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2018 RICHMOND FOOTBALL 2018 SCHEDULE RICHMOND FOOTBALL Date Opponent Time/Result Sept. 1 at Virginia L, 13-42 Date . October 6, 2018 Sept. 8 FORDHAM W, 52-7 Kickoff. .3 p.m. EST Sept. 13 at Saint Francis W, 35-27 Location ......................Richmond, Va. Sept. 22 at #19 Stony Brook * L, 10-36 Venue ...................... Robins Stadium Sept. 29 #2 JAMES MADISON * L, 10-63 Richmond Capacity .............................. 8,217 Delaware (2-3, 0-2 CAA) Surface .............Prescription Athletic Turf (2-2, 0-1 CAA) Oct. 6 DELAWARE * 3 p.m. Television Radio Social Media Oct. 13 at Albany * 7 p.m. NBC Sports Washington 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. The Spiders continue their tough start to Colonial Athletic Association play Saturday Nov. 17 at William & Mary * 2 p.m. when they welcome in Delaware for their second-straight home game ... Both the Spi- ders and the Blue Hens enter the game looking for their first CAA win of the season as * Colonial Athletic Association Game Richmond has dropped games to No. 19 Stony Brook and No. 2 James Madison while Delaware fell to Rhode Island. RICHMOND COACHING STAFF On the Field Series History . Russ Huesman ..................................Head Coach Saturday’s game marks the 33rd meeting all-time between Richmond and Delaware ... Adam Braithwaite .......Defensive Coordinator The Blue Hens lead the all-time series by a 21-11 margin but the Spiders have won six out Carey Bailey ..................................Defensive Line of the last nine meetings, dating back to 2007 ... Richmond is 7-8 all-time against the Blue Adam Ross ..............Offensive Line/Run Game Hens at home, including a 31-17 victory last time Delaware traveled to Robins Stadium in Marc Bacote .................................Wide Receivers 2016 ... Last season, the Spiders dropped a heartbreaker at Delaware in double overtime Rod West ...........................Dimes/Special Teams by a 42-35 margin ... Former Spider quarterback Kyle Lauletta accounted for five touch- Aaron Corp ......................................Quarterbacks downs in the loss (4 passing, 1 rushing) but his throw to Dejon Brissett in the second overtime didn’t connect sending Delaware to victory. In the Pressbox Jeff Durden ....................Offensive Coordinator Spiders Versus Former Coaches . Sparky Woods ...................... RBs/Special Teams Saturday’s game marks the 10th time Richmond has faced a former head coach as the Dave Legg ....................Recruiting Coordinator leader of an opposing team ... The Spiders are 4-5 all-time when facing a previous head coach ... Delaware head coach Danny Rocco led the Spiders from 2012-16 and Richmond Justin Wood .......................................Linebackers suffered a double overtime loss last season to the Blue Hens ... The Spiders are 1-3 all- John Srofe ...............Defensive Quality Control time against former head coach Mike London (2008-09), with losses in 2010, 2012 and 2014 against Virginia but posting a 68-21 win over Howard last season ... Richmond is 1-0 MEDIA COVERAGE against Jim Reid (1995-03), with a 58-7 win in 2006 against VMI ... The Spiders went 1-0 Radio (Spider IMG College Sports Network) against Latrell Scott (2010) with a 34-0 win over Norfolk State in 2016 ... Richmond also Flagship ..........................ESPN 950 AM/99.5 FM went 1-1 against former coach Frank Dobson (1913-17, 1919-33) with a loss to Maryland Internet .........................RichmondSpiders.com in 1936 and a win against the Terrapins in 1938. ......................................................................... TuneIn Play-by-Play ...........................................Bob Black Points On The Board . Play-by-Play ........................................Robert Fish Senior kicker Griffin Trau moved into fourth place all-time in Richmond Spider scoring Analyst ......................................... Chris Anderson history against Saint Francis, registering seven points versus the Red Flash ... Trau has now Sideline.................................................Matt Smith scored 224 points in his career, surpassing Josh Vaughan (210 points, 2005-08) against the Studio Host .....................................Matt Josephs Red Flash ... He is now only four points out of third place held by Kendall Gaskins (228) and 10 points out of second place held by Tim Hightower (234) ... The all-time scoring record ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS is held by Andrew Howard (2006-09) at 360 points ... Trau has hit 7-of-9 field goals this Football Contact ...................Matt McCollester season and his 1.4 field goals per game ranks 21st in the nation. Office ............................................... 