Richmond Spiders Preview

UMass game notes in html here . The notes with things like the two-deep chart in .pdf here .

Richmond game notes for UMass here (in html) and here in .pdf

The game will be televised with streaming internet video from CN8 . The game will be televised on Comcast Charter Sports Southeast, which is not available on Dish Network or Direct TV.

There is a Richmond football message board here .

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Richmond is 4-3 for the season and 2-2 in the CAA.

The Spiders wins"

• 28-10 over Elon
• 44-17 over Towson
• 44-17 over Maine
• 56-16 over VMI

Richmond lost:

• 0-16 to Virginia
• 20-26 to Villanova
• 31-38 to James Madison

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Richmond Stats (from the CAA gameday site)


Rushing: Josh Vaughan (7 G, 119-570 yards, 7 TD)
Passing: Eric Ward (7 G, 110-166-2-1422 yards, 9 TD) (3rd in the CAA in eff 153.7)
Receiving: Kevin Grayson (6 G, 31-436 yards, 1 TD)
Defense
Tackles: Michael Ireland (7 G, 27 solo, 18 assisted, 45 total)
Sacks: Lawrence Sidbury, Jr. (7 G, 3.0-16 yards)
Interceptions: Justin Rogers (7 G, 4-105 yards)

The Spiders lead the CAA in Total Defense giving up only 297 yards/game (more than a 100 yards/game less than UMass). Richmond is 2nd in pass defense and 5th in rushing defense.

The Spiders are in the middle of the pack in offensive stats.

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The Spiders are a very good defensive team. This game could come down to turnovers. Their offense is nothing special and we would not want to give them a shirt field to score.

Richmond is 2nd in the league in turnover margin with a +8 turnovers with a + 1.14 turnovers/game margin.

UMass is 9th in the CAA with -3 turnovers and a -0.50 turnovers per game. The difference is that we have thrown 7 INTs with Richmond having only 2.

The UMass offense needs to not miss scoring opportunities. The UMass defense needs to continue to battle like they have done in the past several weeks. Hopefully, we can come up with a big conference win Saturday.

Go UMass!