2014 Richmond Spiders football team

The 2014 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Danny Rocco and played their home games at E. Claiborne Robins Stadium. The Spiders were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 9–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Morgan State in the first round before losing in the second round to Coastal Carolina.

2014 Richmond Spiders football
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 15–36 vs. Coastal Carolina
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 16
FCS Coaches	No. 16
2014 record	9–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach	Danny Rocco (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Brandon Streeter
Defensive coordinator	Bob Trott (5th year)
Home stadium	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (Capacity: 8,700)

2014 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 New Hampshire $^		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 7 Villanova ^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 18 James Madison ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 16 Richmond ^		5	–	3					9	–	5
William & Mary		4	–	4					7	–	5
Delaware		4	–	4					6	–	6
Maine		4	–	4					5	–	6
Stony Brook		4	–	4					5	–	7
Albany		3	–	5					7	–	5
Towson		2	–	6					4	–	8
Rhode Island		1	–	7					1	–	11
Elon		0	–	8					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 PM	Morehead State*	No. 20	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	STV	W 55–10	7,725
September 6	3:30 PM	at Virginia*	No. 17	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN3	L 13–45	34,533
September 13	6:00 PM	Hampton*	No. 18	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	STV	W 42–17	7,802
September 20	4:00 PM	No. 7 New Hampshire	No. 17	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN	L 26–29	8,404
October 4	7:00 PM	at Liberty*	No. 20	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	W 46–39 ^2OT	20,838
October 11	3:30 PM	at Albany	No. 22	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY		W 41–28	8,500
October 18	3:30 PM	Rhode Island	No. 19	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	ASN	W 37–0	7,837
October 25	3:00 PM	at Elon	No. 16	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC		W 30–10	5,042
November 1	12:00 PM	No. 4 Villanova	No. 13	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN	W 10–9	7,902
November 8	12:30 PM	at Maine	No. 8	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME		L 20–33	4,675
November 15	12:30 PM	No. 25 James Madison	No. 14	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	NBCSN	L 20–55	8,700
November 22	7:30 PM	at No. 22 William & Mary	No. 21	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (Capital Cup)	NBCSN	W 34–20	8,665
November 29	1:00 PM	Morgan State*	No. 18	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 46–24	4,126
December 6	1:00 PM	at No. 6 Coastal Carolina*	No. 18	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 15–36	5,601
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Roster

2014 Richmond Spiders football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 Jacobi Green Jr QB 2 Michael Rocco  Sr QB 3 Michael Strauss  Sr RB 4 Seth Fisher  Jr QB 5 Kyle Lauletta  So WR 11 Reggie Diggs Jr WR 12 Brian Brown So WR 26 Jarmal Bevels Fr WR 29 Stephen Barnette  Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 97 Andrew Clyde Fr DL 98 Winston Craig So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Danny Rocco Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	20	17	18	17	20	20	22	19	16	13	8	14	21	18	16
Coaches	24	20	21	18	21	21	21	20	17	14	8	14	21	16	16

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