A deeper look at Spider football's upcoming first season in the Patriot League
Editor's note: This article has been edited to correct that Virginia Military Institute played UR in football for the first time in 1893, not 1972 as originally written.
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Editor's note: This article has been edited to correct that Virginia Military Institute played UR in football for the first time in 1893, not 1972 as originally written.
If there’s one thing the University of Richmond basketball team needed heading into play, it was a victory.
Up until its devastating 20-16 loss to Lehigh University in the first round Football Championship Subdivision playoffs on Nov. 30, it had been 84 days since the University of Richmond football team had lost a game.
Go 1-0 every week.
For the second straight season, the University of Richmond football team captured the ever-elusive Capital Cup trophy against its longtime rival, the College of William & Mary.
2016 marked the University of Richmond football team’s third trip to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs in a row at the time, having also made postseason appearances in 2014 and 2015.
A defensive clinic on homecoming saw the University of Richmond football team cruise past Towson University 35-24 on Nov. 2 to remain atop the Coastal Athletic Association.
The University of Richmond football team picked up a marquee victory Oct. 19, throttling the previously undefeated University of Delaware 28-9.
Four weeks ago, the University of Richmond football team found itself in the loss column once again after its home opener against Wofford College Sept. 7. That loss marked two on the year for the Spiders, giving them an 0-2 record through the first two weeks of the season.
For the second-straight year, the University of Richmond football team finds itself 0-2 through its first two games of the regular season, as the Spiders lost a one-score game to Wofford College in their home opener Sept. 7.
The University of Virginia proved too much for the University of Richmond football team two years ago in the Spiders’ 2022 season opener, and two years later, an almost identical result on the scoreboard ensued.
The University of Richmond announced on May 14 that its football program will be joining the Patriot League beginning in the 2025 season.
Joan Saab has always liked spiders. Before her 30th birthday, she made a deal with her husband that she was going to get a spider tattoo in the center of her wrist, but her plan fell through, and she never got it.
Following the University of Richmond football team’s season-ending loss to the University at Albany in the second round of the FCS playoffs back on Dec. 2, redshirt linebacker Tristan Wheeler reflected on his career with the Spiders, his decision to return this past season and what’s next for his football career.
Men’s Basketball
If you had told someone the University of Richmond football team would still be playing in December after starting their season 2-3, they probably wouldn’t have believed you.
It’s not every day that you have 3-time NFL defensive player of the year Aaron Donald complimenting the way you play football.
There were times when things looked a little dicey for the Spiders in their 49-27 first- round FCS playoff victory against North Carolina Central University Nov. 25.
The University of Richmond football team is back in the FCS Playoffs.
Women’s Basketball