2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection
For Connecticut's opponent, the PapaJohns.com Bowl had the right to select a SEC team, but only after all other bowls with contracts with the SEC made their selections. Conference champion Alabama finished No. 1 in the BCS standings and earned a berth to the 2010 BCS National Championship Game. Conference championship game loser Florida took the SEC champion's automatic slot in the 2010 Sugar Bowl, vacant since Alabama was selected to appear in the national championship game. The Capital One Bowl had the next selection and opted for Louisiana State University (LSU).


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection
The Cotton Bowl and Outback Bowl selected Ole Miss and Auburn respectively. The Chick-fil-A Bowl, which had the next pick, selected Tennessee. The next selections were shared by the Liberty Bowl and Music City Bowl, which opted for Arkansas and Kentucky, respectively. The Independence Bowl, with the next-to-last selection, picked Georgia, leaving the PapaJohns.com Bowl with the last available bowl-eligible SEC team, South Carolina.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection
The game was the first meeting between the two schools and the first PapaJohns.com Bowl appearance for each. The game was the 30th anniversary of South Carolina's last postseason game at Legion Field, in the December 1979 Hall of Fame Classic, and it was the 20th anniversary of head coach Steve Spurrier's last Legion Field bowl game, with Duke in the December 1989 All-American Bowl.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, South Carolina
The South Carolina Gamecocks went 7–6 in 2008, losing their final three games, including the 2009 Outback Bowl against Iowa, by a combined score of 118–30. Steve Spurrier was named head coach of the Gamecocks in 2005; in his four seasons in charge of the program, the team had a combined record of 28–21 and was bowl-eligible every year.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, South Carolina, Early season
South Carolina opened its 2009 season with a win against North Carolina State. Their next game, against No. 21 Georgia, featured a kickoff returned for a touchdown, an interception returned for a touchdown, a safety, a blocked extra point attempt, and 24 penalties. In the end, quarterback Stephen Garcia's pass on 4th-and-4 from the 7-yard line with 22 seconds remaining was batted down by the defense and fell incomplete, preserving a 41–37 win for Georgia. South Carolina proceeded to beat Florida Atlantic 38–16.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, South Carolina, Early season
In their next contest, South Carolina faced No. 4 Mississippi, and came away with a 16–10 upset; the Gamecocks had lost their previous 22 games against AP top 5 teams. Next up was a win against in-state Division I-FCS opponent South Carolina State With the victory, the Gamecocks earned their first Top 25 ranking of the 2009 season, appearing in the AP Poll at No. 25. South Carolina finished the first half of their season against SEC opponent Kentucky.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, South Carolina, Early season
Defensive end Cliff Matthews knocked down Kentucky's pass attempt on what would have been a game-tying two-point conversion to preserve the 28–26 win. After six games, the Gamecocks had a record of 5–1 overall, 2–1 in the SEC, and were a consensus No. 22 in the AP, Coaches', and Harris polls.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, South Carolina, Late season
After winning five of their first six games, the Gamecocks proceeded to lose four of their next five. Against No. 2 Alabama, eventual Heisman Trophy-winning running back Mark Ingram ran for a then-career record 246 yards and a touchdown; South Carolina lost 20–6. The defeat dropped the Gamecocks to No. 23 in the AP and Coaches' polls, and out of the Harris poll altogether; in the first BCS standings released that week, the Gamecocks were ranked 24th.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, South Carolina, Late season
South Carolina came back to beat Vanderbilt 14–10; the Gamecocks rose to No. 21 in all three polls, and No. 22 in the following week's BCS standings. The next game, against Tennessee, was never close; South Carolina fell behind 21–0 early in the second quarter and lost 31–13. The loss caused the Gamecocks to fall out of all three polls as well as the BCS standings. South Carolina then faced Arkansas, who scored 23 unanswered points on their way to delivering the Gamecocks a 33–16 loss. The following game was against No. 1 Florida, who was undefeated. South Carolina was within three points of Florida as the fourth quarter began, but Garcia was subsequently sacked four times and intercepted twice; Florida won 24–14. The Gamecocks' record fell to 6–5 overall, 3–5 within the SEC.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, South Carolina, Late season
After a bye week, South Carolina closed out their regular season with a game against their fierce in-state rivals, the No. 15 Clemson Tigers, who had already clinched a berth in the 2009 ACC Championship Game the next week. Clemson star running back C. J. Spiller returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown; he was held to 18 yards rushing the rest of the game. The Gamecocks scored 24 unanswered points to take a 24–7 lead through three quarters, and matched the Tigers the rest of the way to win 34–17. This win gave South Carolina a final regular season record of 7–5 overall, 3–5 in the SEC.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, Connecticut
The Connecticut Huskies finished 8–5 in 2008, ending the season with a victory in the 2009 International Bowl. The departure of running back Donald Brown—the NCAA rushing leader in 2008—as well as three other Huskies selected in the first two rounds of the 2009 NFL Draft, was expected to hurt the team. In the Big East preseason media poll, the Huskies were picked to finish sixth in the conference.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, Connecticut, Early season
The Huskies opened the 2009 season at Ohio University, and never trailed in the game, winning 23–16. UConn's next game was its home opener, versus No. 19 North Carolina. Connecticut led 10–0 through three quarters, but North Carolina tied the game with 2:36 left and took the lead when UConn was called for a holding penalty in its end zone, which by rule resulted in a safety. North Carolina won the game 12–10. Connecticut rebounded in its next game at Baylor, winning 30–22; they then faced Division I-Football Championship Subdivision (Division I-FCS) opponent Rhode Island, an historic rival of the team, and defeated them 52–10.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, Connecticut, Early season
The Huskies opened Big East conference play at the Pittsburgh Panthers. UConn held a 21–6 lead with less than four minutes left in the third quarter, but Pittsburgh rallied to win with a field goal as time expired. Connecticut closed the first half of its season versus Big East opponent Louisville on homecoming weekend. In the third quarter, with UConn leading 21–13, Louisville running back Bilal Powell ran off left tackle near the end zone. He was caught by cornerback Jasper Howard, who forced a fumble. Connecticut kicked a field goal on the ensuing drive and won the game 38–25, giving the Huskies a 4–2 overall record, 1–1 within the Big East conference.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, Connecticut, Jasper Howard murder
Later that night, Howard and several other UConn football players were at a dance at the Student Union Center on the Connecticut campus. At 12:26 am a fire alarm sounded, forcing the evacuation of the building. As the students exited, an altercation broke out between a group of UConn football players and a group of non-students. The attackers brandished knives and stabbed Howard before fleeing. Howard was taken by ambulance to Windham Community Memorial Hospital, and then evacuated by helicopter to St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, where he was pronounced dead. Coach Randy Edsall was summoned to identify the body. Howard's murder was the first homicide on UConn's campus in more than thirty years.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, Connecticut, Jasper Howard murder
Connecticut's next game, one week after Howard's death, was at West Virginia. In a close-run game, Connecticut lost 28–24 after West Virginia responded to the Huskies' late go-ahead score with one of its own. Two days after the game, the entire UConn team traveled to Howard's hometown of Miami, Florida, for his funeral. The next game, the first at Rentschler Field since Howard's death, was against Rutgers. Connecticut came back in the fourth quarter to take a 24–21 lead with 38 seconds remaining; Rutgers completed an 81-yard touchdown pass one play later to win 28–24. UConn also lost the following game, 47–45, at undefeated No. 5 Cincinnati. After three straight losses, the Huskies' record dropped to 4–5 overall; 1–4 in the Big East. The losses to this point were by a combined total of 15 points.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, Connecticut, Late season
Connecticut's next game was a nationally televised appearance at the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The Irish scored two touchdowns early but the Huskies responded with a touchdown and a field goal. Notre Dame expanded its lead to 17–10 in the third quarter, but Todman ran back the ensuing kickoff 96 yards for a game-tying touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Notre Dame once again took the lead on a 23-yard field goal; after two touchdown-scoring running plays were negated by holding penalties, Connecticut tied the score on a 29-yard field goal with 1:10 left, sending the game into overtime. The teams traded touchdowns in the first overtime, and the Huskies won the game with a touchdown in the second overtime. Edsall said the game was the "best win" in UConn football history.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Team selection, Connecticut, Late season
Connecticut finished the regular season by beating Syracuse and South Florida at home. The South Florida game, played as snow fell on Rentschler Field, was won on a last-second 42-yard field goal by kicker Dave Teggart. The two wins gave UConn a final regular season record of 7–5 overall, 3–4 in the Big East. They finished in a three-way tie with Rutgers and South Florida for fourth place in the conference.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Pregame buildup
In the weeks preceding the game, media coverage focused on the tragic circumstances surrounding the Huskies' season. On December 21, 2010, the team was declared the winner of the 2009 FedEx Orange Bowl/FWAA Courage Award, given to a person or team who displayed courage on or off the field, overcame injury or physical handicap, prevented a disaster, or lived through hardship. The award was presented at the 2010 Orange Bowl on January 5, 2011, following the PapaJohns.com Bowl.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Pregame buildup
Edsall was praised for coaching the Huskies to a successful season despite the off-field distractions. By appearing in the 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, UConn made its third straight bowl appearance and fourth since joining the Big East for the 2004 season. There were rumors that Edsall was a candidate for the Notre Dame head coaching position, vacated by the firing of Charlie Weis. On December 11, Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly was given the Notre Dame job; Edsall remained with Connecticut.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Pregame buildup
Pregame coverage also discussed the performance of Steve Spurrier as head coach of South Carolina. His Gamecock teams had been competitive in the SEC, but were unable to win championships; during his tenure to that point, they had finished no higher than second in the SEC East division. Nevertheless, analysts described him as one of "the game's better minds and motivators" and "still one of the craftiest coaches around".


