2010 BYU Cougars football team

2010 BYU Cougars football
New Mexico Bowl champion
New Mexico Bowl vs. UTEP, W 52–24
Conference	Mountain West Conference
2010 record	7–6 (5–3 MWC)
Head coach	Bronco Mendenhall
Offensive coordinator	Robert Anae
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Jaime Hill
Base defense	3-4
Captain	Matt Reynolds
Captain	Andrew Rich
Home stadium	LaVell Edwards Stadium (Capacity: 63,725)
Uniform
Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

2010 Mountain West football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#2 TCU $		8	–	0					13	–	0
Utah		7	–	1					10	–	3
Air Force		5	–	3					9	–	4
San Diego State		5	–	3					9	–	4
BYU		5	–	3					7	–	6
Colorado State		2	–	6					3	–	9
UNLV		2	–	6					2	–	11
Wyoming		1	–	7					3	–	9
New Mexico		1	–	7					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

Washington at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 7 10 0 0 17 • Cougars 5 8 10 0 23 Date: September 4 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 5:04 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:24 Game attendance: 63,771 Game weather: 92 °F (33 °C), Clear, winds SSW 8 mph Referee: Terry Leyden TV announcers (CBS-C): Dave Ryan, Aaron Taylor, & Brooke Olzendam Sources:

BYU at Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 14 0 0 0 14 • Falcons 7 14 7 7 35 Date: September 11 Location: Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO Game start: 2:06 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:02 Game attendance: 46,692 Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Clear and Sunny, winds SSE 18 mph Referee: Karl Richins TV announcers (Versus): Joe Beninati, Kelly Stouffer, & Lindy Thackston Sources:

BYU at Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 0 10 0 0 10 • Seminoles 3 10 14 7 34 Date: September 18 Location: Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL Game start: 1:36 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:13 Game attendance: 68,795 Game weather: 93 °F (34 °C), Fair Skies w/ Humidity at 36%, winds ENE 9 mph Referee: Dan Romeo TV announcers (ESPNU; Touchdown Radio Productions): Pam Ward and Danny Kanell (ESPNU); Frank Fangie, Gino Torretta, & Roxy Bernstein (Touchdown Radio Productions) Sources:

Nevada at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total • Wolf Pack 14 10 0 3 27 Cougars 7 3 0 3 13 Date: September 25 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 4:06 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:09 Game attendance: 61,471 Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C), Sunny, winds WSW 7 mph Referee: Marvel July TV announcers (Mtn.): Ari Wolfe, Blaine Fowler, & Sammy Linebaugh Sources:

BYU at Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 0 3 7 6 16 • Aggies 10 14 7 0 31 Date: October 1 Location: Romney Stadium Logan, UT Game start: 6:06 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:22 Game attendance: 24,152 Game weather: Warm and clear Referee: Terry Leyden TV announcers (ESPN): Joe Tessitore and Rod Gilmore Sources:

San Diego State at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total Aztecs 0 7 7 7 21 • Cougars 14 0 3 7 24 Date: October 9 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 4:06 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:04 Game attendance: 62,176 Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C), Cloudy, winds WNW 7 mph Referee: Greg Burks TV announcers (Mtn.): Ari Wolfe, Blaine Fowler, & Sammy Linebaugh Sources:

BYU at #4 TCU

1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 0 0 3 0 3 • Horned Frogs 3 14 0 14 31 Date: October 16 Location: Amon G. Carter Stadium Ft. Worrth, TX Game start: 2:06 pm MST Elapsed time: 2:53 Game attendance: 40,416 Game weather: 84 °F (29 °C), Sunny with Clear Skies, winds S 15 mph Referee: Tom Walker TV announcers (Versus): Joe Beninati, Kelly Stouffler, & Lindsay Soto Sources:

Wyoming at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 0 10 3 7 20 • Cougars 16 0 3 6 25 Date: October 23 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 12:06 pm MST Elapsed time: 2:56 Game attendance: 60,505 Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C), Cloudy with some rain, winds N 5 mph Referee: Alan Eck TV announcers (Mtn.): James Bates, Todd Christensen, & Toby Christensen Sources:

The 2010 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars, led by head coach Bronco Mendenhall, played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in Mountain West play and were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated UTEP 52–24.

2010 was BYU's final season as a member of the Mountain West as started competing as an Independent in football beginning in 2011 with all other sports joining the West Coast Conference.

In the preseason, the Cougars had many talented prospects come in. No.1 rated QB by rivals.com, Jake Heaps, joined the team, along with three players from The Oakridge School, Ross Apo, Tayo Fabuluje, and Teu Kautai

At the Mountain West media days on July 27, BYU was picked by 31 voters to finish 3rd in the conference behind TCU and Utah. Offensive linemen Matt Reynolds and free safety Andrew Rich were both named to the pre-season all-conference team.

The Cougars weren't directly affected by conference expansion in June, but will lose conference rival (effective Fall 2011) Utah to the newly formed Pac-12. Before Utah was invited to the older Pac-10 conference, Boise State agreed to leave the WAC and join the MWC in 2011. Rumors began circulating afterward about whether the BYU-Utah rivalry would survive the transition. On August 31, the BYU Athletic Department issued a press release that BYU would leave the Mountain West Conference next year, go independent in football beginning with the 2011 season and join the West Coast Conference for all other sports.

Defensive Coordinator, Jaime Hill was fired the day after BYU lost to Utah State, BYU's fourth loss of the season after only playing five games. BYU had not started the season with a 1-4 record since 1973. After the firing of Hill, linebacker coach Nick Howell was moved to coach the secondary and Kelly Poppinga was promoted from graduate assistant to coach the linebackers.

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