2010 Connecticut Huskies football team

The 2010 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was coached by Randy Edsall and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. The Huskies finished 8–5, 5–2 in Big East play to share the conference title with Pittsburgh and West Virginia. Due to victories over both schools, the Huskies earned the Big East's automatic bid to a BCS game, and were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they were defeated by Big 12 champion Oklahoma 48–20. It was the first major-bowl appearance in the program's 115-year history.

2010 Connecticut Huskies football
Big East co-champion
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Fiesta Bowl, L 2048 vs. Oklahoma
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record85 (52 Big East)
Head coach
  • Randy Edsall (12th season)
Offensive coordinatorJoe Moorhead (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTodd Orlando (6th as DC; 12th overall season)
Home stadiumRentschler Field
2010 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Connecticut $+  5 2   8 5  
West Virginia +  5 2   9 4  
Pittsburgh +  5 2   8 5  
Syracuse  4 3   8 5  
South Florida  3 4   8 5  
Louisville  3 4   7 6  
Cincinnati  2 5   4 8  
Rutgers  1 6   4 8  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • + Conference co-champions
As of January 11, 2011
Rankings from AP Poll
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