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Pregame buildup
The 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl marked Spurrier's return to Birmingham; in the United States Football League he competed against the local Birmingham Stallions as head coach of the Tampa Bay Bandits from 1983 to 1985. Legion Field was also the home of the 1992 and 1993 SEC Championship Games; teams coached by Spurrier participated in both contests.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Pregame buildup, Offensive matchups, South Carolina offense
The Gamecocks struggled offensively for most of 2009, ranking only 76th in total offense and 96th in scoring. Their offense was quarterbacked by Stephen Garcia. A highly touted prospect coming out of high school, Garcia had a breakout season in 2009, finishing second in the SEC with 2,733 passing yards—more than former Heisman Trophy-winning Florida quarterback Tim Tebow—and 17 touchdowns against nine interceptions. Freshman wide receiver Alshon Jeffery was Garcia's most frequent passing target; he caught 43 passes for 735 yards and six touchdowns.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Pregame buildup, Offensive matchups, South Carolina offense
Although South Carolina's passing attack had success, its running game was the worst in the SEC and 91st nationally. The Gamecocks' offensive line struggled, ranking 104th in sacks allowed. It did not help matters that Eric Wolford, the running game coordinator and offensive line coach, left the team before the bowl game to become head coach at Youngstown State.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Pregame buildup, Offensive matchups, Connecticut offense
The Connecticut offense was led by the rushing attack of running backs Jordan Todman and Andre Dixon, who were described as "one of the best running-back tandems in the nation". The two combined for 27 touchdowns and more than 2,100 rushing yards during the regular season. South Carolina linebacker Eric Norwood described Todman as a speedy back, with "that burst and that breakaway speed to go with it", and compared him to Clemson running back C. J. Spiller. In contrast, Norwood described Dixon as a "taller, more downhill back, vertical guy".


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Pregame buildup, Offensive matchups, Connecticut offense
In previous seasons, UConn had been largely dependent on running the ball; the team developed more balance in 2009, ranking 41st of 120 Division I FBS teams nationally in rushing offense and 46th in passing. Marcus Easley's emergence as a productive wide receiver was key to the development of the Huskies' passing attack. A former walk-on who entered the season with only five career receptions, he led Connecticut in receiving in 2009 with 44 catches for 853 yards and eight touchdowns. Quarterback Zach Frazer was inconsistent in the early season.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Pregame buildup, Offensive matchups, Connecticut offense
He was injured in the game against North Carolina, but regained his starting role after backup Cody Endres was hurt in the Rutgers game later in the season. In UConn's four games before the bowl, Frazer performed well; he threw six touchdown passes against only two interceptions and helped the Huskies score an average of 41 points per game. Experts felt Frazer would need to have a good performance for Connecticut to have a chance to win.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Pregame buildup, Defensive matchups, South Carolina defense
South Carolina had a strong defense, especially against the pass; the Gamecocks were 15th in the nation in total defense, 22nd in scoring defense, 46th in run defense, and 12th in passing defense. The Gamecock defense was led by linebacker Eric Norwood. Described as "one of the most disruptive defenders in the country", Norwood was a three-time All-SEC selection and had compiled seven sacks on the season, tied for third-best in the conference. He was South Carolina's all-time leader in both sacks and tackles-for-loss.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Pregame buildup, Defensive matchups, Connecticut defense
Connecticut had a weaker defense in 2010 than in previous seasons. The Huskies were 72nd in total defense, 60th in scoring defense, 48th against the run, and 94th against the pass. UConn's pass defense was hurt by the loss of Jasper Howard; following his death, freshman cornerback Blidi Wreh-Wilson was forced into the starting lineup alongside senior Robert McClain. Top performers for the Connecticut defense included defensive end Lindsey Witten, who led the Big East with 11.5 sacks, and linebacker Lawrence Wilson, who led the Big East and was fourth in the nation with 136 tackles, averaging over 11 per game.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Game summary
The game started at 1:04 pm CST on Saturday, January 2, 2010, at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. Official attendance for the game was 45,254. The Gamecocks sold 8,593 tickets of their 10,000-ticket allotment; South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier estimated about 30,000 of the fans in attendance supported the Gamecocks. UConn sold or distributed only 4,500 of its 10,000 tickets for the game. The game was telecast on ESPN, with Dave Neal and Andre Ware in the broadcasting booth and Cara Capuano reporting from the sidelines. The temperature at kickoff was around 35 °F (2 °C), abnormally cold for Birmingham at that time of year. Game officials were:


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Connecticut kicked off to South Carolina to begin the game. The Gamecocks gained only a single yard in three plays on their first possession, forcing them to punt. UConn proceeded to also gain only one yard and punt. After another Gamecock punt, the Huskies took over at their own 34 and made a first down—the first of the game—after three consecutive Dixon rushing plays. Two completed passes to Marcus Easley earned Connecticut a second first down, moving them to the South Carolina 39-yard line.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
After a two-yard Jordan Todman run and an incomplete pass, Zach Frazer threw a pass down the right sideline ahead of Kashif Moore. Reaching out, Moore made a one-handed running catch into the end zone for the first touchdown of the game. After the extra point conversion, Connecticut led 7–0 with 6:37 left in the quarter.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
South Carolina regained possession on their 26-yard line following the kickoff, but was only able to advance nine yards in three plays. Rather than punt, the Gamecocks attempted to gain a first down on 4th-and-1 at the 32-yard line. Steven Garcia's quarterback sneak was stopped for no gain by the UConn defense, returning the ball to Connecticut on loss of downs. The Huskies began their next drive in a favorable position due to the Gamecocks' turnover on downs.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
A 16-yard run by Todman advanced the ball to the South Carolina 16-yard line, where Connecticut's offense was stymied by South Carolina's defense. Dave Teggart made a 33-yard field goal, giving the Huskies a 10–0 lead with 3:35 left in the quarter. On the ensuing possession, South Carolina again went three-and-out, punting the ball to Connecticut. The Huskies began driving down the field, collecting two first downs before the first quarter ended. At the end of the first quarter, UConn held a 10–0 lead.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Beginning the second quarter with a 1st-and-10 at their 44-yard line, Connecticut failed to make progress and punted. After the Gamecocks again went three-and-out and punted, the Huskies tried a trick pass from Todman to Easley that fell incomplete. After that, the Huskies advanced the ball off short runs by Dixon and Todman, and passes from Frazer to Easley and Moore. South Carolina stopped UConn's drive at the 27-yard line; Connecticut settled for a 44-yard field goal that extended its lead to 13–0.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Garcia led the Gamecocks on their next drive, either passing or rushing himself on every play except the last. After a first-down sack by Kendall Reyes pushed South Carolina back to its 18-yard line, the Gamecocks advanced the ball to the Connecticut 35-yard line. On 4th-and-10, Stephen Flint was tackled nine yards behind the line of scrimmage, returning the ball to UConn on loss of downs. The two teams traded punts until halftime; Connecticut still held a 13–0 lead.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
The Huskies received the ball to start the half, but were unable to obtain a first down after three straight running plays. UConn punted; South Carolina was called for roughing the kicker, giving Connecticut a first down after the penalty. After two plays netted no yardage, UConn threw a pass on 3rd-and-10 that fell incomplete. The Gamecocks were called for a personal foul, again giving the Huskies a first down. Connecticut advanced the ball to the South Carolina 26-yard line, but Frazer fumbled; the ball was recovered by South Carolina.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
The Gamecocks responded with a drive that earned two first downs. After a sack on third down by Lawrence Wilson, South Carolina punted. The Gamecocks got the ball back on their 8-yard line after the Huskies went three-and-out. After two first downs and a 15-yard personal foul penalty against it, South Carolina faced a 1st-and-10 on its 26-yard line. Garcia fumbled, and the ball was recovered by Scott Lutrus of UConn at the 35-yard line. Four Dixon rushing plays advanced the ball to the 24-yard line; the quarter expired with the Huskies leading 13–0 and in good position to expand their margin.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Less than two minutes into the fourth quarter, UConn struck again. On his fifth run of the quarter, Dixon rushed into the end zone from ten yards out, giving Connecticut a 20–0 lead and effectively putting the game away as South Carolina would need three scores to take the lead. The two teams exchanged three-and-outs before South Carolina began a drive that penetrated Connecticut territory; however, South Carolina was soon pushed back to its 47-yard-line. On 4th-and-19, Garcia threw a deep pass that was intercepted by safety Robert Vaughn on the UConn 7-yard line.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
After three Dixon runs failed to get a first down, Connecticut punted; the kick by Desi Cullen was partially blocked, and South Carolina recovered the ball at the UConn 40-yard line. Garcia promptly completed his deepest pass of the game, a 38-yard connection to wide receiver D.L. Moore. The Gamecocks scored on the next play, a two-yard run by Brian Maddox, which ended the Huskies' bid for a shutout. South Carolina attempted an onside kick to retain possession, but Connecticut recovered the ball. Dixon drove UConn to within the Gamecock 2-yard line; rather than running up the score, the Huskies were content to run out the clock. Connecticut won the game 20–7.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Final statistics
For his performance in the 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Connecticut running back Andre Dixon was named the player of the game. Dixon rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown on 33 carries, giving him 1,093 rushing yards on the year; he became the 12th UConn player to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season. Jordan Todman carried the ball nine times for 36 yards; his 1,118 rushing yards on the season made Connecticut one of three teams in Division I-FBS to have at least two players rush for over 1,000 yards in 2009. Wide receiver Kashif Moore was credited with one rushing attempt for one yard, while quarterback Zach Frazer carried the ball twice for a loss of 13 yards.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Final statistics
In the UConn passing game, Frazer completed 9 of 21 passes for 107 yards and a touchdown, with no interceptions. Todman attempted one pass that fell incomplete. Marcus Easley caught four passes for 40 yards; Moore caught two passes for 40 yards and a touchdown. Moore had two pass receptions for 26 yards, while Todman caught one pass for a single yard.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Final statistics
For South Carolina, quarterback Stephen Garcia completed 16 of 38 passes for 129 yards and no touchdowns. He threw one interception, to Connecticut safety Robert Vaughn; this was the fifth consecutive game in which Garcia had thrown an interception. He turned over the ball a second time on a fumble recovered by UConn. Garcia was also the Gamecocks' leading rusher; he ran the ball 15 times for 56 yards.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Final statistics
The South Carolina rushing attack was supplemented by running backs Kenny Miles, who had six carries for 24 yards; Bryce Sherman, who had two carries for three yards; and Brian Maddox, who had two carries for two yards and scored the Gamecocks' only touchdown. Wide receiver Stephen Flint lost nine yards on one rushing attempt. In the receiving game, wide receiver D. L. Moore led the team in yardage, with 38 yards on one reception. The leading Gamecock receiver of the season, Alshon Jeffery, had three catches for 28 yards, all in the first half.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Final statistics
Running back Kenny Miles had four receptions for 23 yards, while wide receiver Jason Barnes had two catches for 21 yards. Garcia's remaining passes were caught by wide receiver Tori Gurley, who had three catches for 14 yards; Moe Brown, who caught one pass for 12 yards; and tight end Weslye Saunders, who lost seven yards on two receptions.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Final statistics
South Carolina did not gain a first down until its second drive of the second quarter, when Garcia completed a 19-yard pass to Alshon Jeffery on 3rd-and-16. Maddox's late touchdown allowed the Gamecocks to avoid their first shutout in three seasons. UConn did not commit a single penalty.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Aftermath
With the win, Connecticut finished the season with a final record of 8–5; South Carolina fell to 7–6. Financially, both teams roughly broke even on the game: the Huskies were given an expense allowance of about $1.2 million from the Big East and spent just over $1 million, while the Gamecocks received just under $1 million from the SEC and spent about $900,000.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Aftermath
In the postgame press conference, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said:


