2020-21 Richmond Football
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
2020-21 RICHMOND FOOTBALL 2020-21 SCHEDULE RICHMOND FOOTBALL Date Opponent Time/Result March 6 WILLIAM & MARY * W, 21-14 Date . April 10, 2021 March 13 at Elon * W, 38-14 Kickoff. 1 p.m. ET March 20 at #1 James Madison * PPD Location ...................Williamsburg, Va. March 27 ELON * W, 31-17 Venue ........................Zable Stadium April 3 #1 JAMES MADISON * PPD #12 Richmond Capacity .............................11,646 William & Mary April 10 at William & Mary * 1 p.m. (3-0, 3-0 CAA) Surface ............................FieldTurf (1-2, 1-2 CAA) Television Radio Social Media * Colonial Athletic Association Game FloFootball Spider Sports Network Twitter @Spiders_FB 99.5 FM/950 AM/TuneIn Instagram @SpiderFootball RICHMOND COACHING STAFF www.richmondspiders.com www.richmondspiders.com On The Field Russ Huesman ..................................Head Coach What’s On Tap . Justin Wood ..................Defensive Coordinator The Spiders return from a one-week COVID-19 hiatus Saturday when they travel to Williamsburg for The South’s Oldest Rivalry - The Capital Cup - against William & Mary .... Saturday’s game is set for a 1 Adam Ross ..............Offensive Line/Run Game p.m. kickoff at Zable Stadium .... The game will be streamed on FloFootball and will be broadcast in Wesley Satterfield .....................Wide Receivers Williamsburg on CoxYurView. Drew Anthony ..........................................Safeties Jason Nichols ..............................Running Backs Capital Cup History . Ross Douglas ...................................Cornerbacks Saturday’s game marks the 132nd meeting all-time in Capital Cup history between Richmond and John Srofe ................... Recruiting Coordinator William & Mary ... The two programs first faced off against each other Nov. 19, 1898 and have met Alex Day ...............Football Video Coordinator at least once every year since then except for three years -- 1900, 1902 and 1943 ... This year marks Preston Bailey .......Defensive Quality Control the 77th-straight year that the Spiders and Tribe have met on the football field (1944-2019) ... The teams have been remarkably even over the long haul with the series deadlocked at 63-63-5 after the Scott Brinks ...............Strength & Conditioning Spiders’ 21-14 victory in the season opener this spring ... The Spiders have won eight out of the last 10 meetings with William & Mary dating back to 2012 ... Richmond is 21-21-1 all-time in the series in In The Press Box games played in Williamsburg, including a 10-6 victory last time there in 2018. Jeff Durden ....................Offensive Coordinator Trevor Mendelson .............................Tight Ends This spring’s unique schedule will have The Capital Cup played twice in the same season for just the Jeff Hanson .................................Defensive Ends ninth time in series history ... The two teams met twice in 2015, albeit once in the regular season and Sam Daniels ...........................Defensive Tackles once in the NCAA FCS Playoffs with the Spiders winning both contests ... The teams met three times in 1919 and twice in 1917, 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, 1906 and 1905 ... The Spiders are a combined 16- Keenan Chesnick ..Offensive Quality Control 2-2 in years where The Capital Cup has been played multiple times. MEDIA COVERAGE First Capital Cup Meeting . Television (FloFootball) The Spiders opened this spring season with a 21-14 victory over William & Mary to claim The Capital Play-By-Play .......................................... Jay Colley Cup back for Richmond ... That game came down to the fourth quarter and the Spiders held posses- Analyst ..................................................Mike Leach sion of the ball for 10:09 over the last 12 minutes of the game, putting together a go-ahead drive, forcing a three-and-out and clinching the victory with a final drive that ran out the clock on the Tribe Radio (Spider Sports Network) ... With the Spiders trailing 14-13 with under 12 minutes remaining, redshirt senior quarterback Joe Mancuso led Richmond down the field on a 14-play, 77-yard drive retaking the lead. Flagship ..........................ESPN 950 AM/99.5 FM Internet .........................RichmondSpiders.com The Spiders finished the game out-rushing William & Mary by a 169-72 margin as three different ......................................................................... TuneIn players went over the 50-yard mark ... Mancuso led the way on the ground with 63 yards on 11 car- Play-By-Play ...........................................Bob Black ries while Savon Smith added 56 yards ... Aaron Dykes finished with 94 total yards of offense (57 Analyst ..................................................Matt Smith rushing, 37 receiving) to go along with a pair of scores ... Mancuso ended the day 15-of-27 through the air for 141 yards and two scores, without committing a turnover ... Defensively, the Spiders did ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS not allow a point in the first half and limited the Tribe to just 276 yards of total offense ... Sophomore Football Contact ...................Matt McCollester linebacker Tristan Wheeler led the defense with seven tackles while Tyler Dressler added six tack- les, including two for loss. Office ............................................... 