2018 RICHMOND FOOTBALL 2018 SCHEDULE RICHMOND FOOTBALL Date Opponent Time/Result Sept. 1 at Virginia L, 13-42 Date . October 13, 2018 Sept. 8 FORDHAM W, 52-7 Kickoff. .7 p.m. EST Sept. 13 at Saint Francis W, 35-27 Location ........................ Albany, N.Y. Sept. 22 at #19 Stony Brook * L, 10-36 Venue ........... Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Sept. 29 #2 JAMES MADISON * L, 10-63 Richmond Capacity .............................. 8,500 Albany (2-4, 0-3 CAA) Surface ............................FieldTurf (2-3, 0-2 CAA) Oct. 6 DELAWARE * L, 28-43 Television Radio Social Media Oct. 13 at Albany * 7 p.m. www.ualbanysports.com IMG Spider Sports Network Twitter @SpiderFootball Oct. 20 at Elon * 1:30 p.m. 99.5 FM/950 AM/TuneIn Instagram @SpiderFootball www.richmondspiders.com www.richmondspiders.com Nov. 3 VILLANOVA * 3 p.m. What’s On Tap . Nov. 10 MAINE * 3 p.m. Richmond hits the road for the first of two-straight games away from home as the Spiders Nov. 17 at William & Mary * 2 p.m. will not play at Robins Stadium again until November ... Richmond travels to the Empire State for the second time this season, making the trip to the capital city to face off against * Colonial Athletic Association Game Albany ... Game time is set for 7 p.m. and will be the Spiders’ final night game of the year ... Richmond is 2-2 in night games this season with wins over Fordham and Saint Francis while RICHMOND COACHING STAFF falling to Virginia and Stony Brook. On the Field Russ Huesman ..................................Head Coach Series History . Adam Braithwaite .......Defensive Coordinator Saturday’s game marks the sixth meeting all-time between Richmond and Albany, including the fifth meeting as Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) members as the Great Danes joined Carey Bailey ..................................Defensive Line league in 2013 ... The Spiders are 5-0 all-time against Albany but the last three meetings have Adam Ross ..............Offensive Line/Run Game been decided by only 16 points, with the last two seasons seeing the teams play multiple Marc Bacote .................................Wide Receivers overtime games. Rod West ...........................Dimes/Special Teams Aaron Corp ......................................Quarterbacks Last season, the Spiders and Great Danes played a double overtime contest at Robins Sta- dium with Richmond posting a 41-38 victory ... Kicker Griffin Trau hit the game-winning In the Pressbox field goal in the second overtime from 34-yards out for the victory ... The Spiders’ victory Jeff Durden ....................Offensive Coordinator was set up by the special teams as Daniel Jones blocked a 40-yard field goal attempt on Sparky Woods ...................... RBs/Special Teams Albany’s possession of the second overtime ... Linebacker Justin Rubin led the defense with Dave Legg ....................Recruiting Coordinator 12 tackles while defensive lineman Colby Ritten had nine tackles, including two sacks ... Justin Wood .......................................Linebackers Defensive lineman Andrew Clyde also added a pair of sacks as the Spiders recorded seven John Srofe ...............Defensive Quality Control total sacks in the victory ... Former Spider quarterback Kyle Lauletta threw for 353 yards and three touchdowns ... Wide receivers Tyler Wilkins and Cortrelle Simpson each added 97 MEDIA COVERAGE yards and 78 yards, respectively, in the win. Radio (Spider IMG College Sports Network) Two years ago, Richmond traveled to Albany and came away with a 36-30 victory in triple Flagship ..........................ESPN 950 AM/99.5 FM overtime when the Great Danes were ranked No. 16 in the country ... The Spiders’ defense Internet .........................RichmondSpiders.com came up with a stop on downs in the third overtime to give Richmond the win ... Running ......................................................................... TuneIn back Deontez Thompson ran for 112 yards on 20 carries, while scoring a career-high three Play-by-Play ...........................................Bob Black touchdowns in the win. Play-by-Play ........................................Robert Fish Analyst ......................................... Chris Anderson Andrew Clyde & The Great Danes Sideline.................................................Matt Smith Senior defensive lineman Andrew Clyde has recorded at least one sack against the Studio Host .....................................Matt Josephs Great Danes in each of the three career games he has played Albany ... Clyde has re- corded four of his 18 career sacks against the Great Danes ... Last year, he notched two ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS sacks of the Albany quarterback as the Spiders posted a season-high seven sacks in the Football Contact ...................Matt McCollester double overtime victory ... He posted one sack in the Spiders’ wins in 2016 and 2015. Office ............................................... 