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Aftermath
"The first thing I want to do, and hopefully half the team does, is apologize to about 30,000 Gamecocks that came down here to see a football game, and we couldn't put one on. I thought we were ready to play. I thought we practiced pretty well. But obviously our offense was very sad, our defense not as good as it's been most of the time. We thoroughly got beat by a better team, a better-disciplined team."


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Aftermath
Throughout the offseason, Spurrier apologized for his team's performance, held himself accountable for the loss, and promised the team would perform significantly better the next season. Acknowledging that the team had underperformed expectations, he promised he would resign or retire rather than let the program degenerate to the point where he might be fired or forced out.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Aftermath
Both teams made assistant coaching changes in the offseason. Less than 24 hours after the conclusion of the PapaJohns.com Bowl, South Carolina announced new offensive line coach Shawn Elliott, who previously worked at Appalachian State. Two Connecticut assistants left for other jobs: defensive backs coach Scott Lakatos went to Georgia, while tight ends coach Dave McMichael departed for West Virginia. They were replaced with new defensive backs coach Darrell Perkins, who previously coached at Louisiana-Monroe, and new tight ends coach Jonathan Wholley, a member of the UConn football team between 2001–04 who most recently coached at Fordham.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Aftermath
The Gamecocks performed better in 2010. With a 36–14 win over Florida, South Carolina won the SEC East division and clinched a spot in the SEC Championship Game for the first time in school history. South Carolina finished 2010 on a down note, however, as they lost the championship game 56–17 to eventual 2011 BCS National Championship Game winner Auburn and then lost the 2010 Chick-fil-A Bowl 26–17 to Florida State.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Aftermath
Connecticut began the 2010 season with a 30–10 loss at Michigan. They dropped to 3–4 after seven games with losses to Temple, Rutgers, and Louisville as Zach Frazer was benched and Cody Endres was dismissed from the team. Frazer returned as the starter and the Huskies turned their season around by winning five straight games, good enough to win a share of the Big East conference championship and the right to play in a BCS bowl, even though they were not ranked in the final BCS standings. UConn played in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl, losing 48–20 to Oklahoma. Following the game, coach Randy Edsall left the Huskies to take the head coaching position at Maryland.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Aftermath
Multiple players from the 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl went on to play professional football; both teams had two players selected in the 2010 National Football League (NFL) Draft. For UConn, wide receiver Marcus Easley was selected in the fourth round by the Buffalo Bills, and cornerback Robert McClain was selected in the seventh round by the Carolina Panthers. Gamecock linebacker Eric Norwood was selected in the fourth round by the Panthers. Defensive end Clifton Geathers, selected in the sixth round by the Cleveland Browns, was the other South Carolina player drafted.


2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl, Aftermath
The 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl was the final game by that name. Although Papa John's had an option to renew its sponsorship for two years, it decided not to because of rising costs. The company instead opted to refocus its marketing dollars on the NFL and its sponsorship of Louisville's home field, Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. The game's name changed to the BBVA Compass Bowl starting with the 2011 contest. Per the bowl's website, the 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl remains the game in the bowl series with the greatest economic impact, at $18.4 million.


2010 Papua New Guinea bus crash
The 2010 Papua New Guinea bus crash was a collision of two buses in Papua New Guinea on 14 January 2010. At least 40 people were killed after a Route 100 (Highway) Coaster bus and a Route 3 public motor vehicle (PMV, a refitted truck used for public transportation) crashed head-on in Papua New Guinea's worst ever road accident. The accident happened 130 km outside of Lae, in Morobe province.


2010 Papua New Guinea bus crash
It was described as "one of the saddest days in the history of road accidents", occurring in an "impoverished" country. The local morgue was unable to cope with demand as bodies from the crash piled up. Two of the dead may have been taken elsewhere which would leave the death toll at 42 if confirmed.


2010 Papua New Guinea bus crash, Crash
The two buses were intended to carry only twenty-five people each but were overloaded at the time of the incident. The drivers encountered potholes on the road and could not avoid a collision. Bodies were thrown through windows and across the road, some onto tar, some onto grass. Broken heads, limbs and necks were seen by onlookers. A policeman later said: "This accident appears to have occurred when both drivers tried to avoid potholes, and in the process collided".


2010 Papua New Guinea bus crash, Crash
Some local people rushed to assist those in need of attention, claiming they had never before seen such a "bloody and macabre" scene. Eighteen people were hospitalised in the aftermath of the accident. Eight of these people were left in intensive care. Some of these eight are not expected to survive. One passenger, 22-year-old Gideon Jack, said he was asleep at the time of the crash and woke up to find his bloodied body being loaded into a truck. Media in Papua New Guinea posted what were described by ABC Radio Australia's News as "shocking photographs of bodies hanging out of the mangled wreckage of the two buses".


2010 Papua New Guinea bus crash, Crash
The buses were described by media in Australia as "mangled wrecks". Angau Hospital in Lae saw its morgue packed with bodies and relatives came to check if anyone they knew was amongst them. The morgue was unable to cope as bodies kept coming in, prompting requests for refrigerator donations.


2010 Papua New Guinea bus crash, Response
Assistant Police Commissioner Giossi Labi described the crash as follows: "It is one of the saddest days in the history of road accidents where we have such a number of commuters die at once". He also accused bus drivers of speeding so they could make more money by getting to their destinations quicker and picking up more passengers.


2010 Papua New Guinea bus crash, Response
Peter Guinness, a superintendent, said: "There are so many potholes along the highway. Some of these potholes are like craters. Now they basically wanted to avoid those potholes".


2010 Papua New Guinea bus crash, Response
Koni Iguan, a parliamentarian, said it was "the most horrific accident" ever witnessed and described it as "This is the nastiest and bloodiest of accidents on the highway". Nearby villagers backed him up as he said no less than 10 deaths would be expected from such a horrific accident.


2010 Papua earthquake
The 2010 Papua earthquake occurred on June 16 at 12:16 local time (03:16 UTC) in Papua province of Indonesia. The magnitude 7.0 mainshock was preceded by an Mw 6.2 foreshock 10 minutes earlier, and was followed 42 minutes later by an Mw  6.6 aftershock.


2010 Papua earthquake, Geology
This part of Indonesia is an area of complex tectonics. The epicenter of the earthquake lies close to the boundary between two proposed microplates, the Bird's Head and Maoke microplates. The motion along this boundary has been modelled as about 80 mm/year sinistral (left lateral) strike-slip. The computed focal mechanism is consistent either with movement on this boundary or on a dextral (right lateral) strike-slip structure conjugate to it.


2010 Papua earthquake, Damage
The earthquake destroyed nine villages, namely Aiyari, Randawaya, Hamtimoi, Karowaiti, Waita, Waridoni, Tare, Larelahiti and Wabudayar, and killed 17 people. More than 2,500 houses were destroyed. While Mercalli intensities of VI (Strong) affected the island of Biak, intensities of more than VII (Very strong) affected Serui (on Yapen) and on the neighbouring coast of the mainland. Many buildings were damaged on Yapen Island.


2010 Paradise Jam Tournament
The 2010 Paradise Jam Tournament was a men's and women's preseason college basketball tournament that took place in Saint Thomas at the Sports and Fitness Center. Old Dominion won the men's division while Georgetown won the women's Island Division and West Virginia won the women's Reef Division.


2010 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament
The woman's tournament is organized as two divisions of four teams, each playing each other in a round-robin format.


2010 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, Overview, Island Division
On Thanksgiving, Tennessee beat Missouri 82–44, while Georgetown beat Georgia Tech 67–58. The next day, 12th ranked (AP) Georgetown lost to unranked Missouri 54–45, while Tennessee beat Georgia Tech 66–42. On the final day of the tournament, Georgia Tech beat Missouri, 61–46.


