2019 RICHMOND FOOTBALL 2019 SCHEDULE RICHMOND FOOTBALL Date Opponent Time/Result Aug. 29 JACKSONVILLE W, 38-19 Date . November 2, 2019 Kickoff. .3 p.m. EST Sept. 7 at Boston College L, 13-45 Location ......................Richmond, Va. Sept. 14 #25 ELON * L, 20-42 Venue ...................... Robins Stadium Sept. 28 at Fordham L, 16-23 Richmond Capacity .............................. 8,217 #20 Stony Brook Surface ........................... AstroTurf Oct. 5 ALBANY * W, 23-20 (4-4, 3-1 CAA) (5-3, 2-2 CAA) Oct. 12 at #18 Maine * W, 24-17 Television Radio Social Media Oct. 19 YALE L, 27-28 NBC Sports Washington Spider Sports Network Twitter @SpiderFootball Oct. 26 at #19 Delaware * W, 35-25 FloSports 99.5 FM/950 AM/TuneIn Instagram @SpiderFootball www.richmondspiders.com www.richmondspiders.com Nov. 2 #20 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 returns home to Robins Stadium Saturday for its annual Homecoming game, welcome in No. 20 Nov. 23 WILLIAM & MARY * Noon Stony Brook for a 3 p.m. kick-off in a pivotal Colonial Athletic Association contest. * Colonial Athletic Association Game Series History . Saturday’s game marks the sixth meeting all-time RICHMOND COACHING STAFF between Richmond and Stony Brook ... The Spiders Series vs. Stony Brook (2-3) are 2-3 all-time against the Seawolves ... Richmond Date Site Result Series On The Field 10/13/2007 Richmond, Va. W 42 0 1-0 Russ Huesman ..................................Head Coach won the first two meetings in series history with a 11/9/2013 Stony Brook, N.Y. W 39 31 2-0 42-0 win in 2007 and a 39-31 win in 2013 on the 09/17/2016 Stony Brook, N.Y. L 14 42 2-1 Jeff Durden ............Offensive Coordinator/QB 10/28/2017 Richmond, Va. L 24 27 2-2 road ... Stony Brook has won the past three games in 09/22/2018 Stony Brook, N.Y. L 10 36 2-3 Adam Braithwaite .......Defensive Coordinator the series, posting a 42-14 win in 2016, a 27-24 win Home: 1-1 • Away: 1-2 Adam Ross ..............Offensive Line/Run Game at Robins Stadium in 2017 and a 36-10 victory last Total Points: Richmond: 129 • Stony Brook 136 Brandon Lacy ...............................Defensive Line year over the Spiders ... Last season, the Seawolves Julius McNair ................................Running Backs rushed for 335 yards against the Spiders and scored Bobby Maffei ........Special Teams Coordinator a defensive touchdown in the win. Scott Brinks ...............Strength & Conditioning Dykes Sets Records and Earns Multiple Honors . In The Press Box Redshirt freshman Aaron Dykes had a day to remember last week in the Spiders’ 35-25 victory on the road Wesley Satterfield ......................Wide Receivers over No. 19 Delaware ... Dykes became the first player in Richmond’s 135-year history of football to return Johnson Richardson ..........................Tight Ends two kickoffs back for touchdowns in the same game ... His two kickoff returns for scores ties the NCAA FCS Will Kitchen ..........................Offensive Assistant record all-time for returns in a game ... Dykes got things going in the first quarter, recording his first career special teams’ touchdown by returning a kick 100-yards for a touchdown ... He broke a pair of tackles around Rod West ...........................................Corner Backs the 25-yard line before breaking free and becoming the fourth Spider in program history to post a return of Justin Wood .......................................Linebackers 100-yards in length ... Dykes followed that up with an 88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second John Srofe ....................Recruiting Coordinator quarter that gave the Spiders a 28-10 lead ... He finished with a program-record 226 kickoff return yards, Cody Gray ................................Student Assistant breaking the previous record of 222 yards held by Justin Rogers in 2007 against New Hampshire ... Dykes Paul Padalino..........................Student Assistant was named the STATS FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week and the CAA Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts. MEDIA COVERAGE Television (NBC Sports Washington Top 25 Wins . and FloSports) Saturday’s victory over No. 19 Delaware on the road marked the second win over a nationally ranked oppo- Play-By-Play ...........................................Bob Black nent this season ... Richmond also defeated No. 18 Maine on the road this year ... This marks the first time Analyst ......................................... Chris Anderson since 2017 that the Spiders have won multiple games against nationally ranked opponents ... Richmond Sideline....................................... Sean Robertson posted a 3-4 record against ranked foes that year in 2017, including two on the road at Colgate and Villano- va ... Since 1995, the Spiders are 57-67 all-time when facing a nationally ranked opponent, including a 2-1 record this