804-287-6313 Cell ................................................... 336-676-3407 50-Year Anniversary . [email protected] The 2018 season also marks the 50th-anniverary of Richmond’s win in the Tangerine Bowl Secondary Contact ........................ Dan Wacker in the 1968 season ... The Spiders posted an 8-3 overall record that season and a perfect Office ............................................... 804-287-8365 6-0 mark in Southern Conference play as they won the league championship ... Richmond Cell ................................................... 608-487-3858 advanced to the Tangerine Bowl and posted a 49-42 victory over Ohio in Orlando, Fla. ... Email........................... [email protected] The game marked one of two bowl game appearances in program history (1971 - Tan- Web ................................RichmondSpiders.com gerine Bowl) ... The Spiders will honor Tangerine Bowl Championship team at halftime of today’s game. 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. Dejon Brissett had a 55-yard reception and Ritten and linebacker Dale Matthews Jr. Strength In The CAA . a 75-yard reception from Johnson ... Run- each added 4.0 sacks apiece while Jackson The Spiders enter the third week Colonial ning back Deontez Thompson added a 51- chipped in 2.5 sacks ... Justin Rubin, Samari Athletic Association play this weekend and yard run in the second half ... In the win over Springs and Gershom Ejoni combined for will be tested each of the eight weeks of Saint Francis, Brissett had a 94-yard kickoff 3.5 sacks last year. league play ... This week, the CAA tied a re- return for a touchdown, a 54-yard kickoff re- cord with seven teams ranked in the STATS, turn and Simpson hauled in a 40-yard pass Spiders Versus Top 25 Teams . Inc. Top 25 poll and three teams receiving ... Simpson and Johnson connected once The Spiders have played 119 games all-time votes, accounting for eight of the 12 teams again in the Stony Brook game for a 54-yard in program history against teams ranked in in the CAA ... Delaware is receiving votes in completion in the first quarter ... The Spiders the top-25 ... The Spiders are 55-64 all-time the poll ... The Spiders’ schedule includes had four players over 40 yards against No. against ranked opponents in program his- five of the seven teams currently ranked in 2 James Madison ... Freshman running back tory but recently has had success against the top 25 in the CAA, in No. 13 Stony Brook, Aaron Dykes broke off a 60-yard kickoff the top teams ... Since 2012, Richmond is James Madison (#2), Elon (#10), Villanova return against the Dukes ... Richmond had 10-5 against ranked opponents at Robins (#19) and Maine (#26). three passing plays from Johnson 40 yards Stadium ... The Spiders are 27-33 all-time or more ... Jarmal Bevels grabbed a 50-yard against ranked opponents at home. Brissett Out For The Season . pass while Wilkins and Stephon Jacob each Richmond head coach Russ Huesman an- grabbed passes of 42 and 40-yards, respec- Simpson Getting Free . nounced this week that senior wide receiver tively. Junior wide receiver Cortrelle Simpson Dejon Brissett will miss the remainder of has come on of late for the Spiders, with the season due to a foot injury ... Brissett in- Dykes’ Debut . 250 yards receiving in the first four games ... jured his foot and ankle in the Saint Francis Freshman running back Aaron Dykes got Simpson ranks 20th in the nation with three game despite earning CAA Special Teams his first carries of the season last weekend receiving touchdowns while sitting 23rd in Player of the Week honors ... He was leading against No. 2 James Madison ... Dykes had the country at 20.8 yards per catch. the Spiders with 16 catches for 299 yards 13 carriers for 53 yards in his running debut while also ranking first in the FCS in kickoff while also adding a 60-yard kickoff return. Racking Up The Yards . return average at 51.5 yards per return. Junior quarterback Kevin Johnson has Pressuring The Quarterback . passed for 1,269 yards in the first five games, Home, Sweet Home . Last season, Richmond finished second in hitting 87-of-153 ... His 1,269 yards ranks This season marks the ninth year that Rob- the CAA with 35.0 sacks ... Through the first second in the CAA and is 11th in the nation ins Stadium is serving as home to Richmond five games this year the Spiders are third ... Johnson also ranks 12th in the country football ... The Spiders are 37-15 all-time at with 14.0 sacks ... Richmond ranks 24th in in yards per completion at 14.64 yards per home at the Robins Stadium, good for a .711 the country with 2.8 sacks per game ... De- catch, third highest in the CAA.