2010 Austin Peay Governors football team

The 2010 Austin Peay Governors football team represented Austin Peay State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Governors were led by fourth-year head coach Rick Christophel and played their home games at Governors Stadium. They finished the season with an overall record of 2–9 and a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing eighth in the OVC.^[1]

2010 Austin Peay Governors football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	2–9 (1–7 OVC)
Head coach	Rick Christophel (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Granville Eastman (6th season)
Home stadium	Governors Stadium
Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

2010 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 13 Southeast Missouri State $^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 12 Jacksonville State ^		6	–	2					9	–	3
Eastern Kentucky		5	–	2					6	–	5
Murray State		5	–	3					6	–	5
UT Martin		5	–	3					6	–	5
Tennessee Tech		4	–	4					5	–	6
Eastern Illinois		2	–	6					2	–	9
Austin Peay		1	–	7					2	–	9
Tennessee State		0	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 pm	Cumberland*	Governors Stadium Clarksville, TN		W 38–6	4,710
September 11	6:00 pm	at Middle Tennessee*	Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		L 33–56	16,806
September 18	6:00 pm	at Tennessee State	LP Field Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	Wazoo	W 26–23	8,502
October 25	11:00 pm	at No. 10 (FBS) Wisconsin	Camp Randall Madison, WI	Big Ten Network	L 3–70	77,224
October 9	4:00 pm	Tennessee Tech	Governors Stadium Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)		L 21–34	7,218
October 16	6:00 pm	No. 18 Southeast Missouri State	Governors Stadium Clarksville, TN	WQWQ	L 24–41	2,917
October 23	3:00 pm	at No. 3 Jacksonville State	Burgess-Snow Field Jacksonville, AL	WJXS	L 3–56	19,707
October 30	1:30 pm	at Eastern Illinois	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	WEIU	L 10–28	4,385
November 6	1:00 pm	UT Martin	Governors Stadium Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)		L 12–28	4,307
November 13	1:00 pm	Murray State	Governors Stadium Clarksville, TN		L 35–61	3,103
November 20	1:00 pm	at Eastern Kentucky	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY		L 3–17	3,700
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Coaching staff

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Name	Position	Alma mater	Year
Rick Christophel	Head coach	Austin Peay, 1975	4th^[3]
Steve Haywood	Assistant head coach/offensive line	Austin Peay, 1996	2nd as Assistant HC/9th as coach^[4]
Granville Eastman	Defensive coordinator/linebackers coach	Saint Mary’s, 1992	8th total/6th as defensive coordinator/2nd as linebackers coach^[5]
Marcus Gildersleeve	Receivers coach/recruiting coordinator	Virginia Tech, 1999	5th^[6]
Josh Roberts	Running backs coach	Lambuth, 2006	5th^[7]
Dainon Sidney	Defensive backs coach	UAB, 1997	2nd^[8]
Ryan Taylor	Defensive line coach	Austin Peay, 2004	3rd total/2nd as linebackers coach^[9]

References

1. "2010 Football Schedule". Official Website Of The Austin Peay Governors. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
2. "2010 Media Guide". Austin Peay Governors. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
3. "Rick Christophel". uabsports.com. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
4. "Haywood resigns as APSU offensive line coach". Clarksville Online. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
5. . North Carolina Central University Athletics. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
6. "Marcus Gildersleeve". Official Website Of The Austin Peay Governors. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
7. "Hoping to pursue athletics administration future, Roberts resigns as football Govs running backs coach". Clarksville Online. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
8. "Dainon Sidney". Official Website of the Austin Peay Governors. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
9. "Austin Peay Governors Football's Ryan Taylor resigns as Defensive Line Coach". Clarksville Online. Retrieved March 24, 2017.