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2018 RICHMOND FOOTBALL 2018 SCHEDULE RICHMOND FOOTBALL Date Opponent Time/Result Sept. 1 at Virginia L, 13-42 Date . .November 17, 2018 Sept. 8 FORDHAM W, 52-7 Kickoff. .2 p.m. EST Sept. 13 at Saint Francis W, 35-27 Location ...................Williamsburg, Va. Sept. 22 at #19 Stony Brook * L, 10-36 Venue ........................Zable Stadium Sept. 29 #2 JAMES MADISON * L, 10-63 Richmond Capacity .............................12,400 William & Mary (3-7, 1-6 CAA) Surface .............FieldTurf Revolution 360 (4-5, 3-3 CAA) Oct. 6 DELAWARE * L, 28-43 Television Radio Social Media Oct. 13 at Albany * W, 27-24 Cox Yurview IMG Spider Sports Network Twitter @SpiderFootball Oct. 20 at #11 Elon * L, 28-38 CAA TV 99.5 FM/950 AM/TuneIn Instagram @SpiderFootball www.richmondspiders.com www.richmondspiders.com Nov. 3 VILLANOVA * L, 21-45 What’s On Tap . Nov. 10 #16 MAINE * L, 9-28 Richmond closes out the regular season Saturday afternoon in Williamsburg as it takes on rival Wil- Nov. 17 at William & Mary * 2 p.m. liam & Mary in the Capital Cup, “The South’s Oldest Rivalry” ... The Spiders enter the game with a 3-7 overall record and a 1-6 mark in the Colonial Athletic Association while the Tribe owns a 4-5 mark * Colonial Athletic Association Game with a 3-3 league record. Series History . RICHMOND COACHING STAFF Saturday’s game marks the 129th meeting all-time in Capital Cup history between Richmond and On the Field William & Mary ... The two programs first faced off against each other Nov. 19, 1898 and have met at Russ Huesman ..................................Head Coach least once every year since then except for three years -- 1900, 1902 and 1943 ... This year marks the 75th-straight year that the Spiders and Tribe have met on the football field (1944-2018). Adam Braithwaite .......Defensive Coordinator Carey Bailey ..................................Defensive Line The teams have been remarkably even over the long haul with the Spiders narrowly trailing the all- Adam Ross ..............Offensive Line/Run Game time series by a 61-62-5 mark and just as close on the road, trailing 20-21-1 in Williamsburg ... Rich- Marc Bacote .................................Wide Receivers mond has had success recently against the Tribe, winning six out the last seven meetings against Rod West ...........................Dimes/Special Teams it, including a 27-20 victory last year in Richmond ... The Spiders took home the Capital Cup with a Aaron Corp ......................................Quarterbacks Kyle Lauletta one-yard run with 3:59 left in the fourth quarter ... Running back Xavier Goodall had a career-day against the Tribe with 180 yards on 23 carries and two touchdowns ... Wide receiver Cortrelle Simpson hauled in three receptions for 121 yards and a touchdown ... Defensively, Justin In the Pressbox Rubin and Samari Springs had nine tackles apiece against the Tribe. Jeff Durden ....................Offensive Coordinator Sparky Woods ...................... RBs/Special Teams Laycock & Huesman . Dave Legg ....................Recruiting Coordinator William & Mary head coach Jimmye Laycock and Richmond head coach Russ Huesman have a long history together and recently against each other ... Laycock is in his 39th and final season in charge Justin Wood .......................................Linebackers of the Tribe this year while Huesman is in his second season as head man at Richmond ... Huesman John Srofe ...............Defensive Quality Control spent 13 seasons on Laycock’s staff in Williamsburg from 1984-1997 and also went head-to-head with Laycock for five years an as assistant with the Spiders from 2004-08. MEDIA COVERAGE Radio (Spider IMG College Sports Network) Laycock has been a part of 39 meetings all-time against Richmond, 38 in the regular season and one postseason contest in 2015 ... He is 22-17 all-time against the Spiders in his career, including a Flagship ..........................ESPN 950 AM/99.5 FM nine-game winning streak from 1989-1997 ... Huesman has been a part of 19 games in the Capital Internet .........................RichmondSpiders.com Cup as both a member of the Richmond and William & Mary staffs ... Huesman’s teams are 17-2 all- ......................................................................... TuneIn time in the Capital Cup over his career ... He helped William & Mary go 12-1 against Richmond from Play-by-Play ...........................................Bob Black 1985-1997, helped the Spiders go 4-1 against the Tribe from 2004-08 and won last year’s meeting Play-by-Play ........................................Robert Fish against William & Mary. Analyst ......................................... Chris Anderson 50-Straight Games . Sideline.................................................Matt Smith Senior defensive lineman Andrew Clyde has been a stalwart on the Spiders’ line