2010 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, Overview, Island Division
The other final game matched up Georgetown, with a 1–1 record, against Tennessee, who were ranked 4th in the AP poll. Georgetown's Sugar Rogers, who has not played particularly well in the first two game of the tournament, had 28 points to help lead her team to an upset victory over Tennessee. The Hoyas opened up with an 11–4 run and never trailed. Tennessee out rebounded Georgetown 42—24, but committed 29 turnovers.


2010 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, Overview, Island Division
Both teams shot about 40% from the field, but the Hoyas had an advantage beyond the arc, hitting 10 of their 18 three point attempts, while the Volunteers hit only three of 18 attempts. The two team ended with 2–1 records, but with the head-to-head tie breaker, Georgetown was awarded the Championship of the Paradise Jam, Island Division.


2010 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, Overview, Reef Division
West Virginia beat TCU on Thanksgiving 62–49, then beat Virginia 57–43, and on Saturday, beat 17th ranked Iowa State to go 3–0 in the tournament, and win the Reef Division Championship.


2010 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 2010 División Profesional season (officially the 2010 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. It was the third season in which a champion was crowned for each tournament.


2010 Paraguayan Primera División season, Torneo Apertura
The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Torneo TIGO Apertura for sponsorship reasons, is the first championship of the season. It began on January 30 and ended on May 30.


2010 Paraguayan Primera División season, Torneo Clausura
The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Torneo Tigo Clausura for sponsorship reasons, is the second championship of the season. It began on July 16 and ended December 12.


2010 Paraguayan Primera División season, International qualification
The two tournament champions earn the Paraguay 1 and Paraguay 2 berths in the Second Stage of the 2011 Copa Libertadores. All remaining international qualification will be determined through a season-wide aggregate table. The Paraguay 3 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores berth goes to the best-placed non-champion. For the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, the Paraguay 1 berth goes to the highest placed champion. Paraguay 2 and Paraguay 3 will go to the highest placed teams who have not qualified to an international tournament.


2010 Paraguayan Primera División season, Relegation
Relegations is determined at the end of the season by computing an average (Spanish: promedio) of the number of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The two teams with the lowest average is relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.


2010 Paraná gubernatorial election
The Paraná gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 2010, to elect the next Governor of Paraná. The 2 people running for Governor were Beto Richa of the PSDB and Osmar Dias. Beto Richa won election for his first term as governor.


2010 Paris Motor Show
The 2010 Paris Motor Show took place from 2 October to 17 October 2010, in Paris expo Porte de Versailles.


2010 Paris Motor Show
For 2010, the theme of the special exhibition was "The Incredible Collection 2: automobile manufacturers collections and museums."


2010 Paris–Nice
The 2010 Paris–Nice was the 68th running of the Paris–Nice cycling stage race, often known as the Race to the Sun. It started on 7 March and ended on 14 March in Nice and consisted of a prologue time-trial and seven stages. Alberto Contador of Spain won the race, regaining the title he had won in 2007. Alejandro Valverde finished second, but his results during 2010 were expunged as part of the terms of his suspension for involvement in the 2006 Operación Puerto doping case,


2010 Paris–Nice, Teams competing
22 teams were invited to the 2010 Paris–Nice, including 16 of the 18 ProTour teams, and both teams that had lost that status at the end of the preceding season. The teams were:


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Prologue
The course for the prologue time trial was a relatively simple 8 km (5.0 mi) out-and-back ride through Montfort-l'Amaury. It was almost entirely flat, with one small categorized climb, to award the first polka dot jersey, coming after 1.5 km (0.93 mi). The course was not very technical, as it contained just two sharp turns.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Prologue
Lars Boom and Peter Sagan, both former cyclo-cross specialists, posted strong times early in the day, with Boom 10 seconds the better of the two. Expecting to be beaten, Boom watched overall contenders like Levi Leipheimer, Alberto Contador, and defending champion Luis León Sánchez all fall short, giving the young Dutchman the win. Boom later said his cyclo-cross experience helped him, as the course covered several different types of terrain. The win gave Boom all four jerseys on the first podium – in his stead, Jens Voigt wore the green points jersey, Sagan the white youth classification jersey, and Alejandro Valverde the polka dot jersey for the mountains classification lead.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 1
The first road race stage was a perfectly flat ride from Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines to Contres, heading due south.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 1
What had the makings of a straightforward day of racing changed drastically in the final 3 km (1.9 mi), as strong crosswinds blasted the peloton. Many riders crashed, including Heinrich Haussler, Levi Leipheimer and Alberto Contador, with Contador's crash serious enough to leave him wondering if he could continue the race.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 1
The principal breakaway of the day involved Philippe Gilbert and Tom Veelers. They broke away 5 km (3.1 mi) into the stage. Euskaltel-Euskadi had tried to place a rider in this breakaway attempt, but their team leader Samuel Sánchez had, incidentally, crashed moments earlier, meaning the squad had to rally around him. Gilbert and Veelers stood little chance of staying away for the stage win on such a flat course, and were caught 50 km (31 mi) from the finish line.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 1
After other ultimately inconsequential breakaway attempts that occurred after the catch, most of the peloton was together at the 3 km (1.9 mi) mark, when the strong winds started to blow. The winds, combined with a timely attack, made it so 15 riders gained 17 seconds on the rest of the field. Race leader Lars Boom was in this breakaway, as were overall contenders Luis León Sánchez and Alejandro Valverde. Contador and Leipheimer both missed the selection because of their crashes. Team Sky's Greg Henderson was easily the strongest sprinter in the selective final break, and took the stage win. Boom retained all four jerseys on the stage 1 podium, with Kreuziger assuming the white jersey in his stead and Voigt and Valverde continuing to wear the green and polka dot jerseys.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 2
Stage 2 was mostly flat, but it included three third-category climbs, including the Côte de Maison Neuve at the 156 km (97 mi) mark, which had an average gradient of over 6%.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 2
Another early breakaway took place on this stage, with the Dutch teams Vacansoleil and Skil-Shimano trying to prove their combativeness to the ASO to potentially get wildcard entries to the upcoming Tour de France. Vacansoleil's Jens Mouris and Skil-Shimano's Koen de Kort were joined by Liquigas-Doimo rider Mauro Finetto and Saur-Sojasun's Laurent Mangel. Their escape, which took form just 4 km (2.5 mi) into the stage. Their maximum advantage on the Caisse d'Epargned-led peloton was 4'15", and they were easily caught with 11 km (6.8 mi) left to race.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 2
Mangel was first over the first two climbs on the day, and took over possession of the polka dot jersey from race leader Lars Boom after the stage. Several teams tried to set up the sprint finish, but in the chaos a crash took place 500 m (1,600 ft) from the line, thinning the possibilities for stage winner (though all who crashed were awarded the same time as the stage winner).


