The 2010 New Orleans Bowl was the tenth edition of the New Orleans Bowl. The game was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Saturday, December 18, 2010, at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. The contest was televised live on ESPN. The game featured the Ohio Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference versus the Troy Trojans from the Sun Belt Conference. Sponsored by R+L Carriers, the game was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
The Bobcats entered the New Orleans Bowl with a record of 8âÂÂ4. The team was 1 win away from playing in the MAC Championship game before losing their final game of the season to Kent State. Ohio made its first appearance in the New Orleans Bowl. The Bobcats appeared in their 3rd bowl game under head coach Frank Solich, however they were 0âÂÂ2 in the two prior games, and Ohio had never won a bowl game in school history in four attempts. They were a 21âÂÂ17 loser to Marshall in the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.
Troy entered the bowl game with a 7âÂÂ5 overall record and won a share of the Sun Belt Conference Championship. The Trojans played in their third straight bowl game. This will also mark the third time in five seasons that Troy will be playing in the New Orleans Bowl. They are currently 1âÂÂ1 in New Orleans Bowl games with a win over Rice in 2006 and a loss to Southern Miss in 2008. Last season Troy was defeated by Central Michigan by a score of 44âÂÂ41 in the GMAC Bowl.
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The 2010 New Orleans Bowl marked the first time that the 2 schools played each other in the history of their programs.