2010 Boston College Eagles football team

2010 Boston College Eagles football
2010 Boston College Eagles football
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, L 13–20 vs. Nevada
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Atlantic Division
Record	7–6 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Frank Spaziani (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Gary Tranquill (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Bill McGovern (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Captain	Alex Albright, Anthony Castonzo, Wes Davis, James McCluskey
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
	Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles were led by second-year head coach Frank Spaziani and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Atlantic Division and were invited to Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, where they lost to Nevada, 20–13. They finished the season 7–6 overall and 4–4 in ACC play.

2010 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 17 Florida State x	6	–	2	10	–	4
No. 23 Maryland	5	–	3	9	–	4
No. 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
No. 16 Virginia Tech x$	8	–	0	11	–	3
Miami (FL)	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 Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	1:00 p.m.	Weber State*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN3	W 38–20	34,168
September 11	3:30 p.m.	Kent State*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPNU	W 26–13	35,122
September 25	12:00 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	ACCN	L 0–19	42,317
October 2	8:00 p.m.	Notre Dame*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (Holy War)	ABC	L 13–31	44,500
October 9	12:00 p.m.	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ACCN	L 17–44	56,859
October 16	12:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN	L 19–24	75,301
October 23	1:00 p.m.	Maryland	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN3	L 21–24	36,078
October 30	12:00 p.m.	Clemson	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy)	ACCN	W 16–10	37,137
November 6	3:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN3	W 23–13	29,465
November 13	12:00 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	W 21–16	21,420
November 20	12:00 p.m.	Virginia	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPNU	W 17–13	39,263
November 27	12:00 p.m.	at Syracuse*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN	W 16–7	42,191
January 9, 2011	9:00 p.m.	vs. No. 15 Nevada*	AT&T Park San Francisco, CA (Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl)	ESPN	L 13–20	41,063
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Anthony Castonzo	1	22	Offensive tackle	Indianapolis Colts

^ "2010 Boston College Football Archive". Boston College Athletics. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
^ "2011 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2016.

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