throughout his Studio Host .....................................Matt Josephs career at Richmond ... The fifth-year senior redshirted in 2014 but once he stepped on the field as a redshirt freshman, he never left the field ... Clyde will appear and start in his 50th straight game ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Saturday at William & Mary as he has never come off the bench in his career ... He has the most con- secutive starts on the team and the most since Eric Ward started in 54-straight games from 2006-09 Football Contact ...................Matt McCollester ... Just as impressive, Clyde’s father -- Andrew Clyde Sr. -- has been at all 49 games leading up to Office ............................................... 804-287-6313 Saturday’s game at William & Mary, which he is expected to be at once again. Cell ................................................... 336-676-3407 [email protected] 2019 Schedule . Secondary Contact ........................ Dan Wacker The Colonial Athletic Association released the entire 2019 football schedule, including the full sched- Office ............................................... 804-287-8365 ule for Richmond ... The Spiders will play a 12-game regular season schedule for the first time since 2014 as the 2019 season will be played over a 13-week schedule due to the way the calendar falls. Cell ................................................... 608-487-3858 Email........................... [email protected] Date Opponent Location Web ................................RichmondSpiders.com Aug. 31 JACKSONVILLE Robins Stadium Sept. 7 at BC Chestnut Hill, Mass. 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. Sept. 14 ELON * Robins Stadium Cortrelle Simpson has 72 return yards. giate career so far at 21-straight games ... Senior Sept. 28 at Fordham Bronx, N.Y. offensive linemanJohn Yarbrough has made Oct. 5 ALBANY * Robins Stadium Depth In Middle . 28-straight starts to lead the offense ... Against Oct. 12 at Maine * Orono, Maine Richmond has gone against the norm for itself Saint Francis, senior linebacker Justin Rubin Oct. 19 YALE Robins Stadium over the past couple of games, playing three missed the game, ending his games started Oct. 26 at Delaware * Newark, Del. linebackers in different spots ... The move has streak at 15. Nov. 2 STONY BROOK * Robins Stadium been done to play to the Spiders’ strength at line- Nov. 9 at Villanova * Villanova, Pa. backer and the health of the group has improved Consistent Starters . Nov. 16 at JMU * Harrisonburg, Va. since earlier in the season ... Seniors Justin Rubin The 2018 season has been a tough one on the Nov. 23 WILLIAM & MARY * Robins Stadium and Dale Matthews Jr. have been anchors at the Spiders from an injury front ... Richmond only has linebacker position and the emergence of junior eight total players that have started all 10 games Points On The Board . Billy Caughell has opened the door for three in this season and just three on the offensive side Senior kicker Griffin Trau moved into second the middle ... The three have combined for 162 ... The only three Spiders that have made starts place all-time in Richmond Spider scoring his- total tackles this season. in every game this season have come on the of- tory against Albany when he converted two fensive line .... Left tackle Tim Coleman and left field goals and added three extra points .... Trau Against Elon, the three were strong combining guard Seyoum Settapani have started every moved past Tim Hightower (234) for second for 34 total tackles ... Rubin and Caughell each game at the same position while senior John place with 244 points in his career ... He trails only had a career-high 13 tackles while Matthews add- Yarbrough has started every game but at three all-time leading scorer Andrew Howard (2006- ed eight tackles ... Against Villanova, they com- different positions in center, right guard and 09), who holds the mark with 360 points ... Trau bined for 30 tackles with Matthews setting a new right tackle. is second to Howard in the record books in field career-high with 12 tackles ... Last time out, they goals with 46 (Howard 55) and extra points with accounted for 26 tackles with Matthews leading On defense, five different Spiders have started 106 (Howard 195). the way at 11 and Caughell second at nine. every game ... Three of the Spiders’ front four have started all 10 games in Andrew Clyde, Col- Additionally, Trau is 46-of-56 for his career, an Clyde Moves Up The Ranks . by Ritten and Darius Reynolds ... Safety Dan- 82.14 conversion rate ... The all-time NCAA FCS Senior defensive lineman Andrew Clyde ranks iel Jones and corner back Markus Vinson have record for career is 82.61 percent set by Adrian second on the team with 5.5 sacks this season each started the first 10 games. Mora of Georgia Southern (57-69) from 2008-11 ... Clyde has now tallied 22.5 sacks in his career, ..