804-287-6313 Cell ................................................... 336-676-3407 Not Your Average Joe . [email protected] Redshirt sophomore quarterback Joe Mancuso made his first career start last weekend when starting quarterback Kevin Johnson was ruled out due to a concussion ... Mancuso Secondary Contact ........................ Dan Wacker made the most of his first career collegiate start, setting a Richmond record for total offense Office ............................................... 804-287-8365 with 560 yards. Cell ................................................... 608-487-3858 Email........................... [email protected] Mancuso threw for 489 yards passing on 27-for-37 with three touchdowns and five inter- Web ................................RichmondSpiders.com ceptions ... He also ran for 71 yards on 15 carries with a touchdown ... His 560 yards of total offense broke the school record set by Michael Strauss on Nov. 16, 2013 against Delaware. 2008 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 12 CONFERENCE TITLES | 11 NCAA PLAYOFFS | 90 ALL-AMERICANS 2018 RICHMOND FOOTBALL WEEKLY PRACTICE & MEDIA SCHEDULE SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Access Closed Access Closed – Richmond Notes 12:30 p.m. Access Limited Access Closed Gameday Players off Released Weekly Press Practice 4 p.m. Conference Russ Huesman On Access Open Weekly Coaches’ CAA Conference Call Practice 4 p.m. Robins Center Media Radio Show (12-1 11:40 a.m. Room p.m. ET) live on ESPN Radio 99.5 FM and Access Open 950 AM Practice 4 p.m. in the nation and tops in the CAA in kickoff Richmond has gone 21-8 at home, winning Mancuso’s 489 yards passing are the third return average at 28.81 yards per attempt ... at a 72.4 percent clip... The Spiders have won most in the FCS this season, trailing only The Spiders have returned 16 kicks for 461 at least five home games in five of the eight Devlin Hodges of Samford (562) and Reece yards this season ... Senior wide receiver De- years calling Robins Stadium home. Udinski of VMI (491) ... His game ranks fourth jon Brissett posted 206 return yards in the all-time in Richmond passing history in a sin- first three games of the year while freshman Making Splashes . gle game and is the most since former Spider running back Aaron Dykes has recorded 200 The Spiders have had a propensity for the Kyle Lauletta passed for 546 yards last year return yards over the last three games. splash play under head coach Russ Hues- against Sam Houston State ... He also be- man and this year is no different ... Through comes just the third quarterback in all of FCS Finding The End Zone . the first six games, Richmond has turned in or FBS in the last five seasons to have at least Junior wide receiver Cortrelle Simpson leads 15 plays covering over 40-yards on offense or 489 passing and 71 yards rushing in a season, the CAA and ranks 11th in the nation with special teams ... Against Virginia, quarterback matching Patrick Mahomes of Texas Tech five receiving touchdowns ... Simpson posted Kevin Johnson connected with Cortrelle (2016) and Quinton Flowers of UCF (2017). seven receiving touchdowns last year ... This Simpson for a 54-yard gain ... The Spiders season, he has scored a touchdown in four had three big plays against Fordham as De- Simpson Sets New Mark . out of the six games this year, including two jon Brissett had a 55-yard reception and a Redshirt junior wide receiver Cortrelle Simp- touchdowns last weekend against Delaware 75-yard reception from Johnson ... Running son caught a career-high 220 receiving yards, ... He also found the end zone against Ford- back Deontez Thompson added a 51-yard including two touchdowns in the loss to ham, Saint Francis and Stony Brook. run in the second half ... In the win over Saint Delaware Saturday ... Simpson’s 220 yards is Francis, Brissett had a 94-yard kickoff return third-most all-time for a single game behind Points On The Board . for a touchdown, a 54-yard kickoff return and former Spider Walker Gillette’s 242 and 264 Senior kicker Griffin Trau moved into a tie for Simpson hauled in a 40-yard pass ... Simpson receiving yards ... Gillette was in attendance third place all-time in Richmond Spider scor- and Johnson connected once again in the to celebrate the 50thanniversary of the 1968 ing history last time out against Delaware ... Stony Brook game for a 54-yard completion in Tangerine Bowl victory ... Senior wide receiv- Trau has now scored 228 points in his career, the first quarter ... The Spiders had four play- er Tyler Wilkins added eight catches for 175 matching the mark of Kendall Gaskins