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2019 RICHMOND FOOTBALL 2019 SCHEDULE RICHMOND FOOTBALL Date Opponent Time/Result Aug. 29 JACKSONVILLE W, 38-19 Date . September 14, 2019 Kickoff. .6 p.m. EST Sept. 7 at Boston College L, 13-45 Location ......................Richmond, Va. Sept. 14 #25 ELON * 6 p.m. Venue ...................... Robins Stadium Sept. 28 at Fordham 1 p.m. Richmond Capacity .............................. 8,217 #25 Elon Surface ............................AstroTurf Oct. 5 ALBANY * 2 p.m. (1-1, 0-0 CAA) (1-1, 0-0 CAA) Oct. 12 at Maine * Noon Television Radio Social Media Oct. 19 YALE 6 p.m. NBC Sports Washington + Spider Sports Network Twitter @SpiderFootball Oct. 26 at Delaware * 1 p.m. FloFootball.com 99.5 FM/950 AM/TuneIn Instagram @SpiderFootball www.richmondspiders.com www.richmondspiders.com Nov. 2 STONY BROOK * 3 p.m. Nov. 9 at Villanova * 1 p.m. What’s On Tap . Nov. 16 at James Madison * 3:30 p.m. Richmond opens Colonial Athletic Association play Saturday night as the Spiders return Nov. 23 WILLIAM & MARY * Noon home to Robins Stadium hosting No. 25 Elon at 6 p.m. ... The game marks the first meeting * Colonial Athletic Association Game this season for the Spiders against a nationally ranked opponent. RICHMOND COACHING STAFF Series History . On The Field Saturday’s game marks the 10th meeting all-time between Richmond and Elon, including Russ Huesman ..................................Head Coach the sixth time meeting as Colonial Athletic Jeff Durden ............Offensive Coordinator/QB Association foes ... The Spiders are 7-2 all- Elon (7-2) Adam Braithwaite .......Defensive Coordinator time against the Phoenix but have dropped Date Site Result Series 10/20/1928 Elon, N.C. W 34 0 1-0 Adam Ross ..............Offensive Line/Run Game the last two meetings after opening the se- 8/30/2008 Elon, N.C. W 28 10 2-0 Brandon Lacy ...............................Defensive Line ries on a seven-game winning streak ... Last 11/28/2009 Richmond, Va. (NCAA) W 16 13 3-0 Julius McNair ................................Running Backs 9/18/2010 Richmond, Va. (ot) W 27 21 4-0 year, the Spiders dropped a hard fought 38- 10/25/2014 Elon, N.C. W 30 10 5-0 Bobby Maffei ........Special Teams Coordinator 28 contest at Elon ... Richmond pulled within 10/10/2015 Richmond, Va W 27 14 6-0 Scott Brinks ...............Strength & Conditioning 10/22/2016 Elon, N.C. W 35 7 7-0 seven in the fourth quarter on two separate 09/22/2017 Richmond, Va. L 33 36 7-1 occasions and had the ball, but was unable 10/20/2018 Elon, N.C. L 28 38 7-2 In The Press Box Home: 3-1 • Away: 4-1 Wesley Satterfield ......................Wide Receivers to complete the rally ... Quarterback Joe Total Points: Richmond: 258 • Elon: 149 Johnson Richardson ..........................Tight Ends Mancuso finished the game going 12-of-28 Will Kitchen ..........................Offensive Assistant through the air for 215 yards and two touch- Rod West ...........................................Corner Backs downs ... He also ran for 46 yards on 11 carries as Richmond tallied 177 yards of rushing. Run- Justin Wood .......................................Linebackers ning back Aaron Dykes led the Spiders with 76 yards rushing on 12 carries, while scoring a John Srofe ....................Recruiting Coordinator pair of touchdowns. Cody Gray ................................Student Assistant Paul Padalino..........................Student Assistant Richmond is 3-1 all-time against Elon at home with wins in 2009, 2010 and 2015 ... The Spi- ders dropped the last meeting to the Phoenix in Richmond in 2017, falling 36-33 in the CAA MEDIA COVERAGE opener for the two teams ... Former Spider great Kyle Lauletta threw for 497 yards and three Television (NBC Sports Washington + touchdowns in the loss with Cortrelle Simpson going for 192 yards on 10 receptions. & FloFootball) Play-By-Play ...........................................Bob Black Analyst ......................................... Chris Anderson CAA Openers . Sideline.......................................Lane Casadonte The 2018 season marks the 13th season for Richmond in the Colonial Athletic Association ... The Spiders are 58-41 all-time in CAA play dating back to their inaugural season in 2007 ... Radio (Spider Sports Network) Richmond is 4-8 all-time in CAA openers but have gone just 1-8 since 2010 in those games ... Flagship ..........................ESPN 950 AM/99.5 FM This year marks the 10th time in program history the Spiders have opened CAA play at home Internet .........................RichmondSpiders.com ... Richmond is 3-6 when opening league play at home, dropping its CAA opener at home in ......................................................................... TuneIn 2017 (Elon), 2014 (UNH), 2013 (Maine), 2012 (ODU), 2011 (UNH) and 2010 (Delaware) while Play-By-Play ........................................Robert Fish winning openers at home in 2015 (Maine), 2008 (Towson) and 2007 (UNH). Analyst ..................................................Matt Smith Studio Host .....................................Matt Josephs Running Spiders . Richmond has shown a strong ground attack through the first two games this year, leading ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS the Colonial Athletic Association with 535 yards rushing ... The Spiders rank 10th in the na- Football Contact ...................Matt McCollester tion in rushing yards through two weeks, averaging 267.5 yards per game on the ground ... Office ............................................... 