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
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2018 record	4–7 (2–6 CAA)
Head coach	Russ Huesman (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Durden (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Adam Braithwaite (2nd season)
Home stadium	E. 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)
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

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN3	L 13–42[3]	40,524
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Fordham*	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	NBCS WA	W 52–7[4]	8,057
September 13[lower-alpha 1]	5:00 p.m.	at Saint Francis (PA)*	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NECFR	W 35–27[5]	1,234
September 22	6:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	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	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	UAlbany Live Events[9]	W 27–24[10]	4,059
October 20	1:30 p.m.	at No. 11 Elon	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	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	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (Capital Cup)	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

1. Game was originally scheduled for September 15 in Richmond, but relocated due to Hurricane Florence.

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spiders	10	0	3	0	13
Cavaliers	14	14	7	7	42

See also: 2018 Virginia Cavaliers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–28–2	2016	W, 37–20

Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	0	7	7
Spiders	7	10	35	0	52

See also: 2018 Fordham Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–0–1	1995	TIE, 3–3

at Saint Francis (PA)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spiders	2	7	3	23	35
Red Flash	0	3	17	7	27

See also: 2018 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spiders	3	0	7	0	10
No. 20 Seawolves	9	7	6	14	36

See also: 2018 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2017	L, 24–27

James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 2 Dukes	7	28	21	7	63
Spiders	3	7	0	0	10

See also: 2018 James Madison Dukes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–17	2017	L, 13–20

Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fightin' Blue Hens	19	14	10	0	43
Spiders	7	3	6	12	28

See also: 2018 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–21	2017	L, 35–42 ^2OT

at Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spiders	7	10	7	3	27
Great Danes	7	7	7	3	24

See also: 2018 Albany Great Danes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2017	W, 41–38 ^OT

at Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spiders	7	7	7	7	28
No. 11 Phoenix	14	7	14	3	38

See also: 2018 Elon Phoenix football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–1	2017	L, 23–26

Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	13	18	7	45
Spiders	0	7	7	7	21

See also: 2018 Villanova Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–22	2017	W, 22–0

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Black Bears	14	7	7	0	28
Spiders	0	3	0	6	9

See also: 2018 Maine Black Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–13	2015	W, 48–17

at William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spiders	0	7	3	0	10
Tribe	0	0	0	6	6

See also: 2018 William & Mary Tribe football team and Capital Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
61–62–5	2017	W, 27–20

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.
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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.
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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.