The 2010 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented

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in the

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. The Chanticleers were led by eighth-year head coach David Bennett and played their home games at

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. Coastal Carolina competed as a member of the

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. They finished the season 6–6 with a 5–1 record in conference play and were conference co-champions with

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and Stony Brook. The Chanticleers received the Big South's automatic bid to compete in the FCS playoffs, where they lost to

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in the first round. Coastal Carolina played a five-overtime game against

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on September 11, the longest in school history.

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Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football seasons Big South Conference football champion seasons

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represents Coastal Carolina University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. The Chanticleers are members of the Sun Belt Conference, fielding its teams at th ...

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