The 2010 Miami RedHawks football team represented Miami University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The RedHawks, led by second-year head coach Michael Haywood and interim head coach Lance Guidry during their bowl game, competed in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference and played their home games at Yager Stadium. They finished the season 10–4, 7–1 in MAC play and were East Division champions. They advanced to the MAC Championship where they defeated Northern Illinois 26–21 to become MAC champions. They were invited to the GoDaddy.com Bowl where they defeated Middle Tennessee 35–21. They became the first team in college football history to win ten games the year after they lost ten or more games (1–11 in 2009).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	12:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Florida*	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	ESPN	L 12–34	90,178[1]
September 11	2:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ONN/STO	W 28–21	12,857[2]
September 18	3:30 p.m.	Colorado State*	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ONN	W 31–10	16,691[3]
September 25	2:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Missouri*	Faurot Field Columbia, MO		L 13–51	60,329[4]
October 2	1:00 p.m.	Kent State	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH		W 27–21	17,666[5]
October 9	7:00 p.m.	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (Victory Bell)	ESPN3	L 3–45	33,909
October 16	12:00 p.m.	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN+	W 27–20	24,761[6]
October 23	1:00 p.m.	Ohio	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH (Battle of the Bricks)		L 13–34	17,144[7]
October 30	3:30 p.m.	at Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium Buffalo, NY		W 21–9	12,786[8]
November 10	8:00 p.m.	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN2	W 24–21	12,073[9]
November 17	6:00 p.m.	at Akron	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPNU	W 19–14	7,671[10]
November 23	7:00 p.m.	Temple	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN2	W 23–3	13,235[11]
December 3	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 23 Northern Illinois	Ford Field Detroit, MI (MAC Championship Game)	ESPN2	W 26–21	12,031[12]
January 6, 2011	8:00 p.m.	vs. Middle Tennessee*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL (GoDaddy.com Bowl)	ESPN	W 35–21	38,168[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Coaching change

It was announced that Mike Haywood would be leaving the RedHawks immediately on December 16, 2010, so that he could be hired to take over the program at the University of Pittsburgh. Miami named defensive backs coach Lance Guidry as the interim head coach for the bowl game.^[14] 2 weeks after taking the Pitt job, Haywood was arrested in South Bend, Indiana on December 31, 2010, on felony domestic violence charges.^[15] He was released on bond on January 1, 2011, and only hours later was fired by Pitt before ever coaching a game.

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