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2010 Southern

2–⁠8 (1–⁠7 Southwestern Athletic Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 0–⁠9, over nine games to the 10 on file here.

Schedule and results

Southern in 2010, game by game: won vs. Delaware State 37–27; lost vs. Arkansas Monticello 7–31; lost at Alabama A&M 14–34; lost vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff 23–41; won vs. Mississippi Valley State 38–20; lost at Jackson State 45–49; lost vs. Prairie View A&M 16–30; lost at Alcorn State 20–27; lost vs. Texas Southern 7–54; lost vs. Grambling 17–38+18−47Won 37–27 vs. Delaware State+10Delaware StateLost 7–31 vs. Arkansas Monticello-24Arkansas Montic…Lost 14–34 at Alabama A&M-20Alabama A&MLost 23–41 vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff-18Arkansas–Pine B…Won 38–20 vs. Mississippi Valley State+18Mississippi Val…Lost 45–49 at Jackson State-4Jackson StateLost 16–30 vs. Prairie View A&M-14Prairie View A&MLost 20–27 at Alcorn State-7Alcorn StateLost 7–54 vs. Texas Southern-47Texas SouthernLost 17–38 vs. Grambling-21Grambling
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsDelaware StateMeac/swac ChallengeW 37–⁠2752%
Sep 11vsArkansas MonticelloL 7–⁠3172%
Sep 25atAlabama A&ML 14–⁠3445%
Oct 2vsArkansas–Pine BluffL 23–⁠4160%
Oct 9vsMississippi Valley StateW 38–⁠2076%
Oct 16atJackson StateL 45–⁠4930%
Oct 23vsPrairie View A&ML 16–⁠3027%
Oct 30atAlcorn StateL 20–⁠2740%
Nov 6vsTexas SouthernL 7–⁠5436%
Nov 27vsGramblingL 17–⁠3820%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Grambling 38–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 26 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of Southern’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
Nov 13vsAlabama StateL 19–⁠21Southern’s article, Alabama State’s article
Record
2–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 8th in Southwestern Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
224–⁠351
Coach
—
Elo
1159 −153 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−43.7 No. 110 of 124 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2010 Southwestern Athletic Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Grambling8–⁠09–⁠1
Texas Southern7–⁠17–⁠3
Jackson State5–⁠37–⁠3
Prairie View A&M5–⁠36–⁠4
Alabama State5–⁠36–⁠4
Arkansas–Pine Bluff4–⁠45–⁠5
Alcorn State4–⁠45–⁠5
Southern1–⁠72–⁠8
Alabama A&M1–⁠72–⁠8
Mississippi Valley State0–⁠80–⁠9

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