2018 Richmond Spiders football team

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.

2018 Richmond Spiders football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
2018 record4–7 (2–6 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Durden (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorAdam Braithwaite (2nd season)
Home stadiumE. Claiborne Robins Stadium
(Capacity: 8,217)
2018 CAA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Maine $^  7 1     10 4  
No. 9 James Madison ^  6 2     9 4  
No. 16 Stony Brook ^  5 3     7 5  
No. 20 Towson ^  5 3     7 5  
No. 24 Delaware ^  5 3     7 5  
No. 19 Elon ^  4 3     6 5  
Rhode Island  4 4     6 5  
William & Mary  3 4     4 6  
New Hampshire  3 5     4 7  
Villanova  2 6     5 6  
Richmond  2 6     4 7  
Albany  1 7     3 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

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)
1James Madison241 (21)
2New Hampshire206 (2)
3Delaware182
4Stony Brook169
5Elon168 (1)
6Villanova164
7Richmond127
8Maine81
9Albany78
10Towson74
11William & Mary55
12Rhode Island39

Preseason All-CAA Team

The Spiders had four players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Buck Buchanan Award[2] Andrew Clyde DT SR

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.at Virginia*ESPN3L 13–42[3]40,524
September 86:00 p.m.Fordham*NBCS WAW 52–7[4]8,057
September 13[lower-alpha 1]5:00 p.m.at Saint Francis (PA)*NECFRW 35–27[5]1,234
September 226:00 p.m.at No. 20 Stony BrookCBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveL 10–36[6]6,272
September 293:00 p.m.No. 2 James Madison
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
NBCS WA+L 10–63[7]8,217
October 63:00 p.m.Delaware
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
NBCS WA or NBCS WA+L 28–43[8]8,217
October 137:00 p.m.at AlbanyUAlbany Live Events[9]W 27–24[10]4,059
October 201:30 p.m.at No. 11 ElonFCS/FSGOL 28–38[11]5,982
November 33:00 p.m.Villanova
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
NBCS WA or NBCS WA+L 21–45[12]8,117
November 103:00 p.m.No. 16 Maine
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
NBCS WA or NBCS WA+L 9–28[13]7,820
November 172:00 p.m.at William & MaryCox YurviewW 10–6[14]9,739
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. 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

  1. Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  3. "Richmond @ Virginia box score". Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  4. "Fordham @ Richmond box score". Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  5. "Richmond @ St. Francis (PA) box score". Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  6. "Richmond @ Stony Brook box score". Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  7. "James Madison @ Richmond box score". Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  8. "Delaware @ Richmond box score". Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  9. "Upcoming Live Events". The Official Athletics Site of the University of Albany. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  10. "Richmond @ Albany box score". Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  11. "Richmond @ Elon box score". Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  12. "Villanova @ Richmond box score". Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  13. "Maine @ Richmond box score". Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  14. "Richmond @ William & Mary box score". Retrieved 2018-11-17.
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