2010 Northwestern State

4–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Southland Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 5–⁠6, over 11 games to the 10 on file here.

Schedule and results

Northwestern State in 2010, game by game: lost at Air Force 21–65; lost vs. Samford 7–19; lost at North Dakota 24–49; lost vs. McNeese 7–24; won at Central Arkansas 24–19; won at Texas State 16–3; won vs. Sam Houston 23–20; won at SE Louisiana 35–16; lost vs. Nicholls 7–37; lost at Stephen F. Austin 13–36+19−44Lost 21–65 at Air Force-44Air ForceLost 7–19 vs. Samford-12SamfordLost 24–49 at North Dakota-25North DakotaLost 7–24 vs. McNeese-17McNeeseWon 24–19 at Central Arkansas+5Central ArkansasWon 16–3 at Texas State+13Texas StateWon 23–20 vs. Sam Houston+3Sam HoustonWon 35–16 at SE Louisiana+19SE LouisianaLost 7–37 vs. Nicholls-30NichollsLost 13–36 at Stephen F. Austin-23Stephen F. Aust…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stephen F. Austin 36–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southland Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 75 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Northwestern State’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.

DateOpponentResultSource
Sep 18vsTarleton StateW 17–⁠14Northwestern State’s article
Record
4–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
177–⁠288
Coach
—
Elo
1201 +23 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−31.5 No. 78 of 124 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Todd Cooley
Defensive coordinator
Brad Laird

2010 Southland Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stephen F. Austin5–⁠18–⁠3
McNeese5–⁠26–⁠5
Central Arkansas4–⁠27–⁠3
Northwestern State4–⁠34–⁠6
Sam Houston3–⁠35–⁠5
Nicholls2–⁠43–⁠6
Texas State1–⁠54–⁠6
SE Louisiana1–⁠52–⁠7

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