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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 .
Preseason [ edit ] 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] VMI , reunites with his former teammate Jakob Herres at wide receiver.[2]
CAA poll [ edit ] 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]
Schedule [ edit ] 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 Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Virginia [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Spiders
7
3
7
0
17
Cavaliers
14
14
0
6
34
Saint Francis [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Flash
6
7
0
8
21
Spiders
0
14
3
14
31
At Lehigh [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
7
13
7
3
30
Mountain Hawks
0
0
6
0
6
Stony Brook [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seawolves
7
0
0
0
7
No. 22 Spiders
7
28
14
2
51
At No. 23 Elon [ edit ]
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
No. 17 Villanova [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 17 Wildcats
7
3
0
0
10
No. 21 Spiders
0
14
0
6
20
At Hampton [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Spiders
10
14
7
10
41
Pirates
0
10
0
0
10
At Maine [ edit ]
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
At No. 17 Delaware [ edit ]
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
FCS Playoffs [ edit ] 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 movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking 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
References [ edit ]
^ 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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