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2010 Dayton

9–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Pioneer Football League). The season’s Wikipedia article records 10–⁠1, over 11 games to the 10 on file here.

Schedule and results

Dayton in 2010, game by game: won vs. Robert Morris 28–14; lost at Duquesne 31–35; won vs. Central State 45–13; won vs. Valparaiso 48–14; won at San Diego 21–20; won at Butler 33–13; won vs. Campbell 41–23; won at Davidson 37–13; won vs. Drake 31–25; won at Marist 41–34+34−4Won 28–14 vs. Robert Morris+14Robert MorrisLost 31–35 at Duquesne-4DuquesneWon 45–13 vs. Central State+32Central StateWon 48–14 vs. Valparaiso+34ValparaisoWon 21–20 at San Diego+1San DiegoWon 33–13 at Butler+20ButlerWon 41–23 vs. Campbell+18CampbellWon 37–13 at Davidson+24DavidsonWon 31–25 vs. Drake+6DrakeWon 41–34 at Marist+7Marist
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsRobert MorrisW 28–⁠1473%
Sep 11atDuquesneL 31–⁠3573%
Sep 25vsCentral StateW 45–⁠1387%
Oct 2vsValparaisoW 48–⁠1491%
Oct 9atSan DiegoW 21–⁠2069%
Oct 16atButlerW 33–⁠1364%
Oct 23vsCampbellW 41–⁠2385%
Oct 30atDavidsonW 37–⁠1381%
Nov 6vsDrakeW 31–⁠2573%
Nov 13atMaristW 41–⁠3475%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Marist 41–⁠34; unranked in the final AP poll; Pioneer Football League champions.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 63 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of Dayton’s 2010 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Sep 18vsMorehead StateW 34–⁠28Dayton’s article, Morehead State’s article

Pioneer Football League champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Record
9–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 shared first in Pioneer Football League
AP final
Unranked
Points
356–⁠204
Coach
—
Elo
1483 +64 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−26.8 No. 57 of 124 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dave Whilding
Defensive coordinator
Landon Fox

2010 Pioneer Football League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Jacksonville8–⁠09–⁠1
Dayton7–⁠09–⁠1
Drake6–⁠27–⁠4
San Diego5–⁠35–⁠6
Morehead State4–⁠35–⁠5
Campbell2–⁠53–⁠7
Davidson2–⁠52–⁠8
Butler2–⁠63–⁠7
Marist2–⁠63–⁠8
Valparaiso0–⁠80–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.