September 11, James Madison 21, Virginia Tech 16
JMU's victory over Virginia Tech is the CAA's only victory against an FBS opponent this season. Virginia Tech came into this game 0-1 after a heart breaking loss at home against Boise State. Virginia Tech led at halftime 13-7. Virginia Tech extended their lead early in the third quarter with a field goal to go up 16-7. JMU quarterback, Drew Dudzik, ran the ball in from 7-yards out to slim the Virginia Tech lead to 16-14. Early in the fourth quarter Dudzik ran for yet another touchdown to take the lead 21-16. JMU quarterback, Drew Dudzik, had an explosive game for the Dukes. Dudzik had 121 yards through the air and one touchdown and also rushed for 35 yards and two touchdowns. One key factor in this game were turnovers. JMU forced three Virginia Tech turnovers (2 fumbles, 1 INT) and had no turnovers of their own. JMU forced a key Virginia Tech fumble 5:25 remaining in the fourth quarter on their own 10 yard line. JMU was able to maintain possession and run out the clock to seal their upset win over the Hokies.
Their were two other FCS vs FBS upsets on September 11, 2010
South Dakota 41, Minnesota 38
Gardner Webb 38, Akron 37
September 18, UMaine 14, Syracuse 38
Even though it doesn't look like it, this game was actually competitive in the first half. Syracuse only held a slim 17-14 lead going into halftime. Syracuse shut out Maine and held them to under 60-yards of total offense in the second half. Maine was unable to stop stop Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib, who threw for a Syracuse school-record five passing touchdowns. The Black Bears were simply outmatched by Syracuse in the second half.
September 18, UMass 37, Michigan 42
UMass came into this game with impressive wins over William & Mary and a strong Holy Cross team. Equally as impressive were Michigan's wins and their potential Heisman quarterback, Denard Robinson. In the week prior to this game, Robinson lit up the Notre Dame defense for 227 yards through the air and 258 yards on the ground with four total touchdowns. If UMass was to win this game, they would have to shut down Robinson. UMass was ahead 17-7 with about 1:17 remaining in the first half, this was when the wheels came off for UMass. Michigan scored a quick touchdown and slim the UMass lead to 17-14. On the in-suing drive, UMass running back John Griffin fumbled on the Michigan 45-yard line and Michigan was able to recover it and quickly score yet another touchdown to take the lead 21-14. The second half started in the same way the first half ended, with another Michigan touchdown. Michigan was up 35-17 going into the fourth quarter. UMass outscored Michigan 20-7 in the final quarter. UMass scored its final touchdown with 2:05 left in the fourthquarter to slim the Michigan lead to 42-37. UMass attempted an onside kick, but failed to recover it which sealed the victory for the Wolverines.
The UMass offense was efficient and able to put up 222 yards passing and 217 yards rushing for a total of 439 yards of totals offense. UMass's star running backs, Jonathan Hernandez and John Griffin put up 116 yards and 96 yards respectively. UMass quarterback Kyle Havens played very well. He was 22/29 with 222 yards passing, two touchdowns and one interception. The UMass held Robinson to 104 rushing yards, his lowest of any game thus far. the UMass defense also picked off Robinson in the first quarter, his first and only interception thus far this season. UMass was not able to completely shut down Denard Robinson and that, along with turnovers, cost the Minutemen a victory. All in all this game had its ups and downs. UMass definitely had the potential to be yet another FCS spoiler in Ann Arbor, but they just could not pull it off.
October 30, William & Mary at UNC
This is the CAA's final game against an FBS opponent.
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