2015 Richmond Spiders football team

2015 Richmond Spiders football

CAA co-champion
FCS Playoffs Semifinal, L 7–33 vs. North Dakota State
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATS	No. 4
FCS Coaches	No. 3
2015 record	10–4 (6–2 CAA)
Head coach	Danny Rocco (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Charlie Fisher (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Trott (5th year)
Home stadium	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (Capacity: 8,700)

2015 CAA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 Richmond +^		6	–	2		10	–	4
#11 James Madison +^		6	–	2		9	–	3
#12 William & Mary +^		6	–	2		9	–	4
Towson		5	–	3		7	–	4
New Hampshire ^		5	–	3		7	–	5
Villanova		5	–	3		6	–	5
Stony Brook		3	–	5		5	–	5
Delaware		3	–	5		4	–	7
Elon		3	–	5		4	–	7
Maine		3	–	5		3	–	8
Albany		2	–	6		3	–	8
Rhode Island		1	–	7		1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Danny Rocco and played their home games at E. Claiborne Robins Stadium. The Spiders were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). The Spiders finished as a CAA co-champion along with James Madison and William & Mary, who all finished with identical 6–2 conference records. The Spiders received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs by virtue of a head-to-head tiebreaker, having defeated both James Madison and William & Mary during the regular season. After receiving a first-round bye and defeating William & Mary in the second round and Illinois State in the quarterfinals, the Spiders lost to North Dakota State in the semifinals, 33–7.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	noon	at Maryland*	No. 18	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	ESPNU	L 21–50	38,117
September 12	noon	at Hampton*	No. 22	Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA		W 31–28	3,515
September 19	6:00 pm	VMI*	No. 22	Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA (Rivalry)	CSN MA+	W 42–10	8,700
October 3	3:30 pm	Maine	No. 19	Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	CSN MA+	W 48–17	7,228
October 10	3:30 pm	Elon	No. 16	Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	STV	W 27–14	8,216
October 17	noon	at Rhode Island	No. 13	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI		W 37–12	6,143
October 24	3:30 pm	at No. 4 James Madison	No. 11	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	CSN	W 59–49	26,069
October 31	3:30 pm	Albany	No. 6	Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	STV	W 38–31	8,475
November 7	7:00 pm	at New Hampshire	No. 5	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	NBCSN	L 25–30	4,992
November 14	3:30 pm	at Villanova	No. 9	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA		L 20–21	6,211
November 21	noon	No. 7 William & Mary	No. 14	Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA (Capital Cup)	CSN	W 20–9	8,700
December 5	noon	No. 13 William & Mary*	No. 12	Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 48–13	7,277
December 11	7:30 pm	at No. 4 Illinois State*	No. 12	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN3	W 39–27	5,356
December 18	8:00 pm	at No. 2 North Dakota State*	No. 12	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Semifinals)	ESPN2	L 7–33	18,105
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: Schedule

Game notes

at Maryland

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Spiders	7	7	0	7	21
Terrapins	10	12	7	21	50

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–11–2	1977	L 24–27

at Hampton

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Spiders	7	3	6	15	31
Pirates	14	7	7	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2014	W 42–17

VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	3	7	0	0	10
#22 Spiders	7	14	14	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
44–40–5	2013	W 34–0

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	7	3	7	0	17
#19 Spiders	14	6	14	14	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–13	2014	L 20–33

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix	0	0	0	14	14
#16 Spiders	7	10	3	7	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2014	W 30–10

at Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Spiders	13	7	3	14	37
Rams	3	3	0	6	12

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–6	2014	W 37–0

at James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Spiders	7	21	14	17	59
#4 Dukes	14	14	7	14	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–15	2014	L 20–55

Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Danes	0	10	14	7	31
#6 Spiders	17	7	14	0	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2014	W 41–28

at New Hampshire

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Spiders	7	0	15	3	25
Wildcats	14	7	6	3	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–12	2014	L 26–29

at Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Spiders	0	7	7	6	20
Wildcats	0	7	7	7	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–21	2014	W 10–9

William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Tribe	3	3	3	0	9
#14 Spiders	0	7	13	0	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
58–61–5	2014	L 20–34

FCS Playoffs

Second Round – William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Tribe	3	7	3	0	13
#12 Spiders	14	14	7	13	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
59–61–5	11/21/2015	W 20–9

Quarterfinals – Illinois State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Spiders	10	9	6	14	39
#4 Redbirds	0	7	7	13	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Semifinals – North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Spiders	0	0	7	0	7
#2 Bison	13	13	0	7	33

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	18	22	22	19	19	16	13	11	6	5	9	14	12	4
Coaches	18	22	23	20	20	18	13	12	8	7	12	16	11	3

References

Richmond Spiders football

Venues	City Stadium (1929–2009) E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (2010–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Capital Cup (William & Mary) VMI

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

2015 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Coastal Carolina Colgate Dayton Duquesne Eastern Illinois Fordham Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Iowa Portland State Richmond Sam Houston State South Dakota State Southern Utah Western Illinois William & Mary

Champion – North Dakota State

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