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2010 Florida State Seminoles football team

2010 Florida State Seminoles football
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ACC Atlantic Division champion
Chick-fil-A Bowl champion
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Division Atlantic Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 16
AP No. 17
2010 record 10–4 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach Jimbo Fisher (1st year)
Offensive coordinator James Coley (1st year)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Mark Stoops (1st year)
Base defense 4–3
Captain Christian Ponder
Captain Rodney Hudson
Captain Ochuko Jenije
Captain Kendall Smith
Home stadium Doak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 82,300)
Seasons
« 2009 2011 »
2010 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Atlantic Division
#17 Florida State x   6 2         10 4  
#23 Maryland   5 3         9 4  
#25 NC State   5 3         9 4  
Boston College   4 4         7 6  
Clemson   4 4         6 7  
Wake Forest   1 7         3 9  
Coastal Division
#16 Virginia Tech x$   8 0         11 3  
Miami   5 3         7 6  
Georgia Tech   4 4         6 7  
North Carolina   4 4         8 5  
Duke   1 7         3 9  
Virginia   1 7         4 8  
Championship: Virginia Tech 44, Florida State 33
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll
Samford at Florida State
1 2 3 4 Total
Samford 0 3 3 0 6
#20 Florida State 7 35 7 10 59
Florida State at Oklahoma
1 2 3 4 Total
#17 Florida State 7 0 0 10 17
#10 Oklahoma 14 20 10 3 47
BYU at Florida State
1 2 3 4 Total
BYU 0 10 0 0 10
Florida State 3 10 14 7 34
Wake Forest at Florida State
1 2 3 4 Total
Wake Forest 0 0 0 0 0
Florida State 0 10 7 14 31
Florida State at Virginia
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida State 10 17 7 0 34
Virginia 0 0 7 7 14
Florida State at Miami (Florida)
1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Florida State 7 17 7 14 45
#13 Miami (FL) 0 7 10 0 17
Boston College at Florida State
1 2 3 4 Total
Boston College 6 0 10 3 19
#16 Florida State 7 7 3 7 24
Florida State at North Carolina State
1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Florida State 0 21 0 3 24
North Carolina State 7 0 14 7 28

The 2010 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Seminoles were led by first-year head coach Jimbo Fisher and played their home games at Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, playing in the Atlantic Division.

They finished the season 10–4, 6–2 in ACC play, and won the Atlantic Division to earn a spot in the ACC Championship Game where they were defeated by Virginia Tech. They were invited to the Chick-fil-A Bowl where they defeated South Carolina.

Florida State ended the 2009 season with a 7–6 record (4–4 in the ACC). Legendary head coach Bobby Bowden coached his last game at the university on January 1, 2010 in the 2010 Gator Bowl, which they won 33–21 over the West Virginia Mountaineers. Jimbo Fisher took over the head coaching position in the offseason. The Seminoles were ranked #20 in the coaches poll coming into the 2010 season.


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In Jimbo Fisher's first game as Head Coach, the 'Noles dominated the Samford Bulldogs. The first points of the game came on a 4-yard pass from Christian Ponder to fullback Lonnie Pryor. Florida State put 35 points on the board in the second quarter, thanks to three TD passes by Ponder (B. Reed, L. Pryor, T. Easterling), a 4-yard run by Jermaine Thomas, and a 74-yard punt return by Greg Reid. Samford kicked a FG as time expired to make the score 42–3 heading into halftime. The 'Noles were on cruise control this game and in the second half FSU's backups hung another 17 on Samford, and only allowed 3 points. Jimbo Fisher couldn't have asked for a better first game. The same can not be said for Week 2's trip to Norman.


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