2019 Richmond Spiders football team

The 2019 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-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 5–7, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.

2019 Richmond Spiders football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
2019 record5–7 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Durden (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorAdam Braithwaite (3rd season)
Home stadiumE. Claiborne Robins Stadium
(Capacity: 8,217)
2019 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 –0     14 –2  
No. 18 Albany ^  6 –2     9 –5  
No. 15 Villanova ^  5 –3     9 –4  
New Hampshire  5 –3     6 –5  
Towson  4 –4     7 –5  
Maine  4 –4     6 –6  
Elon  4 –4     5 –6  
Richmond  4 –4     5 –7  
Delaware  3 –5     5 –7  
William & Mary  3 –5     5 –7  
Stony Brook  2 –6     5 –7  
Rhode Island  0 –8     2 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2018 Richmond Spiders football team

The Spiders finished the 2018 season 4–7, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.

Preseason

CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Spiders were predicted to finish in tenth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1James Madison238 (20)
2Towson217 (3)
3Maine201 (1)
4Elon164
5Delaware162
6Stony Brook151
7New Hampshire109
8Rhode Island104
9Villanova84
10Richmond62
11William & Mary58
12Albany34

Preseason All-CAA team

Senior defensive lineman Maurice Jackson was named preseason defensive player of the year for the CAA and to the preseason all-conference team. Safety Daniel Jones was named honorable mention for the all-conference team.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 297:00 p.m.Jacksonville*
MASN
NBCS P		W 38–197,702[2]
September 73:30 p.m.at Boston College*
ACCN ExtraL 13–4530,111[3]
September 146:00 p.m.No. 25 Elon
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
NBCS WA+L 20–427,703[4]
September 281:00 p.m.at Fordham*
StadiumL 16–235,578[5]
October 52:00 p.m.Albany
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
NBCS WA+W 23–208,061[6]
October 12noonat No. 18 Maine
FloSportsW 24–175,126[7]
October 196:00 p.m.Yale*
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
NBCS WA+L 27–287,510[8]
October 261:00 p.m.at No. 19 Delaware
FloSportsW 35–2515,308[9]
November 23:00 p.m.No. 20 Stony Brook
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
NBCS WA+W 30–107,209[10]
November 91:00 p.m.at No. 18 Villanova
FloSportsL 28–354,151[11]
November 163:30 p.m.at No. 2 James Madison
MASN
SNY		L 6–4821,947[12]
November 23noonWilliam & Mary
WTVR
WTKR		L 15–21 OT7,020[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

    Game summaries

    Jacksonville
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Dolphins 0 6 0 13 19
    Spiders 14 17 7 0 38
    See also: 2019 Jacksonville Dolphins football team

    at Boston College
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Spiders 0 10 0 3 13
    Eagles 21 14 10 0 45
    See also: 2019 Boston College Eagles football team

    Elon
    1 2 3 4 Total
    No. 25 Phoenix 14 14 14 0 42
    Spiders 0 7 6 7 20
    See also: 2019 Elon Phoenix football team

    at Fordham
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Spiders 3 7 3 3 16
    Rams 0 10 13 0 23
    See also: 2019 Fordham Rams football team

    Albany
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Great Danes 7 6 0 7 20
    Spiders 10 13 0 0 23
    See also: 2019 Albany Great Danes football team

    at Maine
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Spiders 7 14 3 0 24
    No. 18 Black Bears 7 3 7 0 17
    See also: 2019 Maine Black Bears football team

    Yale
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Bulldogs 0 7 7 14 28
    Spiders 3 17 7 0 27
    See also: 2019 Yale Bulldogs football team

    at Delaware
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Spiders 21 7 7 0 35
    No. 19 Fightin' Blue Hens 7 3 15 0 25
    See also: 2019 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

    Stony Brook
    1 2 3 4 Total
    No. 20 Seawolves 3 7 0 0 10
    Spiders 0 20 7 3 30
    See also: 2019 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

    at Villanova
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Spiders 14 14 0 0 28
    No. 18 Wildcats 14 7 0 14 35
    See also: 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team

    at James Madison
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Spiders 0 6 0 0 6
    No. 2 Dukes 10 14 14 10 48
    See also: 2019 James Madison Dukes football team and James Madison–Richmond football rivalry

    William & Mary
    1 2 3 4OT Total
    Tribe 0 8 0 76 21
    Spiders 0 10 2 30 15
    See also: 2019 William & Mary Tribe football team and Capital Cup

    References
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