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2018 Richmond Spiders Football Team
American college football season
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.
Previous season
The Spiders finished the 2017 season 6-5, 4-4 in CAA play to finish in sixth 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 |
---|
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 |
[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
| 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
|
- ^ 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