2018 RICHMOND FOOTBALL 2018 SCHEDULE RICHMOND FOOTBALL Date Opponent Time/Result Sept. 1 at Virginia L, 13-42 Date . September 22, 2018 Sept. 8 FORDHAM W, 52-7 Kickoff. .6 p.m. EST Sept. 13 at Saint Francis W, 35-27 Location ...................Stony Brook, N.Y. Sept. 22 at Stony Brook * 6 p.m. Venue ......................LaValle Stadium Sept. 28 JAMES MADISON * 3 p.m. Richmond Capacity .............................12,300 #20 Stony Brook (2-1) Surface ............................Field Turf (2-1) Oct. 6 DELAWARE * 3 p.m. Television Radio Social Media Oct. 13 at Albany * 7 p.m. College Sports Live IMG Spider Sports Network Twitter @SpiderFootball Oct. 20 at Elon * 1:30 p.m. CBSi 99.5 FM/950 AM Instagram @SpiderFootball www.richmondspiders.com Nov. 3 VILLANOVA * 3 p.m. What’s On Tap . Nov. 10 MAINE * 3 p.m. The Spiders hit the road for the second-straight week as they open Colonial Athletic Associa- Nov. 17 at William & Mary * 2 p.m. tion play on Long Island with a meeting against No. 20 Stony Brook ... The game is slated for a 6 p.m. kickoff at LaValle Stadium and will be broadcast on CBSi. * Colonial Athletic Association Game Series History . RICHMOND COACHING STAFF Saturday’s game marks the fifth meeting all-time between Richmond and Stony Brook ... Each On the Field team has won two meetings in the all-time series but the Seawolves have won the last two Russ Huesman ..................................Head Coach meetings ... Richmond won the first meeting 42-0 at home in 2007 and posted a 39-31 victory at Stony Brook in 2013 ... The Seawolves recorded a 42-14 victory at home in 2016 while notch- Adam Braithwaite .......Defensive Coordinator ing a 27-24 win at Richmond last season. Carey Bailey ..................................Defensive Line Adam Ross ..............Offensive Line/Run Game Senior wide receiver Tyler Wilkins has posted two 100-yard games in his career against Stony Marc Bacote .................................Wide Receivers Brook ... Wilkins gathered nine receptions for 112 yards last season and had six receptions for Rod West ...........................Dimes/Special Teams 106 yards in 2016 ... Senior linebacker Justin Rubin led the defense last season with 10 tackles, Aaron Corp ......................................Quarterbacks including 2.0 tackles for loss ... Stony Brook quarterback Joe Carbone is 2-0 against the Spiders in his career, connecting on 30-of-44 passes for 316 yards and three touchdowns. In the Pressbox Jeff Durden ....................Offensive Coordinator CAA Openers . Sparky Woods ...................... RBs/Special Teams The 2018 season marks the 12th season for Richmond in the Colonial Athletic Association ... Dave Legg ....................Recruiting Coordinator The Spiders are 54-34 all-time in CAA play dating back to their inaugural season in 2007 ... Justin Wood .......................................Linebackers Richmond is 6-5 all-time in CAA openers but have gone just 2-5 since 2011 in those games ... This year marks just the fourth time in program history the Spiders have opened CAA play John Srofe ...............Defensive Quality Control on the road ... Richmond is 2-1 when opening league play on the road with wins at Delaware in 2009 and at Villanova in 2012 ... The Spiders’ lone loss on the road in a CAA opener came in MEDIA COVERAGE 2016 with a 42-14 loss at Stony Brook ... The game also marks the only other time the Spiders Radio (Spider IMG College Sports Network) and Seawolves have met in a conference opener. Flagship ..........................ESPN 950 AM/99.5 FM Internet .........................RichmondSpiders.com Brissett Named CAA Special Teams Player Of The Week . ......................................................................... TuneIn Senior wide receiver Dejon Brissett was named the Colonial Athletic Association Special Play-by-Play ...........................................Bob Black Teams Player of the Week Monday ... Brissett becomes the first Spider to earn CAA Special Play-by-Play ........................................Robert Fish Teams weekly honors since Griffin Trau garnered accolades in 2016 (Oct. 17). Analyst ......................................... Chris Anderson Sideline.................................................Matt Smith Brissett led the Spiders to their second victory of the season, with a come-from-behind win Studio Host .....................................Matt Josephs at Saint Francis ... He returned three kickoffs for 182 yards, averaging 60.7 yards per kick ... He got things going with a bang in Loretto, Pa., returning a kick 94-yards for a touchdown in the first half for his first career kickoff return for a touchdown ...The return marked the first kickoff ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS return for a touchdown by a Spider since Justin Grant returned one against VMI in 2012. Football Contact ...................Matt McCollester Office ............................................... 