804-287-6313 Cell ................................................... 336-676-3407 Huesman’s Success In The Capital Cup . [email protected] Head coach Russ Huesman has been a part of The Capital Cup 22 times in his career prior to Satur- Secondary Contact ........................ Dan Wacker day’s meeting ... Huesman, who is in his fourth year as Spider head coach, has spent time on both Office ............................................... 804-287-8365 the Richmond and William & Mary sidelines as an assistant coach in his career ... He is 19-3 all-time in Cell ................................................... 608-487-3858 the Capital Cup as a coach, with 13 games at William & Mary and eight games at Richmond ... He is Email........................... [email protected] now 3-1 all-time in the series as a head coach, winning the first two years back at Richmond before Web ................................RichmondSpiders.com last season’s loss and this year’s victory. Spiders Nationally Ranked . Richmond enters Saturday’s game ranked No. 12 in the country in both the STATS FCS and AFCA Coaches’ Poll this week ... The Spiders rose nine spots from No. 21 in the STATS poll and eight spots in the AFCA poll since their 31-17 victory over Elon ... The win over Elon improved the Spiders to 106- 2008 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 12 CONFERENCE TITLES | 11 NCAA PLAYOFFS | 91 ALL-AMERICANS 2020-21 RICHMOND FOOTBALL WEEKLY PRACTICE & MEDIA SCHEDULE SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Access Limited OFF DAY Access Open Noon p.m. Access Limited Access Closed Game Day 7:45 a.m. Practice Practice 9:30 a.m. Weekly Press Practice 9:30 a.m. Conference Russ Huesman On Richmond Notes Spider Talk Radio CAA Conference Call Released Virtual Zoom Show 11:40 a.m. Noon-1 p.m. ESPN Richmond Access Limited (March 11 start) Practice 9:30 a.m. 54-1 all-time as a nationally ranked team since 1995 ... The Spiders’ No. 12 ranking is their highest ranking in a season since checking in No. 10 in 2017 TALE OF THE TAPE ... Prior to that, they rose to No. 6 earlier in the season in 2017 for two weeks. Richmond W&M Reynolds Honored By CAA . Scoring Offense 30.0 (4th) 18.8 (9th) Senior defensive lineman Darius Reynolds was named the Colonial Athlet- Scoring Defense 15.0 (3rd) 23.0 (5th) ic Association Co-Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against Rushing Offense 179.3 (4th) 124.3 (8th) Elon ... Reynolds led the Spiders to a 3-0 start on the season with a 31-17 Rushing Defense 58.0 (3rd) 154.3 (7th) victory ... He posted a career-high 3.5 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks in the Pass Offense 205.7 (t-2nd) 169.0 (8th) victory as the Spiders limited the Phoenix to only 243 yards of total offense Pass Defense 188.3 (8th) 167.7 (5th) ... He becomes the first Spider since Maurice Jackson (vs. UAlbany, 2019) to Total Offense 385.0 (4th) 293.3 (7th) record at least three sacks in a game ... His three sacks are tied for the most Total Defense 246.3 (4th) 322.0 (6th) in a single game by anyone in the CAA this spring ... Reynolds finished the Kickoff Returns 8.2 (10th) 14.3 (8th) game with five total tackles helping the Spiders hold Elon to only 21 total Punt Return Avg 5.7 (5th) 0.9 (11th) yards rushing ... Through the first three games of the year, he has recorded Punting 37.5 (3rd) 33.3 (8th) 5.0 sacks and 12 tackles on the year in his first time back in the starting lineup Turnover Margin +1 (t-3rd) -1 (8th) since 2018 (injured in 2019). First Downs 61 (7th) 42 (10th) Third Down Conversions 45.5 (2nd) 35.1 (10th) Spreading The Wealth . Opponent 3rd Downs 27.8 (3rd) 46.5 (11th) The Spiders have spread the ball around on offense this year, both in the rushing attack and through the air ... Three Spiders have rushed for over 150 Sacks By 9 (3rd) 3 (10th) yards so far this season with redshirt sophomore Aaron Dykes leading the Sacks Against 4 (t-4th) 6 (t-6th) way with 193 yards on 37 carries ... Quarterback Joe Mancuso is second on Penalties (yds/gm) 42.7 (2nd) 60.0 (7th) the team with 171 yards on 32 carries while sophomore running back Savon Time Of Possession 34:26 (2nd) 27:57 (7th) Smith is third on the team with 168 yards on 36 carries. Red Zone Offense 90.9 (5th) 75.0 (8th) Red Zone Defense 66.7 (1st) 100.00 (t-10th) In the passing game, eight different Spiders have caught a catch with six different receivers having six or more receptions this year ... Junior Leroy Henley leads the team with 13 receptions for 176 yards while freshman Jasiah Williams is second on the team with 11 receptions for 86 yards ... Tight end John Fitzgerald has caught 10 passes for 89 yards while Isaac Brown (8 receptions), Dykes (7) and Justin Jasper (6) round out the receivers averaging at least two catches per game.