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 2
Peter Sagan was in first position on the road in sight of the finish line, but he was overhauled by Bbox Bouygues Telecom rider William Bonnet, giving that team its first win of the season on European soil. Boom retained the race leadership and the white jersey for the youth classification, and Kreuziger again wore the white jersey in his place. Luis León Sánchez, third on the stage, took ownership of the green jersey for the points classification.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 3
This course, as originally designed, was undulating, with six categorized climbs. The first half contained three third-category climbs, all with gradients lesser than 6%. The second half of the course contained three second-category climbs, with the Côte de Sexcles at 300 m (980 ft) in ascent and 6.4% grade and the shorter but steeper Côte de la Martinie just before the finish. A quick 3 km (1.9 mi) stretch of descending followed the Côte de la Martinie before the finish line.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 3
Due to snow in and around Saint-Junien, the start of the third stage was moved by 53 km (33 mi), to Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. Therefore, the first two categorized climbs (category 3) were left out of the stage.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 3
Three riders broke away 33 km (21 mi) into the stage. Once again, a Skil–Shimano rider was among them, on this day Yann Huguet. Jurgen Roelandts and Nikolas Maes joined him, and they built a seven-minute advantage by the 67 km (42 mi) mark. The gap slowly fell from that point, and after Huguet and Roelandts dropped Maes they were caught with 6 km (3.7 mi) left. Six riders counterattacked on the way up the Côte de la Martinie, with Nicolas Roche and Peter Sagan instigating the move.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 3
Team HTC–Columbia reacted quickly, with André Greipel pacing Tony Martin into the break. They were also joined by Jens Voigt, Joaquim Rodríguez, and Alberto Contador. Contador pulled the group through the 1 km (0.62 mi) to go mark before pulling up and finishing 2 seconds back of stage winner Sagan. Voigt assumed the overall race leadership. Sagan took both the green and white jerseys on the podium after the stage; his teammate Roman Kreuziger wore the white jersey in the next stage.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 4
Stage 4 had many time gaps, as it included two difficult climbs in the final 7 km (4.3 mi). The second-category Côte de Chabrits, at 6.8% grade, crested at that point. Following a quick descent, the final 3 km (1.9 mi) of the stage were spent on the first-category Côte de la Croix Neuve climb in Mende, with a steady 10.7% grade.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 4
Wild card rivals Vacansoleil and Skil–Shimano were again active in the breakaways, placing Marco Marcato and Albert Timmer, respectively, in the day's principal break alongside Jérôme Pineau, Jean-Marc Marino, Julien Loubet, Amaël Moinard, and Mikel Nieve. Their advantage on the peloton hovered between three and four minutes for most of the stage, until Astana took to pacing the main field to start to bring them back. The catch occurred 9 km (5.6 mi) from the finish line.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 4
After other riders tried their luck and were brought back, Alberto Contador put in an attack that no one could answer, netting him the stage win. The field finished scattered behind him, and when overnight race leader Jens Voigt finished 44 seconds back, Contador also became the new race leader.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 5
The fifth stage was again undulating. There were four categorized climbs on course, with the last occurring 30 km (19 mi) from the finish line, and an uncategorized "wall" just before the stage ended.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 5
In heavy contrast to the previous days of racing, stage five began with sunshine and warm temperatures. Sylvain Chavanel instigated the day's first breakaway, but Astana drilled the peloton at 45 km/h (28 mph) in the stage's second hour, meaning Chavanel's group was not away for very long. At around 50 km (31 mi) to go, Carlos Barredo, Volodymir Gustov, Sylvain Calzati, and Rein Taaramäe tried their luck. This group's maximum advantage was 1' 20", meaning Taaramäe was briefly race leader on the road, as he started the stage 1' 06" down to Alberto Contador.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 5
Taaramäe took maximum mountains points on the last two climbs, protecting teammate Amaël Moinard's newly-taken lead in the mountains classification. With 25 km (16 mi) remaining, after the catch occurred, Ag2r–La Mondiale set a blistering pace at the front of the main field, trying to set up Nicolas Roche for a sprint win. The pace fractured the peloton, with Levi Leipheimer and Thomas Voeckler notables among a large group that lost 2' 36" at the finish line.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 5
With 3 km (1.9 mi) left to go, Peter Sagan put in an "audacious" attack that won the young Slovak his second stage in three days. Top general classification contenders like Alejandro Valverde and Contador finished together 2 seconds behind Sagan, as they were unable to overtake Sagan on the road. Contador referred to the day as "a terrible stage," as no team seemed able to take control of the chaotic day of racing.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 6
Stage six was the queen stage, with eight categorized climbs on the road. The last was the first-category Col de Vence, which had a 6.6% grade, steady for the 9.7 km (6.0 mi) the climb took. A steep descent and a small raise to the finish line followed.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 6
Some big-name riders made the escape on this stage. A group of 23 formed early on, including Levi Leipheimer, Damiano Cunego, and Sylvain Chavanel. Mountains classification leader Amaël Moinard was also in the break, and took top points on five of the stage's climbs to give himself an unassailable lead in those standings. When the advantage of this group reached two minutes, the overall race lead of Alberto Contador was threatened by Chavanel. However, Contador's Astana team got help in pacing the main field from two teams who missed the break, namely Caisse d'Epargne and Garmin–Transitions.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 6
On the ascent of the Col de Vence, the only riders remaining from the break were Xavier Tondó, Alexandr Kolobnev, Cyril Gautier, Chavanel, and Cunego. Various attacks and splits out of the peloton eventually absorbed all but Tondó, who soloed to the finish line with a 5 second advantage over the main field, led home by Alejandro Valverde. Only time bonuses won by Valverde and Peter Sagan caused the overall standings to change.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 7
The final stage was short, but it was far from ceremonial, containing three first-category climbs. It started and ended, after a loop, in Nice. The Col de la Porte was probably the most difficult climb in the race, reaching 1,068 m (3,504 ft) in elevation on a 7.2% grade. After that peak, the riders descended almost to sea level again before scaling La Turbie, which was less steep but a longer climb. The Col d'Eze was the final climb of the Race to the Sun, after which the peloton descended all the way to sea level before finishing the race.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 7
The peloton stayed together through the first hour of this stage. When Peter Sagan won the first intermediate sprint, at the 18.5 km (11.5 mi) mark, he secured his victory in the points classification over Jens Voigt and Alejandro Valverde. On the ascent of the Col de la Porte, Thomas Voeckler and mountains classification leader Amaël Moinard slipped away and built up a two-minute gap. The chase began in earnest early on such a short stage, but because of the mountainous parcours the two still had a lead of 30 seconds on the descent of the Col d'Eze.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 7
Moinard took 28 of 30 possible mountains classification points on the day despite already having an unassailable lead in the classification. In defense of his yellow jersey, Alberto Contador went on the attack to try to reel in Moinard and Voeckler on the ascent of the Col d'Eze, taking with him Luis León Sánchez, Valvede, Rein Taaramäe, and Joaquim Rodríguez. Rodríguez was the aggressor from this group on the climb, gapping them for a time, though he was unable to bridge to the leaders. Samuel Sánchez and Tiago Machado bridged from the peloton to the Contador group, and Machado and Valverde also gapped them, putting in a clear threat to Contador. Contador himself was forced to tap out a pace that brought them back.


2010 Paris–Nice, Stages, Stage 7
While Moinard and Voeckler were in view of the Contador group in the final kilometer, they were able to stay away to the finish line. Voeckler thought the group was closer to them than they actually were, and started his sprint for the finish line very early. Moinard easily held his wheel until the final few meters, and came around him for the victory. Valverde claimed bonus seconds for third on the stage, but it was not enough to force Contador from the top step of the final podium.


2010 Paris–Nice, Final standings, Final General Classification
All riders from second place downward promoted by one position due to the retroactive suspension of Alejandro Valverde


2010 Paris–Nice, Final standings, Points Classification
Points earned by Alejandro Valverde are subject to removal, and so ranking is subject to revision.


2010 Paris–Nice, Final standings, Mountains Classification
Points earned by Alejandro Valverde are subject to removal, and so ranking is subject to revision.


2010 Paris–Roubaix
The 2010 Paris–Roubaix was the 108th running of the Paris–Roubaix single-day cycling race, often known as the Hell of the North. It was held on 11 April 2010 over a distance of 259 kilometres (160.9 miles) and was the ninth event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking series. The race was won by Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara.


2010 Paris–Tours
The 2010 Paris–Tours was the 104th edition of this single day road bicycle racing event and is organized by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), which also runs the Tour de France. Óscar Freire won the Ruban Jaune as he broke the record for the fastest average speed in a professional cycling race or stage longer than 200 km in 2010 Paris–Tours. Taking advantage of a favourable wind over a new shortened course of 233 kilometres (145 mi), he covered the distance in 4 hours 52 minutes 54 seconds at an average speed of 47.730 kilometres per hour (29.658 mph).


2010 Parramatta Eels season
The 2010 Parramatta Eels season is the 64th in the club's history. Coached by Daniel Anderson and captained by Nathan Cayless and Nathan Hindmarsh, they competed in the NRL's 2010 Telstra Premiership. The Eels finished the regular season in 12th place failing to make the finals for the first time in 2 years.


2010 Parramatta Eels season, Summary
The Parramatta Eels were picked at the beginning of the year by many leading betting agencies to take out the premiership for 2010 following their surge of form which took them to the Grand Final in 2009. But, after a relatively poor to the season, and then a 4-game winning streak, the Parramatta Eels once again returned to the inconsistent form of past seasons. This inconsistent form, recognised by all Rugby League fans, saw them miss out on the Top 8 in 2010.


2010 Parramatta Eels season, Summary
After a season of unrelenting disappointment which saw five-eighth Daniel Mortimer dropped to reserve grade, centre Timana Tahu being suspended for an on-field confrontation against the Newcastle Knights and reports of player rifts, Daniel Anderson was sacked unceremoniously as Parramatta coach and replaced by New Zealand World Cup-winning coach Stephen Kearney.


2010 Parramatta Eels season, Fixtures, Regular season
The 2010 Telstra Premiership season draw for Parramatta is as follows


2010 Parramatta Eels season, Ladder, National Rugby League
1 Melbourne were deducted eight premiership points and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season due to gross long-term salary cap breaches.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Parry Sound District of Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, The Archipelago
The Archipelago was one of a number of municipalities in the region whose mayors won by acclamation.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Armour
Armour was one of a number of municipalities in the region whose mayors won by acclamation. Rod Blakelock, Marty Corcoran, Jerry Brandt and Patrick Hayes were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Burk's Falls
Burk's Falls was one of a number of municipalities in the region whose mayors won by acclamation. Bruce Campbell, Rex Smith, Lisa Morrison and Lewis Hodgson will serve on council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Callander
Callander's entire council was acclaimed into office. Doug Brydges, Virginia Onley, Robb Noon and Maurice Turgeon will serve on council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Carling
Carling was one of a number of municipalities in the region whose mayors won by acclamation. Mike Konoval, Susan Murphy, Sid Larson and Michael Gordon were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Joly
Joly was one of a number of municipalities in the region whose mayors won by acclamation. Betty Barnes, Tom Rheubottom, Bruce Baker and Marion Duke were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Kearney
Paul Tomlinson won the mayoral race in Kearney, a victory which local media credited to unusually high turnout among seasonal cottage country residents after the town attempted to eliminate its mail-in voting process. Louise Wadsworth, Arthur Murdy, Ken Ball, Steve Sainsbury, Barry Dingwall and Yvonne Wills were elected as councillors.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Machar
Doug Maeck won the mayoralty of Machar. Ron McLaren, Ronald Bennison, Lynn Mantha and Bill Russell were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Magnetawan
Former mayor Sam Dunnett defeated incumbent mayor Dick Smith in Magnetawan. Charlie Gray, Jack Crossman, Barry Mutton and Bryan Hampson were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, McDougall
McDougall was one of a number of municipalities in the region whose mayors won by acclamation. Kim Dixon, Lewis Malott, Peter Daleman and Joe Johnson were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, McKellar
Peter Hopkins was elected reeve of McKellar, defeating incumbent David Moore and challenger Debbie Zulak. Tamara Black, Ted Stroud, Jury Naklowych and Gerald Bell were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, McMurrich/Monteith
McMurrich/Monteith was one of a number of municipalities in the region whose mayors won by acclamation. Tina Scott, Merv Mulligan, Lynn Zemnicky and Carol Armstrong were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Nipissing
Pat Haufe won the mayoralty of Nipissing. Tom Piper, Liz Smith, Thomas H. Butler and Dougal Culham were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Parry Sound
Councillor Jamie McGarvey won the mayoral election in Parry Sound over challenger Perry Harris. Paul Borneman, Bonnie Keith, Brad Horne, Keith Saulnier, Dave Williams and Dan McCauley were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Perry
Perry was one of a number of municipalities in the region whose mayors won by acclamation. Mary Anne Love, Jim Cushman, Les Rowley and Norm Hofstetter were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Powassan
Peter McIsaac won 67 per cent of the mayoral vote in Powassan, defeating incumbent mayor Bob Young. Todd White, Gerry Giesler, Nancy Barner, Dave Britton, Roger Glabb and Steven Eide were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Ryerson
Incumbent reeve Glenn Miller was re-elected in Ryerson. Council will consist of Barbara Marlow, George Sterling, Rosalind Hall and Doug Weddell.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Seguin
Incumbent mayor David Conn was re-elected in Seguin. Alex Chidley, Bruce Gibbon, Rod Osborne, Doug Sainsbury, Everett Jacklin and Jack Hepworth were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, South River
Incumbent mayor Jim Coleman was reelected in South River. Bill O'Hallarn, Sharon Smith, Les Mahon and Jeff Dickerson were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Strong
Christine Ellis defeated incumbent mayor Stephen Rawn to become the first female mayor of Strong. Jason Cottrell, Kelly Elik, John Newstead and Merlyn Snow were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Sundridge
Incumbent mayor Elgin Schneider was re-elected in Sundridge. Bill de Vries, Christopher Blueman, Lawrie Vincer and Barry Morris were elected to council.


