Category: Richmond Spiders
CAA Football Academic All-Conference Team Announced
Villanova linebacker Osayi Osunde, the 2009 CAA Football Student-Athlete of the Year, headlines a list of 106 CAA Football Academic All-Conference honorees for the 2009 season.
Osunde, who maintains a 3.959 grade point average and is working towards… more »
Richmond Announces 2010 Schedule
The Spiders are set to play six home games at new Robins Stadium in 2010.
With kickoff at new Robins Stadium less than eight months away, the reigning CAA Football Champion Richmond Spiders have announced their 2010 schedule. The 11-game slate begin… more »
CAA Teams Feeling Better
A meeting with the commissioner addresses travel concerns for four New England schools.
Tom Yeager, the Colonial Athletic Association commissioner, traveled to Boston this week to bridge the gap with the athletic directors at the universities of Main… more »
Richmond Names Latrell Scott As Head Coach
The Richmond native and former Spider assistant becomes the 34th head coach in program history.
The University of Richmond has introduced Latrell Scott as its new head football coach. Scott, who has previously served as assistant coach with the Spid… more »
Football Arms Race Engulfs the CAA
Conference revels in rising stature, but costs prompt two of its programs to fold.
William & Mary will play Villanova on Friday night in the division I-AA football semifinals, with the winner becoming the sixth Colonial Athletic Association team… more »
Richmond's Ward, McCracken Earn Touchdown Club Awards
Senior QB Eric Ward earned more first-place votes, but was runner-up as the Commonwealth's best Division-I player.
University of Richmond senior QB Eric Ward, who was the runner-up for the Dudley Award, was named Virginia's top offensive back and sen… more »
Four Teams Here, All the Rest There
With two CAA teams dropping football, Maine and three other schools find themselves isolated.
They are fierce rivals on the football field.
Off the field, the universities of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are about to come t… more »
Moving On! ASU beats Richmond
RICHMOND, Va. - Few expected No. 5 Appalachian State would have an easy time with No. 4 Richmond. Their game, at chilly University or Richmond Stadium, was the third playoff game played against each other in the past three years, and they are two of the… more »
OFFICIAL: Richmond's Mike London Steps Down To Accept Position As Virginia's Head Coach
London was 25-4 in his two years at Richmond and led the Spiders to the 2008 National Championship.
The University of Richmond announced Monday that head football coach Mike London has resigned in order to accept the position of head coach at the Uni… more »
London era begins at UVA
Time, apparently, was of the essence.
Just a day after coach Mike London’s second season at the University of Richmond ended with a playoff loss, the 49-year-old was offered and took little time to accept the vacant coaching position at the Universit… more »
UMass athletic director John McCutcheon says football program is not in jeopardy
Saying the news caught him by complete surprise, University of Massachusetts athletic director John McCutcheon said Thursday that Hofstra's decision to drop football was disappointing, but not a harbinger that UMass might follow suit.
McCutcheon reit… more »
Eric Ward Named Finalist For 2009 Dudley Award
The Dudley Award is presented annually to best Division-I football player in Virginia.
Richmond senior QB Eric Ward has been named one of three finalists for the Dudley Award, presented annually to best Division-I football player in the Commonwealth… more »
Seasoned Spiders Seeking Encore
From last season's national championship to next year's stadium unveiling to long-standing academic standards, the University of Richmond football program has much to offer.
But for all those assets, the most striking element of the 2009 Spiders is t… more »
Spiders All-Time Leading Receiver Set For Second NASA Mission
The liftoff is set for 2:28 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 16.
Leland Melvin, a University of Richmond Hall of Famer and member of the All-UR Stadium Team, has begun final preparations for his second mission as a NASA astronaut. Melvin and his crew are set… more »
Richmond, William & Mary Rename Football Rivalry As Capital Cup
The historic football rivalry has been played 118 times and is the oldest in the South.
This year's winner of the South's oldest college football rivalry will take home a new trophy - The Capital Cup - symbolic of the long-standing series between The… more »