2010 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

2010 Nevada Wolf Pack football
WAC Co-Champions Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl Champions
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl vs. Boston College, W 20–13
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 11
2010 record	13–1 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach	Chris Ault (26th overall, 7th straight year)
Defensive coordinator	Andy Buh
Home stadium	Mackay Stadium (Capacity: 29,993)

2010 WAC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#11 Nevada +		7	–	1					13	–	1
#9 Boise State +		7	–	1					12	–	1
Hawaii +		7	–	1					10	–	4
Fresno State		5	–	3					8	–	5
Louisiana Tech		4	–	4					5	–	7
Idaho		3	–	5					6	–	7
Utah State		2	–	6					4	–	8
New Mexico State		1	–	7					2	–	10
San Jose State		0	–	8					1	–	12
+ – Conference co-champions As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack were led by head coach Chris Ault in his 26th season overall and 7th since taking over the head coaching job for the third time in 2004. They played their home games at Mackay Stadium and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the regular season 12–1, 7–1 in WAC play to share the conference championship with Boise State and Hawaiʻi. They were invited to the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl where they defeated Boston College 20–13 to finish the season with a 13–1 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 PM	Eastern Washington*		Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV		W 49–24	16,313[1]
September 11	7:30 PM	Colorado State*		Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPNU	W 51–6	18,098[2]
September 17	7:00 PM	California*		Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPN2	W 52–31	28,809[3]
September 25	3:00 PM	at BYU*		LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	The Mtn.	W 27–13	61,471[4]
October 2	7:00 PM	at UNLV*	No. 25	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV (Fremont Cannon)	The Mtn.	W 44–26	28,958[5]
October 9	1:00 PM	San Jose State	No. 21	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPNU	W 35–13	20,636[6]
October 16	8:30 PM	at Hawai'i	No. 19	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	WSN	L 21–27	42,031[7]
October 30	7:30 PM	Utah State		Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPNU	W 56–42	11,558[8]
November 6	2:00 PM	at Idaho	No. 25	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID	WSN	W 63–17	11,247[9]
November 13	7:30 PM	at Fresno State	No. 21	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPN	W 35–34	37,116[10]
November 20	1:00 PM	New Mexico State	No. 19	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV		W 52–6	10,906[11]
November 26	7:15 PM	No. 3 Boise State	No. 19	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 34–31 ^OT	30,712[12]
December 4	12:00 PM	at Louisiana Tech	No. 14	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	WSN	W 35–17	18,562[13]
January 9	6:00 PM	vs. Boston College*	No. 13	AT&T Park • San Francisco, CA (Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl)	ESPN	W 20–13	41,063[14]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time Zone.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=receiving votes.

Poll	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
AP			RV	RV	25	21	19	RV	RV	25	21	19	19	14	13	11
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	23	21	RV	RV	23	21	18	19	17	15	13
Harris	Not released						20	25	24	23	21	18	19	15	14
BCS	Not released								24	23	21	18	19	17	15

Season summary

Boise State

#4 Boise State at #19 Nevada

1 2 3 4 OT Total Boise St 3 21 0 7 0 31 • Nevada 0 7 7 17 3 34 Date: November 26 Location: Mackay Stadium, Reno, Nevada Game start: 10:15 p.m. EST

Scoring summary Q1 6:28 BSU Kyle Brotzman 33 yard field goal BSU 3–0 Q2 12:38 BSU Doug Martin 4 yard run (Kyle Brotzman kick) BSU 10–0 Q2 5:47 BSU Titus Young 26 yard pass from Kellen Moore (Kyle Brotzman kick) BSU 17–0 Q2 4:20 NEV Vai Taua 5 yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) BSU 17–7 Q2 2:59 BSU Doug Martin 51 yard run (Kyle Brotzman kick) BSU 24–7 Q3 1:23 NEV Colin Kaepernick 18 yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) BSU 24–14 Q4 13:01 NEV Rishard Matthews 44 yard run (Anthony Martinez kick) BSU 24–21 Q4 5:14 NEV Anthony Martinez 24 yard field goal Tie 24–24 Q4 4:53 BSU Doug Martin 79 yard pass from Kellen Moore (Kyle Brotzman kick) BSU 31–24 Q4 :13 NEV Rishard Matthews 7 yard pass from Colin Kaepernick (Anthony Martinez kick) Tie 31–31 OT NEV Anthony Martinez 34 yard field goal NEV 34-31

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NFL Draft

2nd Round, 36th Overall Pick by the San Francisco 49ers—Sr. QB Colin Kaepernick

3rd Round, 66th Overall Pick by the Cincinnati Bengals—Sr. LB Dontay Moch

7th Round, 204th Overall Pick by the Denver Broncos—Sr. TE Virgil Green

References

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15. ESPN. Retrieved 2014-Jan-19.