2010 Parry Sound District municipal elections, Whitestone
Incumbent mayor Chris Armstrong was re-elected in Whitestone. Don Carter, Bill Church, Colette Deacon and Joe Lamb were elected to council.


2010 Patriot League Baseball Tournament
The 2010 Patriot League Baseball Tournament was held on consecutive weekends with the semifinals held May 15–16 and the finals May 21–22, 2010 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top four finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Fourth seeded Bucknell won their fifth championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Doug Shribman of Bucknell was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.


2010 Patriot League Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four, with the top seed hosting the fourth seed and second seed hosting the third. The visiting team was designated as the home team in the second game of each series. Bucknell hosted Lafayette while Holy Cross visited Army.


2010 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2010 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was held at campus sites for the higher seeds. The quarterfinals were on March 3, the semi-finals on March 7, and the Championship was held on March 12, 2011. The winner of the tournament, Lehigh, received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2010 Pattaya United F.C. season
The 2010 season was Pattaya United's 2nd season in the top division of Thai football. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the season.


2010 Pattaya United F.C. season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Pattaya United F.C. season, Players, 2010 Season transfers
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010 Pavel Roman Memorial
The 2010 Pavel Roman Memorial (Czech: Memoriál Pavla Romana) was the 16th edition of an annual international ice dancing competition held in Olomouc, Czech Republic. The event was held on November 19–21, 2010 at the Zimní Stadion Olomouc. Ice dancers competed in the senior, junior, advanced novice, and basic novice levels.


2010 Peace Queen Cup
The 2010 Peace Queen Cup was third edition of Peace Queen Cup. It was held from 17 to 23 October 2010 in Suwon, South Korea.


2010 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300
The 2010 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 was the fourteenth round of the 2010 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Saturday, August 28, 2010. The race contested over 200 laps at the 1.520-mile (2.446 km) Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois.


2010 Peel Region municipal elections
Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Peel of Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2010 Pekao Szczecin Open
The 2010 Pekao Szczecin Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the 18th edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Szczecin, Poland between 13 and 19 September 2010.


2010 Pekao Szczecin Open, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Pekao Szczecin Open, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a special entrant into the singles main draw:


2010 Pekao Szczecin Open, Champions, Doubles
Dustin Brown /  Rogier Wassen def. Rameez Junaid /  Philipp Marx, 6–4, 7–5


2010 Pekao Szczecin Open – Doubles
Tomasz Bednarek and Mateusz Kowalczyk were the defending champions, but they didn't compete togetherBednarek played with Mischa Zverev and Kowalczyk partnered with Lukáš Rosol, but they lost in the first round. Dustin Brown and Rogier Wassen defeated Rameez Junaid and Philipp Marx 6–4, 7–5 to win the final.


2010 Pekao Szczecin Open – Singles
Evgeny Korolev was the defending champion, but decided not to participate. Pablo Cuevas defeated Igor Andreev 6–1, 6–1 to win the title.


2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy
The 2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy (Chinese: 钟灵龙舟翻覆) was an incident that occurred on 17 January 2010 in Penang, Malaysia. The incident involved the Chung Ling High School dragon boat club, where eighteen paddlers took part in dragon boat training at Penang Strait. Strong water currents caused the helmsman to lose control of the dragon boat and collide with a tugboat. The dragon boat then capsized and killed six of the eighteen paddlers, including a teacher and several students. A memorial service was held on the following day in the school. The school flag was flown at half-mast, and funerals were held on the second day following the incident. The school and government subsequently donated the money to the victims' families and survivors.


2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy
It was later revealed by the Penang Education Department that the school disregarded the safety guidelines for co-curricular activities by not seeking approval and clearance before conducting the training. The training was unscheduled as it occurred upon students' requests to a new teacher already interested in joining the training session. Only three of the eighteen paddlers wore life jackets, and despite the precautions, two of them died at the scene. All paddlers who wore life jackets were unable to swim.


2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy
Some officials said that the incident location was unsuitable for the water sports due to busy traffic, uncertain weather conditions, strong currents, and debris left by fishermen from boat repair. Penang Forward Sports Club countered that the area was safe for a training session as a trained coach had checked the sea and weather conditions.


2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy, History
On 17 January 2010, the Chung Ling High School dragon boat practice took place in Penang Strait, located off Macallum Street Ghaut, as part of their weekly training in preparation for their upcoming July competition. Eighteen paddlers took part in this activity. Safety measures were not followed, as only three of the eighteen paddlers wore the compulsory life jackets. While training, some rowers, mostly new members, were tired and paused in the middle of the sea.


2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy, History
At approximately 9:00 am, the dragon boat capsized after colliding with a tugboat when strong currents caused the helmsman to lose control of the boat. Twelve paddlers were admitted to Penang General Hospital after being rescued by fishermen in two nearby boats or having swum to safety. A 100 person rescue team in sixteen boats consisting of policemen, firemen, marine law enforcement bureau and civil defense officers arrived at the accident area. Two bodies were retrieved: Chin Aik Siang, a teacher, at 11:00 am and Jason Ch'Ng, a student, at 2:50 pm. The remaining bodies, all students, were recovered the following day. Goh Yi Zhang was first discovered at 8:00 am, followed by Brendon Yeoh at 12:10 pm, and Wang Yong Xiang and Cheah Zi Jun, found at 4:25 pm. The search operation, totaling RM 84 million, ended at 5:00 pm.


2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy, History
On 18 January 2010, in memory of the deceased, the flag of Chung Ling High School was flown at half-mast and a memorial ceremony was held inside the school. The school Board of Governors, Parent-Teacher Association and Alumni Association donated RM 10,000 to the families of the victims. An additional RM 2,000 was donated to the injured paddlers. The principal of the school declared the incident to be "the darkest co-curricular activity incident ever occurs in the school’s history". The funerals for the deceased took place the following day at multiple victims' homes in Penang.


2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy, History
Multiple high profile figures, including Muhyiddin Yassin, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Lim Guan Eng, Chief Minister of Penang and Datuk Wira Ayub Yakoob, deputy communication for Penang police chief, visited the tragedy site. The Home Ministry then donated RM 3,000 to six of the deceased victims' families in addition to RM 1,000 from Education Ministry. An additional RM 200 from Education Ministry was donated to each survivor of this incident. The school offered psychological counseling to help victims and family members affected by psychological trauma as a result of the tragedy.


2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy, Controversies
There are several controversies that occurred before, during and after the incident. The school was found to have disregarded the safety guidelines for co-curricular activities set by Penang Education Department, which required school management to inform security authorities of the activities to ensure that students' safety could be ensured prior to extracurricular outdoor activities. The revelation also found out that the group did not seek approval or get clearance to conduct training session in this area.


2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy, Controversies
On 4 November 2010, Penang Forward Sports Club revealed to a parent of a deceased victim that the dragon boat training was unscheduled and conducted due to student requests to a new teacher already interested in joining the training session. Lok Yim Pheng, the secretary-general of the National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP), criticized the organizers, coordinators and teachers for developing a reputation of a lack of safety sense, citing another tragedy involving three woman who drowned on a 1Malaysia school camping trip due to collapse of suspension bridge in Perak.


2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy, Controversies
Most of the paddlers did not wear life jackets during most of the regular training as they knew how to swim, but three of the paddlers did wear them. Geh Thuan Tek, the secretary of Life Saving Society Malaysia Penang, who was also involved in the search and rescue mission, stated that life jackets would not guarantee that the wearer survive a drowning, especially if worn improperly. One of the victims is believed to have died after their unfastened life vest trapped them underneath the boat. Only one of the victims who wore a life vest survived. Not all of the students who attended the training were able to swim, as attested to by multiple family members.


2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy, Controversies
Some officials, especially Shamsir Mohamed, officer of Marine Department (northern region) and Lai Chew Hock, chairman of Penang Dragon Boat Association, voiced concerns about the suitability of the area for water sports. Shamsir cited busy traffic, unpredictable weather, and strong currents for his concerns. Chew Hock claimed the area was unsuitable for any water sports activities due to debris from fishing boats and strong currents. Despite these concerns, the same area was used previously for Penang Pesta Open Dragon Boat Race in December 2009, which garnered criticism from residents of Penang.


2010 Penang dragon boat tragedy, Controversies
Concerns were raised when two boats collided during the race. As a result, organizers changed the location for the 2010 edition event to Teluk Bahang Dam. The decision was made following the Chung Ling dragon boat tragedy. The parent of a deceased victim questioned the rationale of conducting the training session during the north-east monsoon season and added that any water sports activity should only be conducted after monsoon season. Lim Choo Hooi, chairman of Penang Forward Sports Club, responded by saying that neither the wave tides nor the monsoon season posed a problem for training sessions. Coaches would need to check sea and weather conditions prior to conducting training sessions. He also said that the tragedy site was protected from tsunamis and strong waves and had been used for training for three years, making it one of the safest stretches of public shoreline.


