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 »

The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has placed Richmond on two years of probation and imposed recruiting restrictions in eight sports for impermissible recruiting text messages and telephone calls to prospective student-athletes. The committ… more »

The prestigious team features 28 Richmond Legends that played in the UR Stadium era (1929-2009) The University of Richmond department of athletics has unveiled the All-UR Stadium Team, which recognizes the greatest Spiders to have played at the histo… more »

DURHAM — There are numbers CAA commissioner Tom Yeager has a pleasure trying to crunch, and others that present more of a challenge. Start with the tough ones. Two years from now, the CAA will welcome its 13th football-playing member, Old Dominion, w… more »

A break-up would have sufficed. University of Richmond safety Derek Hatcher yesterday arrived as the passed ball did. Instead of the break-up, Hatcher went for the interception, and got it by prying the ball from the Massachusetts player who momentar… more »

The chance to play another year of college football, to hone his skills and polish his game were all reasons Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph came back for a fifth season. One last crack at a Patriot League championship was another. “Definitel… more »

The 2009 football season is well under way and the Spiders are playing well enough to have six wins versus zero defeats. It has been a season of close calls, last-second wins and dominating play at times on offense and defense. Someone said a long ti… more »

AMHERST – One is the sixth-leading rusher in University of Massachusetts football history, a go-to player who offers senior leadership. The other is a sensational sophomore, so effective as a fill-in that it’s hard to see him glued to the bench. W… more »

Richmond's Eric Ward posts impressive numbers where it counts most. Flash doesn't define Richmond quarterback Eric Ward. His statistics alone aren't likely to blow away passive observers. "We're not a spread offense where [he] throws 50 times… more »

AMHERST – The Minutemen survived the frying pan, just in time to jump into the fire. “The message we deliver from week to week is pretty much the same about how we want to practice and prepare for a game,” said University of Massachusetts football co… more »

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Nothing said more about the University of Richmond football operation at Duke last Saturday than the way the Spiders arrived. Minutes before kickoff, in a stadium nearly filled with 33,011 fans, UR players eschewed the tradition of running from locke… more »

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Former head coach Frank Jones commemorated. A throwback No. 38 Richmond Spiders football jersey has made its way overseas and now hangs in the Battalion Headquarters of the 3-8CAV (1st Calvary Division) in Mosul, Iraq. The 3-8CAV is collecting No. 38… more »

In some people's minds, defending national champion Richmond is one of the favorites to win the 2009 title. But the reality of the Colonial Athletic Association is that the Spiders might not even survive their own division, let alone the NCAA playoffs.… more »