Richmond football suffers debacle against James Madison
Update: If the Spiders win at William and Mary on Saturday, they will earn a playoff spot.
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Update: If the Spiders win at William and Mary on Saturday, they will earn a playoff spot.
The Richmond Spiders will face a live-or-die situation against James Madison this weekend, as the losing team will likely lose all hopes of a playoff spot.
Richmond (2-4, 0-2 CAA) fell at in-state rival James Madison (5-2, 2-1 CAA), 38-31, on Saturday, despite quarterback Michael Strauss throwing for 423 yards and two touchdowns.
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Final Score: Richmond 31 - James Madison 38
4th Quarter 0:00- JMU holds on to beat Richmond 38-31. I will post a rapid recap as soon as I can. Thank you for following along.
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Richmond football's 2012 season ended in bittersweet fashion. The Spiders vastly improved from 2011 and earned a share of the conference title, yet the team failed to make the FCS postseason tournament. This year, the Spiders have their eyes set on another conference title and more. Here is a brief summary on what you need to know about Richmond Spiders football heading into the 2013 season:
Despite a fourth-quarter comeback by James Madison, Richmond was able to hold on for the win, 35-29, on Saturday in front of a sold-out Robins Stadium. The upset of the second-ranked Dukes serves as Danny Rocco's signature win in his first season as Spiders head coach. The star of the game for UR was sophomore quarterback Michael Strauss, who threw for 4 touchdowns in his first collegiate start. He'll start the rest of the season because incumbent starter John Laub suffered a broken ankle.
Beating the second-ranked team in the country seemed unbelievable for unranked Richmond, and a fourth-quarter James Madison comeback nearly left the Spiders with a heartbreaking loss.
Final Score: University of Richmond- 35, James Madison University- 29
4th Quarter, 0:00- Spiders win! The hail mary attempt again falls to the turf, and Richmond escapes with a huge victory over rival JMU. Final Score: UR- 35, JMU- 29.
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Latrell Scott, who resigned as University of Richmond's head football coach before the start of last season, was hired as James Madison University's tight ends coach Friday, according to a release on JMUSports.com.
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Richmond gained 118 yards of total offense as James Madison University won, 31-7, Saturday evening at Bridgeforth Stadium. Richmond quarterback Aaron Corp passed for 130 yards but was sacked seven times as Richmond gained -12 yards rushing. It was the second-straight loss in the Colonial Athletic Association for Richmond as it fell to 3-2 on the year.
HARRISONBURG, Va. — As James Madison University coach Mickey Matthews entered his post-game press conference after his team's 31-7 victory over the University of Richmond, his visor on his head was so low that it nearly covered his eyes and made him look like a villain. After the Spiders put up just 118 yards of offense, there was no other way the Spider offense could look at him.
HARRISONBURG, Va.-- The Richmond offense generated a season-low 118 total net yards, and the University of Richmond lost its second-straight game to a conference opponent, 31-7, to James Madison University.
4th Quarter, 0:00- The clock runs out, and JMU wins by a final score of 31-7. The Dukes up its record to 4-1 (2-0 CAA), while the Spiders fall to 3-2 (0-2 CAA).
The University of Richmond women's swim and dive team will host its second home meet of the season against James Madison University at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29.
We've all heard the football coaches say it. In the movies, in the interviews, in the pep talks, "You've got to play hard for 60 minutes."