizona. Rodriguez previously served as the head football coach at Salem University , Glenville State College , West Virginia University , and the University...
, Michigan - Mark DantonioMark DantonioMark Dantonio is the current head football coach at Michigan State University. He was hired on November 27, 2006 and became the 24th head coach at Michigan State. He is credited for winning the 2010 Big Ten Championship and his 4 game win streak over arch-rival Michigan...
, Michigan State - Tim BrewsterTim BrewsterTim Brewster is an American football player and coach. He most recently served as the head coach of the University of Minnesota from 2007 until he was fired midway through the Golden Gophers' 2010 season.-Playing career:...
, Minnesota (first 7 games) and Jeff HortonJeff Horton-External links:*...
, Minnesota (last 5 games)
- Pat FitzgeraldPat Fitzgerald-External links:*...
, Northwestern - Jim TresselJim TresselJames Patrick Tressel is a gameday consultant for the Indianapolis Colts, and former collegiate football head coach at both The Ohio State University from 2001 to 2011 and at Youngstown State University from 1986 to 2000. Tressel is most notable for his time at Ohio State. He was hired by the...
, Ohio State - Joe PaternoJoe PaternoJoseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno is a former college football coach who was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions for 46 years from 1966 through 2011. Paterno, nicknamed "JoePa," holds the record for the most victories by an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football coach with...
, Penn State - Danny HopeDanny Hope-External links:*...
, Purdue - Bret BielemaBret Bielema-Personal life:Bielema announced on April 1, 2011 that he was engaged to his girlfriend, Jen. The wedding is scheduled for spring 2012.-External links:* *...
, Wisconsin