American college football season
2018 Richmond Spiders football |
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Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
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Record | 4–7 (2–6 CAA) |
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Head coach | - Russ Huesman (2nd season)
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Offensive coordinator | Jeff Durden (2nd season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Adam Braithwaite (2nd season) |
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Home stadium | E. Claiborne Robins Stadium |
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The 2018 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at E. Claiborne Robins Stadium. The Spiders were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.
Preseason
CAA Poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Spiders were predicted to finish in seventh place.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | James Madison | 241 (21) |
2 | New Hampshire | 206 (2) |
3 | Delaware | 182 |
4 | Stony Brook | 169 |
5 | Elon | 168 (1) |
6 | Villanova | 164 |
7 | Richmond | 127 |
8 | Maine | 81 |
9 | Albany | 78 |
10 | Towson | 74 |
11 | William & Mary | 55 |
12 | Rhode Island | 39 |
Preseason All-CAA Team
The Spiders had four players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Offense Dejon Brissett – WR John Yarbrough – OL Defense Andrew Clyde – DL Special teams Griffin Trau – K |
Award watch lists
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Virginia* | | ESPN3 | L 13–42[3] | 40,524 |
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | Fordham* | | NBCS WA | W 52–7[4] | 8,057 |
September 13[a] | 5:00 p.m. | at Saint Francis (PA)* | | NECFR | W 35–27[5] | 1,234 |
September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Stony Brook | | CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive | L 10–36[6] | 6,272 |
September 29 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 2 James Madison | - Robins Stadium
- Richmond, VA (rivalry)
| NBCS WA+ | L 10–63[7] | 8,217 |
October 6 | 3:00 p.m. | Delaware | - Robins Stadium
- Richmond, VA
| NBCS WA or NBCS WA+ | L 28–43[8] | 8,217 |
October 13 | 7:00 p.m. | at Albany | | UAlbany Live Events[10] | W 27–24[9] | 4,059 |
October 20 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 11 Elon | | FCS/FSGO | L 28–38[11] | 5,982 |
November 3 | 3:00 p.m. | Villanova | - Robins Stadium
- Richmond, VA
| NBCS WA or NBCS WA+ | L 21–45[12] | 8,117 |
November 10 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 16 Maine | - Robins Stadium
- Richmond, VA
| NBCS WA or NBCS WA+ | L 9–28[13] | 7,820 |
November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at William & Mary | | Cox Yurview | W 10–6[14] | 9,739 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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- ^ Game was originally scheduled for September 15 in Richmond, but relocated due to Hurricane Florence.
Game summaries
At Virginia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Spiders | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
Cavaliers | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
Fordham
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Spiders | 7 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 52 |
At Saint Francis (PA)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Spiders | 2 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 35 |
Red Flash | 0 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 27 |
At Stony Brook
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Spiders | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
No. 20 Seawolves | 9 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 36 |
James Madison
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 63 |
Spiders | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Delaware
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Fightin' Blue Hens | 19 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 43 |
Spiders | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 28 |
At Albany
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Spiders | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
Great Danes | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
At Elon
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Spiders | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
No. 11 Phoenix | 14 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
Villanova
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 45 |
Spiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Maine
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 16 Black Bears | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
Spiders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
At William & Mary
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Spiders | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Tribe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
References
- ^ Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- ^ "Richmond @ Virginia box score". Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ "Fordham @ Richmond box score". Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ "Richmond @ St. Francis (PA) box score". Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ "Richmond @ Stony Brook box score". Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- ^ "James Madison @ Richmond box score". Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ^ "Delaware @ Richmond box score". Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- ^ "Richmond @ Albany box score". Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- ^ "Upcoming Live Events". The Official Athletics Site of the University of Albany. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- ^ "Richmond @ Elon box score". Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- ^ "Villanova @ Richmond box score". Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Maine @ Richmond box score". Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Richmond @ William & Mary box score". Retrieved November 17, 2018.
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Venues | - Tate Field (1891–1893, 1925–1928)
- West-End Park (1894)
- Broad Street Park (1897–1916)
- Boulevard Field (1917–1920)
- Stadium Field (1921–1924)
- City Stadium (1929–2009)
- E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (2010–present)
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