American college football season
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.
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 [ edit ] 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
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 p.m. at Virginia * ESPN3 L 13–42[ 3] 40,524 September 8 6:00 p.m. Fordham * NBCS WA W 52–7[ 4] 8,057 [ a] 5:00 p.m. at Saint Francis (PA) * NECFR W 35–27[ 5] 1,234 September 22 6:00 p.m. at No. 20 Stony Brook CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveL 10–36[ 6] 6,272 September 29 3:00 p.m. No. 2 James Madison Robins Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry ) 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 UAlbany Live Events[ 10] W 27–24[ 9] 4,059 October 20 1:30 p.m. at No. 11 Elon 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 Cox Yurview W 10–6[ 14] 9,739 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
^ Game was originally scheduled for September 15 in Richmond, but relocated due to Hurricane Florence . 1 2 3 4 Total Spiders 10 0 3 0 13 Cavaliers 14 14 7 7 42
1 2 3 4 Total Rams 0 0 0 7 7 Spiders 7 10 35 0 52
At Saint Francis (PA)[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Spiders 2 7 3 23 35 Red Flash 0 3 17 7 27
1 2 3 4 Total Spiders 3 0 7 0 10 No. 20 Seawolves 9 7 6 14 36
1 2 3 4 Total No. 2 Dukes 7 28 21 7 63 Spiders 3 7 0 0 10
1 2 3 4 Total Fightin' Blue Hens 19 14 10 0 43 Spiders 7 3 6 12 28
1 2 3 4 Total Spiders 7 10 7 3 27 Great Danes 7 7 7 3 24
1 2 3 4 Total Spiders 7 7 7 7 28 No. 11 Phoenix 14 7 14 3 38
1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 7 13 18 7 45 Spiders 0 7 7 7 21
1 2 3 4 Total No. 16 Black Bears 14 7 7 0 28 Spiders 0 3 0 6 9
1 2 3 4 Total Spiders 0 7 3 0 10 Tribe 0 0 0 6 6
^ Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018" . Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018 . ^ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced" . August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018 . ^ "Richmond @ Virginia box score" . Retrieved September 9, 2018 . ^ "Fordham @ Richmond box score" . Retrieved September 9, 2018 . ^ "Richmond @ St. Francis (PA) box score" . Retrieved September 14, 2018 . ^ "Richmond @ Stony Brook box score" . Retrieved September 25, 2018 . ^ "James Madison @ Richmond box score" . Retrieved October 2, 2018 . ^ "Delaware @ Richmond box score" . Retrieved November 2, 2018 . ^ "Richmond @ Albany box score" . Retrieved November 2, 2018 . ^ "Upcoming Live Events" . The Official Athletics Site of the University of Albany. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018 . ^ "Richmond @ Elon box score" . Retrieved November 2, 2018 . ^ "Villanova @ Richmond box score" . Retrieved November 17, 2018 . ^ "Maine @ Richmond box score" . Retrieved November 17, 2018 . ^ "Richmond @ William & Mary box score" . Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
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