804-287-6313 Cell ................................................... 336-676-3407 Richmond is averaging 6.6 yards per carry this season, ranking second in the CAA and ninth [email protected] in the nation ... The Spiders’ 535 yards rushing is already 44.5 percent of last season’s total of Secondary Contact ........................ Dan Wacker just 1,201 yards rushing in 2018 ... In fact, Richmond didn’t reach 535 yards rushing until the Office ............................................... 804-287-8365 sixth game of the year last season against Delaware -- amassing just 492 yards in the first Cell ................................................... 608-487-3858 five games ... The Spiders had six games as a team where they didn’t reach 100 yards rushing Email........................... [email protected] total. Web ................................RichmondSpiders.com 2008 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 12 CONFERENCE TITLES | 11 NCAA PLAYOFFS | 91 ALL-AMERICANS 2019 RICHMOND FOOTBALL WEEKLY PRACTICE & MEDIA SCHEDULE - SEPTEMBER 8-14 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Access Limited Access Open Access Open 12:30 p.m. Access Limited Access Closed Game Day 7:45 a.m. Practice Practice 7:45 a.m. Practice 7:45 a.m. Weekly Press Practice 7:45 a.m. Travel Day Conference Russ Huesman On Richmond Notes Spider Talk Radio CAA Conference Call Released Robins Center Media Show 11:40 a.m. Room Noon-1 p.m. Buz & Ned’s Access Limited Practice 7:45 a.m. In its season opener, Richmond ran its way to 320 yards on the ground TALE OF THE TAPE ... The Spiders’ 320 yards rushing are the most for the team since rush- Richmond Elon ing for 405 yards against Bucknell September 22, 2007 ... In fact, the Scoring Offense 25.5 (t-7th CAA) 25.5 (t-7th) 320 yards marks just the fifth time Richmond has eclipsed 300 yards Scoring Defense 32.0 (9th) 26.0 (8th) rushing in a game since 2007 (302 vs. William & Mary 2015, 305 vs. JMU Rushing Offense 267.5 (1st) 137.0 (9th) 2015, 302 vs. Hofstra 2008, 300 vs. Georgetown 2008) ... The Spiders Rushing Defense 243.5 (11th) 144.5 (5th) had six players rush for 25 yards or more in the victory with redshirt Pass Offense 152.5 (10th) 214.0 (5th) junior quarterback Joe Mancuso leading the way with 77 yards on 11 Pass Defense 156.0 (4th) 131.0 (3rd) carries ... Redshirt freshman Aaron Dykes added 68 yards on six carries Total Offense 420.0 (6th) 351.0 (10th) while redshirt junior Xavier Goodall posted 63 yards on nine carries Total Defense 399.5 (7th) 275.5 (2nd) ... Last week, Richmond posted 215 yards rushing at Boston College, Kickoff Returns 22.0 (4th) 0.0 (12th) averaging 4.9 yards per carry ... Mancuso led the way with 70 yards on Punt Return Avg 15.0 (1st) 0.0 (t-11th) 10 carries while freshman running back Savon Smith added 66 yards Punting 27.1 (11th) 25.3 (12th) on 10 carries in his first career substantial action. Turnover Margin -1.50 (t-9th) 0.00 (t-6th) First Downs 43 (4th) 41 (t-6th) Dual Threat Quarterback . Third Down Conversions 33.3% (8th) 40% (4th) Redshirt junior quarterback Joe Mancuso won the starting job during Sacks By 1.0 (t-9th) 3.0 (t-4th) preseason camp and acquitted himself well in the first two games ... Sacks Against 0.0 (t-1st) 5.0 (10th) Mancuso leads the team on the ground with 147 yards rushing on Penalties (yds/gm) 32.5 (2nd) 59.0 (9th) 21 carries while also passing for 255 yards this season on 25-of-36 at- Time Of Possession 32:36 (2nd) 28:02 (9th) tempts ... In the season-opening win over Jacksonville, Mancuso ac- Red Zone Offense 83.3% (6th) 100% (t-1st) counted for 208 yards of total offense ... He connected on 14-of-19 Red Zone Defense 85.7% (t-9th) 100% (t-11th) through the air for 131 yards while rushing for a career-high 77 yards and two touchdowns ... His two touchdowns were also a career-high and became the field Spider quarterback with two rushing touchdowns in a game since former Spider and current Philadelphia Eagle Kyle Lauletta ran for two scores December 5, 2015 against William & Mary in the FCS Playoffs. Goodall Out For The Season . Redshirt junior running back Xavier Goodall suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the Spiders’ loss at Boston College last week late in the first half ... Goodall will undergo surgery on his knee for the third time in his playing career after suffering the injury on the same knee as two times before ... He missed all of last season after injuring his knee in preseason camp ... Goodall has 99 yards on 16 carries this season and has rushed for 945 yards in his career on 169 carries.