2010 Maryland Terrapins football team

2010 Maryland Terrapins football
Military Bowl champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionAtlantic Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
APNo. 23
Record9–4 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJames Franklin (3rd season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorDon Brown (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumByrd Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2009
2011 →
2010 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 17 Florida State x   6 2     10 4  
No. 23 Maryland   5 3     9 4  
No. 25 NC State   5 3     9 4  
Boston College   4 4     7 6  
Clemson   4 4     6 7  
Wake Forest   1 7     3 9  
Coastal Division
No. 16 Virginia Tech x$   8 0     11 3  
Miami (FL)   5 3     7 6  
Georgia Tech   4 4     6 7  
North Carolina   4 4     8 5  
Duke   1 7     3 9  
Virginia   1 7     4 8  
Championship: Virginia Tech 44, Florida State 33
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Terrapins' (also officially known as the "Terps") 58th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and its sixth within the ACC's Atlantic Division. They played their home games at Byrd Stadium and were led by head coach Ralph Friedgen. Maryland finished the season 9–4 overall and 5–3 in ACC play. The Terrapins were invited to the Military Bowl, where they defeated East Carolina, 51–20.

Friedgen was fired at the end of the season. He was replaced on January 2, 2011, by Randy Edsall, who was the head coach at Connecticut for the previous 12 seasons (1999–2010).