2010 Pendle Borough Council election
The 2010 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2010 Pendle Borough Council election, Background
Before the election the Liberal Democrats ran the council, but without a majority, with 18 seats. The Conservatives held 16 seats, Labour 11, the British National Party 2 and there was 1 independent. 16 seats were contested in the election with the Liberal Democrats defending 7, both the Conservative and Labour parties 4 each and the British National Party defended 1 seat.


2010 Pendle Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw no party win a majority on the council after the Conservatives gained a seat to become the largest party on the council with 17 councillors. The Liberal Democrats dropped 3 to 16 seats, while Labour gained 2 seats to move to 13 councillors. Overall turnout in the election was 66.4%.


2010 Pendle Borough Council election, Election result
Following the election Conservative Mike Blomeley became leader of the council, after the council meeting saw the Conservative and Labour councillors support an all-party executive. The Liberal Democrats rejected this and refused to serve on the council executive, as they opposed giving Labour any power over housing decisions.


2010 Penn Quakers football team
The 2010 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Quakers were led by 19th-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 7–0 in Ivy League play, winning the conference title.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. They were members of the Big Ten Conference. Team captains for the season were wide receiver Brett Brackett and defensive tackle Ollie Ogbu.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The Nittany Lions finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Big Ten play and were invited to the Outback Bowl where they were defeated by Florida 37–24.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Previous season
The 2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football team had the highest graduation rate among all of the teams on the Associated Press Top 25 poll with 89% of its 2002 enrollees graduating. Miami and Alabama tied for second place with a graduation rate of 75%. The Nittany Lions finished the season with an 11–2 record and won the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy award to the best team in the ECAC for the 28th time and the second consecutive year. The Nittany Lions completed the season on New Years Day with a 19–17 victory over the LSU Tigers in the Capital One Bowl.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Previous season
In the 2010 NFL draft, six Nittany Lions (Jared Odrick, Sean Lee, NaVorro Bowman, Andrew Quarless, Mickey Shuler, Jr., and Josh Hull) were drafted, tied with Iowa for most among Big Ten Conference schools. Penn State was also tied for fifth nationally for the highest number of 2010 draft picks.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Schedule
Penn State was scheduled to play eight of the other ten Big Ten schools, all but Purdue and Wisconsin.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 4: Youngstown State
Rob Bolden became the first true freshman to start the season opening game at quarterback for Penn State since Shorty Miller in 1910. Bolden led the Nittany Lions to at 44–14 victory over the Football Championship Subdivision Youngstown State Penguins. He passed for 239 yards and two touchdowns to wide receiver Brett Brackett. Collin Wagner was 3 for 3 in field goals over 40 yards. Chaz Powell returned the second half kickoff for a 100-yard touchdown.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 4: Youngstown State
Although Penn State trailed 7–6 much of the half, in all they scored 41 unanswered points and only punted once. On their final drive, Kevin Newsome and Silas Redd were in to put the Nittany Lions on top 44–7. Youngstown State got a final touchdown against reserves to make it 44–14 before Matt McGloin got some playing time near the end.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 11: @ Alabama
Aided by turnovers, the #1 Crimson Tide defeated the #14 Nittany Lions in front of 101,821 in Tuscaloosa. After both teams exchanged punts, the Crimson Tide scored a touchdown to make it 7–0 with a pass to Julio Jones. Penn State blew a chance to tie the game after Bolden was picked off and the Tide marched downfield to make it 14–0. Alabama would add another field goal and miss one more as the Nittany Lions continued to have trouble finishing off drives.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 11: @ Alabama
Early in the 4th, Alabama put the game away with a Trent Richardson touchdown dive to go up 24–0, but Penn State finally got on the board with a field goal to make it 24–3, yet the Nittany Lions could not close the gap any further. This game was the first time they had been held to 3 points since losing 13–3 in 2006 at Wisconsin, but avoided their first shutout loss since a 20–0 loss to Michigan in 2001.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 11: @ Alabama
Penn State also got some playing time for backup Kevin Newsome who completed his first pass of 2010 (his only pass attempt against Youngstown State was an incompletion that led to a pass interference penalty on the Penguins). Despite the loss, the Nittany Lions still have not surrendered more than 24 points in the regular season since the 2007 35–31 loss to Michigan State.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 11: @ Alabama
Alabama finished the game with 409 total yards and Trent Richardson finished with 190 rushing yards by himself and a touchdown. Rob Bolden has yet to be sacked this year.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 18: Kent State
Penn State's defense delivered their first shutout since the 2009 victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers when the Nittany Lions defeated the Kent State Golden Flashes of the Mid-American Conference. Rob Bolden ran for and passed for a touchdown to Devon Smith. Evan Royster ran for his first touchdown of the season but was limited to just 38 yards. The defense garnered two interceptions to help offset the two interceptions thrown by Bolden, who has still not been sacked.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 25: Temple
The Nittany Lions handed coach Al Golden's Owls their first loss on the season defeating them 22–13. Collin Wagner converted 5 of 6 field goal attempts and Michael Zordich, Jr. scored the lone Penn State touchdown from his fullback position. Senior Evan Royster had his first 100-yard game of the season in gaining 187 yards on 26 carries. True freshmen quarterback Rob Bolden completed 18 of 28 passes for 224 yards. Justin Brown was the leading Penn State receiver catching 4 throws for 84 yards. The defense gathered three interceptions, one by Nate Stupar and two by Nick Sukay. Pete Massaro recovered a Chester Stewart fumble on the final play of the game.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 2: @ Iowa
The Penn State rushing offense struggled against the Iowa defense and was held to only 54 yards in total rushing. While the total offensive yards trailed Iowa's by only 48, the Lion's woe in the opponent's redzone continued. Penn State had three trips into the Iowa redzone (at the 2, 1, and 12 yard lines respectively) but ended up with only one field goal. The Nittany Lion defense kept the Iowa offense scoreless in the 2nd half, but the Iowa defense stood up again and scored a touchdown from an interception return in the 4th quarter.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 9: Illinois
The Nittany Lions were defeated by the Fighting Illini in the homecoming game and the Big Ten home opener. It is the first time that Penn State has lost to Illinois in Happy Valley. The offense gained only 7 first downs and 235 total yards, the seven first downs being the second fewest by Penn State in the Paterno era. Although the special team recovered two Illinois punt-return fumbles deep in the Illini territory, the Lions had to settle for two field goals.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 9: Illinois
Quarterback Rob Bolden delivered an 80-yard touchdown pass to Derek Moye, but also threw an interception, that was returned for an Illinois touchdown, in the 2nd quarter. Losing 7 defensive starters to injuries, and 12 overall contributors the defense collapsed against the Illinois running attack, giving up 282 rushing yards and allowing the Illini to possess the ball for more than 38 minutes.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 23: @ Minnesota
Penn State won for the first time in the 2010 Big Ten season defeating the Golden Gophers 33–21 in Joe Paterno's first visit to the TCF Bank Stadium. Quarterback Rob Bolden completed 11 of 13 passes for 130 yards including a 21-yard touchdown to Brett Brackett before leaving the game with an apparent concussion. Backup quarterbacks Kevin Newsome and Matthew McGloin took the remainder of the snaps at quarterback with McGloin doing all of the throwing. He completed his first two career touchdown passes to Derek Moye. Evan Royster added to the scoring with a two-yard touchdown run. Colin Wagner kicked one field goal and the defense garnered a safety to complete the scoring in Joe Paterno's 398th career win. Leading 33–14 with the game in hand, the reserves gave up a late Gophers touchdown.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 30: Michigan
Joe Paterno got his 399th career win by starting a former walk-on quarterback, Matt McGloin, for the first time. In his first career start, Matt McGloin passed for 250 yards and scored a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown. Running back Evan Royster surpassed Curt Warner and became the all-time Penn State rushing leader by running 150 yards on 29 carries with 2 touchdowns. Although the Lion's defense could not stop Michigan's Denard Robinson, who posted 190 passing yards and 191 rushing yards, the Penn State offense was able to march down the field with a commanding 10–16 3rd-down efficiency.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 30: Michigan
The Lions controlled the ball for more than 37 minutes and outscored Michigan by a stunning 28–10 in the first half partly due to turnovers, never trailing, and boosted the lead to 31–10 early in the 3rd quarter. Michigan scored a TD but Penn State quickly restored the three touchdown lead.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 30: Michigan
Michigan scored two more TDs, one late in the third, the other midway through the 4th to cut the lead to 7, but Penn State put it away with a field goal, and after stopping Michigan on 4th down, drove all the way to the 1 yard line before taking a knee.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 6: Northwestern
After a week of speculation on who should be the starting quarterback, Rob Bolden got the nod after recovering from concussion. However, he was hit hard during one play in the 1st quarter and was relieved by Matt McGloin. Penn State could not stop the Wildcats quarterback Dan Persa in the first half and trailed by 21 points late in the 2nd quarter. After a 91-yard drive in the last minute of the 2nd quarter, the Lions managed to score their first touchdown of the game. Penn State continued the momentum and dominated the opponent in the 2nd half.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 6: Northwestern
The Lions scored 4 consecutive touchdowns and shutout Northwestern to win the game from behind. Evan Royster and Silas Redd both ran for over 130 yards and McGloin passed for four touchdowns to Brett Brackett, Nate Cadogan, Derek Moye and Royster. Linebacker Michael Mauti led the Penn State defense with 11 tackles, including 3 tackles for loss. The 35–21 victory marked the 400th career win for head coach Joe Paterno. The win also matched Penn State's biggest come-from-behind victory under Paterno.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 13:  @ Ohio State
A 17-point underdog, the Lions outplayed the Buckeyes in the first half of the game. Matt McGloin led a balanced Penn State offense to score two passing touchdowns. The first touchdown was also Penn State's first passing touchdowns in Ohio Stadium under Joe Paterno. Also, the first 14+ point game at Ohio State since 1978.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 13:  @ Ohio State
Although leading by 11 points in the first half, Penn State was dominated in the second half. The Lions generated only 60 yards of total offense in the last 30 minutes of the game, most of which came on their opening drive of the third quarter. After a 13–18 pass completion rate in the first half, McGloin completed 2 of his 12 pass attempts in the second half and threw two interceptions, both of which were returned by Buckeyes for touchdowns.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 13:  @ Ohio State
The Penn State defense also failed to stop Ohio State's running attack, especially after linebacker Mike Mauti left the game with shoulder injury. The Lions defense surrendered 314 rushing yards and Ohio State scored 35 unanswered points to win the game. Despite this, improvements from their first three losses were noted in the deceptive final score, as it was a winnable game for over 50 minutes until the Buckeyes made it 31–14 from a Matt McGloin pick six. This game would be later be vacated by Ohio State due to NCAA violations.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 20: vs. Indiana at Landover, Maryland
Penn State scored two touchdowns in the first two drives of the game and led by 14 points early in the 2nd quarter. However, the Hoosiers managed to tie the game at 24–24 in the 3rd quarter. The Lions broke the tie when Andrew Dailey blocked an Indiana punt and James Van Fleet returned it for a touchdown and scored 17 unanswered points to win the game in the Fedex Field. Matt McGloin passed for 315 yards with 2 touchdowns to Derek Moye and Brett Brackett. Penn State also ran for 171 yards, with running touchdowns from Evan Royster and Silas Redd. Many reserves saw playing time in the second half of the fourth quarter.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 27: Michigan State
Although Penn State generated 396 offensive yards, 65 more than the Spartans in the game, the Lions offense could not score any touchdown in the first 3 quarters and trailed by 18 points after 44 minutes of play. Penn State surged in the 4th quarter and scored 3 touchdowns from Joe Suhey, Evan Royster and Derek Moye. However, the balanced Spartans attack was able to control the ball for more than 34 minutes and scored their 4th touchdown in the 4th quarter. Penn State's final attempt to come from behind fell short after a failed onside kick in the last minute of the game. The Lions also committed 8 penalties, the most in one game this season, with 67 yards.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 27: Michigan State
The game was Penn State's first home loss to Michigan State since 1965, a year before Joe Paterno became the Penn State head coach. Penn State sent off 18 seniors and finished their 2010 regular season with a 7–5 (4–4 Big Ten) record.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, January 1 vs. Florida (2011 Outback Bowl)
The Nittany Lions concluded the 2010–2011 season with a 7–6 record after losing the 2011 Outback Bowl. The Lions were hurt badly by miscues and turnovers, as all Florida touchdowns were set up by Penn State's miscues. The Gators scored a touchdown after blocking a Penn State punt in the 2nd quarter.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, January 1 vs. Florida (2011 Outback Bowl)
Quarterback McGloin threw a school-record five interceptions in the game: the 2nd and 3rd were deep in the Penn State territory (15 and 25 yards) and directly led to Florida touchdowns; the 4th interception was returned by the Gators for an 80-yard touchdown and ended Penn State's final hope to win the game.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, January 1 vs. Florida (2011 Outback Bowl)
Senior back Evan Royster led the Lions with 98 rushing and 51 receiving yards, which marked his third straight season with over 1,000 yards. Receiver Derek Moye also recorded 5 catches for 79 yards. Penn State offense outplayed Florida by 71 yards in total offense and controlled the ball for more than 32 minutes in the loss.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, January 1 vs. Florida (2011 Outback Bowl)
After the game, quarterback Rob Bolden and his father requested to transfer from Penn State. However, their request was denied by Joe Paterno later.


