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
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 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
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

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 Brook
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveL 10–36[6]6,272
September 293:00 p.m.No. 2 James Madison
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA (rivalry)
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 Albany
UAlbany Live Events[9]W 27–24[10]4,059
October 201:30 p.m.at No. 11 Elon
FCS/FSGOL 28–38[11]5,982
November 33:00 p.m.Villanovadagger
  • 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 & Mary
Cox YurviewW 10–6[14]9,739
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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
See also: 2018 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 September 9, 2018.
  4. "Fordham @ Richmond box score". Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  5. "Richmond @ St. Francis (PA) box score". Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  6. "Richmond @ Stony Brook box score". Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  7. "James Madison @ Richmond box score". Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  8. "Delaware @ Richmond box score". Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  9. "Upcoming Live Events". The Official Athletics Site of the University of Albany. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  10. "Richmond @ Albany box score". Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  11. "Richmond @ Elon box score". Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  12. "Villanova @ Richmond box score". Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  13. "Maine @ Richmond box score". Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  14. "Richmond @ William & Mary box score". Retrieved November 17, 2018.


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