804-287-6313 Brissett leads the FCS this season in kick return average at 51.5 yards per attempt ... He also Cell ................................................... 336-676-3407 returned a kick 52 yards and 36 yards against the Red Flash ... He finished the game with 286 [email protected] all-purpose yards as he hauled in nine receptions for 104 yards. Secondary Contact ........................ Dan Wacker Office ............................................... 804-287-8365 Strength In The CAA . Cell ................................................... 608-487-3858 The Spiders open Colonial Athletic Association play this weekend and will be tested each of Email........................... [email protected] the eight weeks of league play ... This week, the CAA had six teams ranked in the STATS, Inc. Web ................................RichmondSpiders.com Top 25 poll and four teams receiving votes, accounting for 10 of the 12 teams in the CAA ... Richmond is one of the four teams receiving votes in the poll along with Towson, 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. and New Hampshire ... The Spiders’ schedule special teams ... Against Virginia, quarterback for loss. includes five of the six teams currently ranked Kevin Johnson connected with Cortrelle in the top 25 in the CAA, beginning with this Simpson for a 54-yard gain ... The Spiders had The Spiders return 23.0 sacks from last year’s Saturday against No. 20 Stony Brook ... Rich- three big plays against Fordham as Dejon team, including senior defensive lineman An- mond is also slated to face James Madison Brissett had a 55-yard reception and a 75- drew Clyde’s team-leading 9.0 sacks ... Ritten (#2), Elon (#12), Maine (#13) and Villanova yard reception from Johnson ... Running back and linebacker Dale Matthews Jr. each add- (#15) ... Saturday’s game is one of two road Deontez Thompson added a 51-yard run in ed 4.0 sacks apiece while Jackson chipped in league games the Spiders are schedule to play the second half ... In the win over Saint Fran- 2.5 sacks ... Justin Rubin, Samari Springs and against a team currently ranked in the top 25. cis, Brissett had a 94-yard kickoff return for a Gershom Ejoni combined for 3.5 sacks last touchdown, a 54-yard kickoff return and Simp- year. Last-Second Heroics . son hauled in a 40-yard pass. The Spiders posted a 35-27 victory over Saint Protecting The Ball . Francis but waited until the final seconds to Racking Up The Yards . Saturday’s game pits the top two teams in the secure the win ... Richmond scored two touch- Senior wide receiver Dejon Brissett ranks CAA in turnover margin against each other as downs in the final 1.7 seconds of the game to 16th in the nation in all-purpose yards, aver- Stony Brook leads the league at +6 turnover claim victory ... The Spiders trailed 27-23 with aging 170 per game through the first three margin and Richmond is second at +5 turn- 1:05 remaining on the clock before starting games ... Brissett leads the FCS in kickoff re- over margin ... The Spiders have only lost two their game-winning drive ... Junior quarter- turn yardage at 51.5 per game and ranks 16th turnovers this year with a pair of interceptions back Kevin Johnson was 4-of-6 on the final overall in the FCS with 304 yards receiving ... at Virginia while forcing seven turnovers on drive, connecting on his last three passes, for He has tallied back-to-back 100-yard receiv- defense (five interceptions and two fumbles) 57 yards ... He capped the drive by finding ing games against Fordham and Saint Francis, ... The two turnovers in three games ranks 12th Tyler Wilkins for a six-yard touchdown in the including a career-high 173 yards against the in the nation ... Stony Brook has turned the ball back corner to put the Spiders in front with 1.7 Rams ... He followed that up with a career-high over three times (two fumbles, one intercep- seconds remaining ... Defensive end Maurice 286 all-purpose yards against Saint Francis, in- tion) while forcing nine turnovers on defense Jackson scored another touchdown on the cluding is first career kickoff return for a touch- (four fumbles, five interceptions) ... The Sea- game’s final play when Saint Francis was using down at 94-yards. wolves have scored three defensive touch- multiple laterals in an attempt to score a wild downs, returning three picks for scores, while touchdown. Points On The Board . Richmond has two defensive touchdowns -- Senior kicker Griffin Trau moved into fourth an interception return by Dale Matthews Jr. Spiders Versus Top 25 Teams . place all-time in Richmond Spider scoring against Virginia and a fumble recovery return Saturday’s game marks the Spiders’ first game history last weekend, registering seven points by Maurice Jackson against Saint Francis.