2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Awards
On November 29, 2010, three Penn State players were selected to the 2010 All-Big Ten Team in voting by the conference coaches and media. Guard Stefen Wisniewski was again selected to the first team (by coaches) after his 2009 All-Big Ten first team selection. Ollie Ogbu and Evan Royster were second team selections by coaches.


2010 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election
The 2010 elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were held on November 2, 2010, with all districts being contested. Necessary primary elections were held on May 18, 2010. The term of office for those elected in 2010 will run from January 4, 2011, until November 30, 2012. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives up for election every two years.


2010 Pennsylvania Senate election
The 2010 elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 2, 2010, with the even-numbered districts contested. Necessary primary elections were held on May 18, 2010. The term of office for those elected in 2010 run from January 4, 2011 until November 30, 2014. State Senators are elected for four year terms, with half of the seats in the Senate up for election every two years.


2010 Pennsylvania elections
Pennsylvania held various elections on November 2, 2010. These include elections for a Senate seat, a gubernatorial race, and many state legislature races.


2010 Pennsylvania elections, Federal, United States Senate
Former Republican, now Democratic, Senator Arlen Specter was defeated in a primary election to Joe Sestak, who then faced Republican Pat Toomey. In a narrow race, Pat Toomey was victorious over Sestak.


2010 Pennsylvania elections, Federal, United States House, Twelfth District special election
A special election was held on May 18, 2010 to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Democratic U.S. Representative John Murtha. On March 8, 2010, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party's Executive Committee nominated Mark Critz, Murtha's former district director. On March 11, a convention of Republicans from the 12th district nominated businessman Tim Burns. The Democrats held the seat in the special election, with Critz defeating Burns. Both would face each other again in November's general election, with Critz winning again.


2010 Pennsylvania elections, Federal, United States House, General election
All 19 seats will face an election. Pennsylvania is expected to lose one congressional seat after the 2010 census.


2010 Pennsylvania elections, State, Governor
A new governor was elected(incumbent Governor Ed Rendell (D) is term limited), Tom Corbett, the Republican, won the general election with 55% of the vote against the Democrat, Dan Onorato, who carried 45% of the final vote.


2010 Pennsylvania elections, State, Ballot measures
At least one statewide ballot question has been proposed for the November 2 ballot:1. Call for a Constitutional Convention


2010 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
The 2010 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in Pennsylvania and other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.


2010 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
Incumbent Democratic Governor Ed Rendell was term limited and thus ineligible to seek re-election in 2010. In the primary, Democrats nominated Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato, who defeated Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner, State Senator Anthony H. Williams and Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel. Republicans nominated Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett, who defeated State Representative Sam Rohrer in the primary. Corbett defeated Onorato in the November general election.


2010 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
In primary elections for lieutenant governor, which were held separately, H. Scott Conklin defeated Jonathan Saidel and Doris Smith-Ribner in the Democratic primary. Jim Cawley emerged from a nine-candidate field in the Republican primary. As lieutenant gubernatorial nominees run on a joint ticket with the gubernatorial nominee of their respective parties in the general election in Pennsylvania, Cawley was elected lieutenant governor over Conklin. As of 2021, this is the last time a Republican was elected Governor of Pennsylvania as well as the last time Allegheny county was carried by a Republican candidate.


2010 Pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial election
The Pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010. The winning candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor will serve a four-year term from 2011 to 2015. In Pennsylvania, the Lieutenant Governor is elected on the same ticket as the Governor, so the only campaign for this office was the primary election. As a result of Tom Corbett's election to the position of governor, Jim Cawley became the new Lieutenant Governor.


2010 Pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Results
As a result of the Democratic primary, Scott Conklin served as the running mate to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato.


2010 Pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Results
As a result of the Republican primary, Jim Cawley served as the running mate to Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett.


2010 Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election
The 2010 special election for the 12th congressional district of Pennsylvania was held on May 18, 2010 to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Democratic U.S. Representative John Murtha. Democratic nominee Mark Critz, Murtha's former district director, defeated Republican nominee Tim Burns. Both candidates were nominated at their respective primary election concurrent with the special election and faced off in the general election November 2010, with Critz again defeating Burns.


2010 Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election, Background
Though the late Representative, Murtha, the longest serving congressman in the history of Pennsylvania, was consistently re-elected to his seat by large margins, the special election was expected to be competitive.


2010 Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election, Background
The 12th district is predominantly rural, and represents the coal and manufacturing industries, which have suffered in recent decades. It was the only congressional district in the United States which gave a majority of its vote to Republican nominee John McCain in 2008 after voting for Democratic nominee John Kerry in 2004. However, at the time of the election Democrats outnumbered Republicans by a 2-to-1 ratio in the 12th district. A poll conducted by Public Policy Polling (PPP) in May 2010 found President Obama with an approval rating of 35 percent, with 55 percent disapproving. A PPP poll conducted in April found Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (all Democrats) to be "exceptionally unpopular", though 55 percent of the district identify as members of the Democratic Party.


2010 Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election, Background
The special election result was considered likely to have ramifications on the national political environment, as an opportunity for Republicans to follow up their victory in the U.S. Senate special election in Massachusetts in January 2010 in a district of the sort they intend to target in the November 2010 elections. National issues, including health care, government spending, cap-and-trade legislation and the role of government.


2010 Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election, Background
Republican nominee Tim Burns described the election as "a referendum on the Obama-[Nancy] Pelosi agenda," while The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza said "the race is simply a must-win" for Republicans, and political scientist Tom Schaller of FiveThirtyEight wrote that the district "is precisely the sort of district Republicans have in their sights for 2010". The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee described the district as "exactly the type of district that House Republicans need to win this cycle." Critz downplayed the national consequences of the election, saying "I can't really concern myself with national issues. I'm concentrating on my race here. I'm just a local guy that's running for a seat."


2010 Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election, Background
On election day, CQ Politics, The Rothenberg Political Report, The Cook Political Report, and Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling all characterized the race as a tossup.