| 2010 South Florida Bulls football | |
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Meineke Car Care Bowl champion | |
Meineke Car Care Bowl, W 31–26 vs. Clemson | |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Record | 8–5 (3–4 Big East) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Todd Fitch (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Mark Snyder (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Raymond James Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut $+ | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia + | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh + | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 3 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 3 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2010 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) as a member of the Big East Conference during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Skip Holtz, the Bulls compiled an overall record of 8–5 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the Big East. South Florida invited to the Meineke Car Care Bowl to face the Clemson Tigers. This was the sixth consecutive season that the Bulls had gone to a postseason bowl game. South Florida defeated Clemson, 31–26, securing a third straight bowl victory for the Bulls. Quarterback BJ Daniels was named the MVP of the game. The Bulls played home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
This was the first season without the program's first head coach, Jim Leavitt, who was fired January 8, 2010. On April 17, 2010, South Florida held its annual intrasquad spring football game at Raymond James Stadium. 'Team South Florida' defeated 'Team Bulls' by a score of 49–31, in front of a record crowd of 6,357.[1] On November 3, South Florida defeated Rutgers, 28–27, for the 100th victory in program history.
- ^ "Daniels and Bogan Lead Team South Florida To 49-31 Win". USF Athletics. April 18, 2010.