2010 Sam Houston

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

Schedule and results

Sam Houston in 2010, game by game: lost at Baylor 3–34; lost at Western Illinois 14–56; won vs. Gardner-Webb 30–14; won vs. Lamar 38–10; won at Nicholls 26–7; lost vs. Stephen F. Austin 28–31; lost at Northwestern State 20–23; lost vs. McNeese 28–33; won at Central Arkansas 20–13; won vs. Texas State 31–29+28−42Lost 3–34 at Baylor-31BaylorLost 14–56 at Western Illinois-42Western IllinoisWon 30–14 vs. Gardner-Webb+16Gardner-WebbWon 38–10 vs. Lamar+28LamarWon 26–7 at Nicholls+19NichollsLost 28–31 vs. Stephen F. Austin-3Stephen F. Aust…Lost 20–23 at Northwestern State-3Northwestern St…Lost 28–33 vs. McNeese-5McNeeseWon 20–13 at Central Arkansas+7Central ArkansasWon 31–29 vs. Texas State+2Texas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas State 31–⁠29; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southland Conference.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 57 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Sam Houston’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
Oct 16vsSE LouisianaW 57–⁠7SE Louisiana’s article
Record
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠3 5th in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
238–⁠250
Coach
—
Elo
1327 +34 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−23.6 No. 47 of 124 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob DeBesse
Defensive coordinator
Scott Stoker
Offense
Multiple pistol
Defense
3–⁠3–⁠5

Player leaders are hidden for this season: our source’s player stats for Sam Houston are missing players (they add up to less than 85% of the team’s passing or rushing yards).

2010 Southland Conference standings

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.