Category: Richmond Spiders
CAA Expects Busy Sunday
HARRISONBURG - Heading into the final weekend of play, the Colonial Athletic Association has once again positioned itself to send a large contingent to the NCAA Division I-AA football playoffs. And, unlike a year ago, when the CAA had five teams in the… more »
Hens' Offense Shoots Blanks vs. Richmond
RICHMOND, Va. -- As drizzle descended from the sky, sarcasm streamed from the University of Delaware football rooters collected inside Richmond Stadium.
They made a point to cheer with extra enthusiasm when the Blue Hens recorded a rare first down la… more »
Blue Hens Now Shooting for .500 Season vs. Richmond
Another run at a national championship has long gone for a University of Delaware football program that won a 2004 NCAA FCS Championship and finished second a year ago.
A winning record is not even a goal for the Blue Hens, 4-6 with two games to go i… more »
Richmond, UD's Next Foe, In Running for Another Playoff Berth
NEWARK -- Mike London brought an impressive background to his first head-coaching position, at the University of Richmond, which is Delaware's football opponent on Saturday.
He also arrived with the knowledge to leave well enough alone.
London too… more »
Umar, Hoyas Aim for Upset over Richmond
A week after its 27-24 loss to a mediocre Bucknell squad, Georgetown’s football team will need a superhuman effort to compete with the championship subdivision’s ninth-ranked team, Richmond University.
Despite the tough loss last week, the Hoyas seem… more »
Coen Hurt in Minutemen Loss to Richmond
AMHERST— The University of Massachusetts lost the game, its 16-game home winning streak and maybe its starting quarterback as it fell, 30-15, to Richmond last night at McGuirk Stadium.
“We didn’t get enough done against a very solid football team,” U… more »
JMU's Mickey Matthews: Take App St., Nova?
HARRISONBURG - First, Mickey Matthews made his case for why Appalachian State is still the team to beat in Division I-AA football. Then, he lobbied for Villanova as the favorite to win the national title.
Sorry Coach, seven games into the season, all… more »
JMU Stuns Spiders in Final Minute
TD punt return for No. 1 JMU caps 15 points in final 59 seconds.
Trailing the fifth-ranked team in the country by eight points with 3½ minutes to go didn't faze James Madison in the least yesterday.
After all, these Dukes had been three touchdown… more »
James Madison's Scotty McGee Punt Return TD vs. Richmond: ESPN's #1 Play
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Virginia Players Shine In JMU Win over Richmond
RICHMOND - Storybook seasons typically have intriguing chapters along the way.
But the path James Madison University took to beat Richmond 38-31 Saturday was so wild, a book editor probably would have rejected it and sent it back for a re-write.
I… more »
VMI Lacks Beef in 56-16 Richmond Win
Stronger and thoroughly seasoned, Spiders extend recent dominance of series.
VMI's Zach Collins returned a first-half kickoff yesterday against the University of Richmond and was forced out of bounds into UR's bench area.
Collins ran into Brian Agni… more »
Richmond Undone in First Game at No. 1
Ground game proves fruitless as Spiders are held to 83 yards.
So much for an Oct. 11 meeting between No. 1 Richmond and No. 2 James Madison.
UR was taken down 26-20 yesterday by No. 19 Villanova in the Spiders' first test as the top-ranked team i… more »
Villanova Stuns Richmond
Villanova coach Andy Talley took care of the No. 1 quarterback question right away, then tried to light a fire under the Wildcats for their showdown with No. 1 Richmond.
The tactics paid off. Quarterback Chris Whitney played well in his first start o… more »
Villanova Faces Quarterback Decision vs. Richmond
As Villanova prepares to welcome Richmond, the top-ranked team in the Football Championship Subdivision, to its stadium tomorrow, the Wildcats still don't know the identity of their No. 1 quarterback.
Coach Andy Talley said he probably would wait unt… more »
Second-Ranked Richmond Squashes Maine
Richmond outscores Maine 31-7 in second half to gain third win.
The University of Richmond continued a couple of encouraging trends during yesterday's 44-17 mauling of Maine. Three, if winning counts.
In the Colonial Athletic Association game pla… more »