Students reflect on bus trip to Duke to see Richmond's win
(09/10/11 9:54pm)
More than 120 students boarded three buses last Saturday to travel to Duke University for the first football game of the season.
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More than 120 students boarded three buses last Saturday to travel to Duke University for the first football game of the season.
4th Quarter, 1:31- Spiders go for it again on 4th down, this time needing to pick up 5 yards, but are unsuccessful this time around, turning the ball over to the Wagner offense.
1) Make sure to not over-indulge yourself the night before. There's no quicker way to ruin your Saturday than to sleep through kick-off.
Richmond's first home football game of the season is Saturday. What do you plan on wearing? Will you dress up in pearls and a sundress or pinstripe shorts and Ray-bans?
Richmond picked up a 23-21 upset win over Duke University Saturday night at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C. Interim coach Wayne Lineburg picked up his first career win after taking over the position just 10 days before the start of the season. Richmond has now won the past three times it has traveled to Wallace Wade Stadium.
DURHAM, N.C. — Let's be clear here: Richmond could have lost its season opener -- and maybe should have lost it. Richmond's coach was appointed to that position just 10 days before the start of the seaon, 26 freshmen and sophomores had their names listed on the two-deep pre-game depth chart and Richmond's starting quarterback was coming back from a blown-out knee.
DURHAM, N.C. — They came to Durham, N.C., Saturday night with a new head coach, several new faces on defense and a plethora of doubters. They left with a 23-21 victory.
The kick falls short and that gives the Spiders the victory, 23-21, their first over an FBS opponent since 2009, also Duke.
Latrell Scott was born on July 15, 1975, in Richmond, Va. He was only 14 when the likes of his future players Tre Gray and Aaron Corp were born. He graduated from Hampton University in 1999 and entered coaching at the age of 24. When he accepted the University of Richmond head coaching job, he was 34, and became the youngest Division 1 head football coach in the country at the time.
First, there was Dave Clawson. Then, when Clawson left before the 2008 season to coach at the University of Tennessee, in came Mike London who helped lead the University of Richmond to its first football National Championship in 2008.
Pick up any newspaper this time of year, and I'll bet 80 percent of the articles in the sports section are football-related, covering every aspect of the sport from the NFL to high school. At home in Tennessee, reading the local paper, I can always expect to find a splash of Volunteer orange among the black and white: a photo accompanying a detailed article, the latest on the Vols, much to the delight of Rocky Top's football fanatics. Football season hasn't started yet, but the anticipation of America's most watched sport has journalists penning stories including scouting reports and updates on injured players.
Former offensive coordinator Wayne Lineburg was introduced as interim football coach Wednesday morning, less than 24 hours after the resignation of head coach Latrell Scott.
University of Richmond football coach Latrell Scott has resigned from his position Tuesday afternoon, leaving the Spiders without a permanent coach 10 days before the team's season opener. Offensive coordinator Wayne Lineburg was appointed as interim coach for the season.
The small group of fans that gathered around the Lower Grass Practice Field to watch the University of Richmond's football team's final open-to-the-public scrimmage saw a familiar sight: The Spider defense exerting its dominance.
On April 30, 2011, former University of Richmond cornerback Justin Rogers was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round of the NFL Draft. However, on March 11, 2011, the National Football League entered a lockout, disallowing communication between the organizations and the players.
University of Richmond cornerback Justin Rogers was taken in the seventh round by the Buffalo Bills in the 2011 NFL Draft Saturday. Rogers, who was the 206th overall pick, is the fourth Richmond player to be taken by Buffalo and the first since fellow defensive back Brian Jordan was selected in 1989. The Bills selected two other defensive backs this year in Aaron Brown from the University of Texas in the second round and safety Da'Norris Searcy from the University of North Carolina in the fourth round.
Former University of Richmond cornerback Justin Rogers was drafted in the seventh round of the National Football League Draft Saturday.
The University of Richmond football team held its annual Spring Football Game Saturday afternoon at Robins Stadium to bring an end to its spring practice. The defense won the game, 54-26, with a modified scoring system.
University of Richmond graduates and former football players Justin Rogers and Martin Parker, have been preparing for the NFL draft, which will take place April 28 to April 30 in New York City.
The University of Richmond's football team is rebounding from a season that ended earlier than the team planned.