American college football season
The 2022 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Spiders, led by sixth-year head coach Russ Huesman , played their home games at E. Claiborne Robins Stadium .
Following the graduation of four-year starting quarterback Joe Mancuso, the Spiders brought in graduate transfer Reece Udinski from Maryland to lead the team in 2022.[ 1] Udinski, who formerly played at VMI , reunites with his former teammate Jakob Herres at wide receiver.[ 2]
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 28, 2022, the Spiders were predicted to finish in fourth place out of 13 teams following the departure of James Madison and the addition of Monmouth and Hampton for the 2022 season.[ 3]
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Villanova 270 (16) 2 Delaware 235 (7) 3 Rhode Island 224 4 Richmond 219 5 William & Mary 206 (2) 6 Elon 191 (1) 7 Stony Brook 151 8 Maine 134 9 New Hampshire 117 10 Monmouth 105 11 Towson 81 12 Albany 64 13 Hampton 31
Preseason All-CAA team [ edit ] Junior linebacker Tristan Wheeler and senior kick returner Aaron Dykes were named to the CAA preseason all-conference team.[ 3]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 12:30 p.m. at Virginia * No. 24 ACCRSN L 17–34 41,122 September 10 5:30 p.m. Saint Francis * FloSports /NBCS WA W 31–21 6,388 September 17 noon at Lehigh * ESPN+ W 30–6 6,178 September 24 2:00 p.m. Stony Brook No. 22 E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Richmond, VA FloSports/NBCS WA W 51–7 7,618 October 1 2:00 p.m. at No. 23 Elon No. 17 FloSports L 27–30 2OT 9,243 October 15 3:30 p.m. No. 17 Villanova No. 21 E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Richmond, VA FloSports/MASN W 20–10 7,830 October 22 2:00 p.m. at Hampton No. 19 FloSports W 41–10 October 29 1:00 p.m. at Maine No. 17 FloSports W 31–21 4,278 November 5 3:30 p.m. No. 17 New Hampshire No. 14 E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Richmond, VA FloSports/MASN W 40–34 6,329 November 12 1:00 p.m. at No. 17 Delaware No. 12 FloSports W 21–13 16,534 November 19 noon No. 8 William & Mary No. 11 FloSports/NBCS WA L 26–37 8,200 November 26 2:00 p.m. Davidson * No. 13 ESPN+ W 41–0 3,000 December 3 5:00 p.m. at No. 2 Sacramento State * No. 13 ESPN+ L 31–38 9,136 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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1 2 3 4 Total No. 24 Spiders 7 3 7 0 17 Cavaliers 14 14 0 6 34
1 2 3 4 Total Red Flash 6 7 0 8 21 Spiders 0 14 3 14 31
1 2 3 4 Total Spiders 7 13 7 3 30 Mountain Hawks 0 0 6 0 6
1 2 3 4 Total Seawolves 7 0 0 0 7 No. 22 Spiders 7 28 14 2 51
1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total No. 17 Spiders 7 7 3 0 7 3 27 No. 23 Phoenix 14 0 0 3 7 6 30
1 2 3 4 Total No. 17 Wildcats 7 3 0 0 10 No. 21 Spiders 0 14 0 6 20
1 2 3 4 Total No. 19 Spiders 10 14 7 10 41 Pirates 0 10 0 0 10
1 2 3 4 Total No. 17 Spiders 21 0 7 3 31 Black Bears 0 7 0 14 21
No. 17 New Hampshire [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 17 Wildcats 0 7 20 7 34 No. 14 Spiders 7 17 13 3 40
1 2 3 4 Total No. 12 Spiders 3 3 3 12 21 No. 17 Fightin' Blue Hens 0 0 0 13 13
No. 8 William & Mary[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 8 Tribe 7 10 14 6 37 No. 11 Spiders 6 7 7 6 26
Davidson - First Round [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0 No. 13 Spiders 10 17 7 7 41
At No. 2 Sacramento State - Second Round [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 13 Spiders 14 7 10 0 31 No. 2 Hornets 7 10 7 14 38
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 24 RV RV 22 17 23 21 19 17 14 12 11 13 11 Coaches 24T RV RV 24T 22 RV 25 21 20 14 13 11 14 12
^ O'Connor, John (January 3, 2022). "Ex-VMI star QB Reece Udinski headed to UR from Maryland in what Russ Huesman calls 'natural fit' " . Richmond Times-Dispatch . Retrieved May 12, 2022 . ^ O'Connor, John (January 16, 2022). "Ex-VMI All-American receiver Jakob Herres joins others from VMI at UR" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . Retrieved May 12, 2022 . ^ a b Washburn, Rob (July 28, 2022). "Villanova Picked To Win CAA Football Championship In 2022" . Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 21, 2022 . ^ "2022 Richmond Spiders Football Schedule" . richmondspiders.com . Retrieved May 12, 2022 .
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