2010 Army Black Knights football team
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Armed Forces Bowl champion
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Armed Forces Bowl, W 16–14 vs. SMU
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| Conference | Independent |
| 2010 record | 7–6 |
| Head coach | Rich Ellerson |
| Offensive coordinator | Ian Shields |
| Defensive coordinator | Chris Smeland/Payam Saadat |
| Captain | Stephen Anderson |
| Captain | Carson Homme |
| Captain | Josh McNary |
| Captain | Patrick Mealy |
| Home stadium | Michie Stadium |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2010 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights, led by second-year head coach Rich Ellerson, competed as an independent and played their home games at the Michie Stadium.
By winning 6 regular season games, Army became bowl-eligible for the first time since the 1996 season. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl against SMU, in University Park, Texas replacing a team from the Mountain West Conference. They defeated SMU 16–14 in the bowl to finish the season 7–6, their first winning season since 1996.
The Black Knights defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles for the third consecutive year, this being the second of the three decided by less than a touchdown. The game was tied twice and there were three lead changes. The teams combined for 594 yards rushing and only 96 yards passing. The game was delayed for about 12 minutes early in the second quarter when the public address system, the scoreboard, and the lights on the west (pressbox) side of the stadium went out. The lights eventually regained power, but the scoreboard and public address system remained inoperable for the remainder of the game. Notable performances included Army running back Jared Hassin's three touchdowns, 142 yards rushing by EMU's Dwayne Priest, and 126 yards rushing by EMU quarterback Alex Gillett.
Scoring summary
1st quarter
2nd quarter
3rd quarter
4th quarter
Scott Enos kicked a 31-yard field goal with 7 seconds remaining in the game to propel Hawai'i to a 31−28 come-from-behind victory over Army. The game was head coach Rich Ellerson's first against his alma-mater. Hawai'i jumped out to a 21−0 lead led by Quarterback Bryant Moniz's 3 touchdown passes. But Army rallied with 4 straight touchdowns of its own, including 2 by Malcom Brown. The Rainbow Warriors would have the final say as they scored late in the 3rd quarter to tie the game. Army was positioning itself for a game-winning field goal when backup Quarterback Max Jenkins fumbled the ball while simply trying to run to the middle of the field to gain position for a field goal attempt. The ball was recovered by the Hawai'i defense. The offense then drove down the field setting up the winning kick.
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