American college football season
The 2019 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by third-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 5–7, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.
Previous season [ ]
The Spiders finished the 2018 season 4–7, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.
Preseason [ ]
CAA poll [ ]
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Spiders were predicted to finish in tenth place.[1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
James Madison
238 (20)
2
Towson
217 (3)
3
Maine
201 (1)
4
Elon
164
5
Delaware
162
6
Stony Brook
151
7
New Hampshire
109
8
Rhode Island
104
9
Villanova
84
10
Richmond
62
11
William & Mary
58
12
Albany
34
Preseason All-CAA team [ ]
Senior defensive lineman Maurice Jackson was named preseason defensive player of the year for the CAA and to the preseason all-conference team. Safety Daniel Jones was named honorable mention for the all-conference team.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source 7:00 p.m. Jacksonville * MASN NBCS P W 38–197,702 [2]
September 7 3:30 p.m. at Boston College * ACCN Extra L 13–4530,111 [3]
September 14 6:00 p.m. No. 25 Elon Robins Stadium Richmond, VA NBCS WA+ L 20–427,703 [4]
September 28 1:00 p.m. at Fordham * Stadium L 16–235,578 [5]
October 5 2:00 p.m. Albany Robins Stadium Richmond, VA NBCS WA+ W 23–208,061 [6]
October 12 noon at No. 18 Maine FloSports W 24–175,126 [7]
October 19 6:00 p.m. Yale * Robins Stadium Richmond, VA NBCS WA+ L 27–287,510 [8]
October 26 1:00 p.m. at No. 19 Delaware FloSports W 35–2515,308 [9]
November 2 3:00 p.m. No. 20 Stony Brook Robins Stadium Richmond, VA NBCS WA+ W 30–107,209 [10]
November 9 1:00 p.m. at No. 18 Villanova FloSports L 28–354,151 [11]
November 16 3:30 p.m. at No. 2 James Madison MASNSNY L 6–4821,947 [12]
November 23 noon William & Mary WTVR WTKR L 15–21 OT 7,020 [13]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries [ ]
Jacksonville [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Dolphins
0
6
0
13
19
Spiders
14
17
7
0
38
at Boston College [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
0
10
0
3
13
Eagles
21
14
10
0
45
Elon [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 25 Phoenix
14
14
14
0
42
Spiders
0
7
6
7
20
at Fordham [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
3
7
3
3
16
Rams
0
10
13
0
23
Albany [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
7
6
0
7
20
Spiders
10
13
0
0
23
at Maine [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
7
14
3
0
24
No. 18 Black Bears
7
3
7
0
17
Yale [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
7
7
14
28
Spiders
3
17
7
0
27
at Delaware [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
21
7
7
0
35
No. 19 Fightin' Blue Hens
7
3
15
0
25
Stony Brook [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Seawolves
3
7
0
0
10
Spiders
0
20
7
3
30
at Villanova [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
14
14
0
0
28
No. 18 Wildcats
14
7
0
14
35
at James Madison [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
0
6
0
0
6
No. 2 Dukes
10
14
14
10
48
William & Mary [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Tribe
0
8
0
7 6
21
Spiders
0
10
2
3 0
15
References [ ]
^ Washburn, Rob (July 23, 2019). "James Madison Picked to Capture CAA Football Championship in 2019" . Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "Jacksonville vs. Richmond - Game Summary - August 29, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "Richmond vs. Boston College - Game Summary - September 7, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "Elon vs. Richmond - Game Summary - September 14, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "Richmond vs. Fordham - Game Summary - September 28, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "Albany vs. Richmond - Game Summary - October 5, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "Richmond vs. Maine - Game Summary - October 12, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "Yale vs. Richmond - Game Summary - October 19, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved October 19, 2019 .
^ "Richmond vs. Delaware - Game Summary - October 26, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
^ "Stony Brook vs. Richmond - Game Summary - November 2, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
^ "Richmond vs. Villanova - Game Summary - November 9, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
^ "Richmond vs. James Madison - Game Summary - November 16, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
^ "William & Mary vs. Richmond - Game Summary - November 23, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
^ "2019 Football Schedule" . University of Richmond Athletics . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "2019 Richmond Football Schedule" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
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