year with the wins over Maine and Delaware along with a loss to No. 25 Elon ... Richmond’s game Radio (Spider Sports Network) Saturday comes against another ranked opponent as Stony Brook is 20th in the country ... Additionally, Villa- Flagship ..........................ESPN 950 AM/99.5 FM nova is currently ranked 11th in the nation and James Madison is second in the country. Internet .........................RichmondSpiders.com ......................................................................... TuneIn Fuller On The Move . Play-By-Play ........................................Robert Fish Graduate transfer wide receiver Keyston Fuller leads the team with 781 yards receiving this year on 38 Analyst ..................................................Matt Smith catches ... Fuller is averaging 20.6 yards per catch, ranking second in the Colonial Athletic Association behind only Earnest Edwards of Maine (23.9 yards) ... Fuller has posted 11 receptions this year over 25 yards and has ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS six receptions of 60 yards or more this season ... Nine of his 11 receptions over 25 yards have come from the Football Contact ...................Matt McCollester connection with redshirt junior quarterback Joe Mancuso ... Additionally, five of his six touchdowns have Office ............................................... 804-287-6313 come on passes of 35 yards or longer. Cell ................................................... 336-676-3407 Three-Straight In CAA . [email protected] The Spiders enter Saturday’s game having won three-straight Colonial Athletic Association contest and sit Secondary Contact ........................ Dan Wacker in second place in the league with a 3-1 mark ... Richmond has picked up wins over UAlbany, at Maine and Office ............................................... 804-287-8365 at Delaware during the run ... This marks the first time the Spiders have won three-straight CAA games in a Cell ................................................... 608-487-3858 season since 2016 when they won four in a row with wins over Towson, Albany, Villanova and Elon. Email........................... [email protected] Web ................................RichmondSpiders.com Homecoming Games . Saturday’s game is the 89th Homecoming contest since 1929 ... The Spiders are 46-36-6 all-time in Home- 2008 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 12 CONFERENCE TITLES | 11 NCAA PLAYOFFS | 91 ALL-AMERICANS 2019 RICHMOND FOOTBALL WEEKLY PRACTICE & MEDIA SCHEDULE 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. 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. coming games having won the game in five out of the last seven meetings ... Last year, Richmond dropped the Homecoming game by a 28-9 margin to Villanova ... TALE OF THE TAPE The Spiders last won their Homecoming game in 2016 with a 22-0 victory over No. 11 Villanova. Richmond Stony Brook Scoring Offense 24.5 (t-8th CAA) 29.0 (5th) Mancuso Maneuvers Offense . Scoring Defense 27.4 (t-7th) 27.4 (t-7th) Redshirt junior quarterback Joe Mancuso has made three-straight starts for the Rushing Offense 147.8 (6th) 225.6 (2nd) Spiders and has accounted for nine touchdowns and just two turnovers ... Over the Rushing Defense 162.0 (6th) 132.6 (3rd) past three games, Mancuso has thrown for 733 yards and five passing touchdowns while rushing for 240 yards and scoring four touchdowns on the ground ... Last Pass Offense 225.2 (7th) 236.0 (6th) time out, He threw for 280 yards on 21-of-29 passing while rushing for 95 yards on Pass Defense 197.4 (3rd) 248.2 (10th) 15 carries against Delaware ... He recorded his first 100-yard rushing performance Total Offense 373.0 (8th) 461.6 (2nd) of his career and the first for a Spider runner this season, rushing for 117 yards Total Defense 359.4 (3rd) 380.9 (8th) on 13 carries against Yale ... Mancuso leads the Spiders on the season rushing for Kickoff Returns 27.5 (1st) 18.2 (12th) 411 yards on 70 carries ... He has passed for 1,222 yards on 86-of-136 passing this Punt Return Avg 7.0 (7th) 9.9 (4th) season with eight touchdowns and five interceptions ... His 63.2 completion per- Punting 33.8 (9th) 36.8 (3rd) centage ranks second in the Colonial Athletic Association and 28th in the country this year. Turnover Margin -4 (11th) +5 (4th) First Downs 147 (t-8th) 168 (2nd) Running Quarterbacks . Third Down Conversions 37.2 (10th) 42.0 (5th) Redshirt junior quarterback Joe Mancuso has been the top rushing quarterback in Sacks By 23 (2nd) 19 (4th) the Colonial Athletic Association this season ... Mancuso leads the Spiders on the Sacks Against 14 (4th) 10 (2nd) ground with 411 yards rushing on 70 carries, averaging 5.9 yards per rush ... He has Penalties (yds/gm) 52.2 (9th) 67.5 (11th) done most of his damage despite not playing at quarterback for two of the Spiders’ eight games this year (Fordham and UAlbany) ..