# 2018 Richmond Spiders football team

The 2018 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at E. Claiborne Robins Stadium. The Spiders were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.

## Preseason
### CAA Poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Spiders were predicted to finish in seventh place.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | James Madison | 241 (21) |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 206 (2) |
| 3 | Delaware | 182 |
| 4 | Stony Brook | 169 |
| 5 | Elon | 168 (1) |
| 6 | Villanova | 164 |
| 7 | Richmond | 127 |
| 8 | Maine | 81 |
| 9 | Albany | 78 |
| 10 | Towson | 74 |
| 11 | William & Mary | 55 |
| 12 | Rhode Island | 39 |

### Preseason All-CAA Team

The Spiders had four players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

### Award watch lists

| Award | Player | Position | Year |
| Buck Buchanan Award | Andrew Clyde | DT | SR |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Virginia* | Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA | ESPN3 | L 13–42 | 40,524 |
| September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | Fordham* | Robins StadiumRichmond, VA | NBCS WA | W 52–7 | 8,057 |
| September 13 | 5:00 p.m. | at Saint Francis (PA)* | DeGol FieldLoretto, PA | NECFR | W 35–27 | 1,234 |
| September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Stony Brook | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive | L 10–36 | 6,272 |
| September 29 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 2 James Madison | Robins StadiumRichmond, VA (rivalry) | NBCS WA+ | L 10–63 | 8,217 |
| October 6 | 3:00 p.m. | Delaware | Robins StadiumRichmond, VA | NBCS WA or NBCS WA+ | L 28–43 | 8,217 |
| October 13 | 7:00 p.m. | at Albany | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | UAlbany Live Events | W 27–24 | 4,059 |
| October 20 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 11 Elon | Rhodes StadiumElon, NC | FCS/FSGO | L 28–38 | 5,982 |
| November 3 | 3:00 p.m. | Villanova | Robins StadiumRichmond, VA | NBCS WA or NBCS WA+ | L 21–45 | 8,117 |
| November 10 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 16 Maine | Robins StadiumRichmond, VA | NBCS WA or NBCS WA+ | L 9–28 | 7,820 |
| November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at William & Mary | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA (Capital Cup) | Cox Yurview | W 10–6 | 9,739 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
* ↑ Game was originally scheduled for September 15 in Richmond, but relocated due to Hurricane Florence.
* Source: Schedule

## Game summaries
### At Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spiders | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Cavaliers | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |

### Fordham

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Spiders | 7 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 52 |

### At Saint Francis (PA)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spiders | 2 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 35 |
| Red Flash | 0 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 27 |

### At Stony Brook

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spiders | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| No. 20 Seawolves | 9 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 36 |

### James Madison

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 63 |
| Spiders | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### Delaware

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Fightin' Blue Hens | 19 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 43 |
| Spiders | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 28 |

### At Albany

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spiders | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Great Danes | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |

### At Elon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spiders | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| No. 11 Phoenix | 14 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 38 |

### Villanova

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 45 |
| Spiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 16 Black Bears | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Spiders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |

### At William & Mary

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spiders | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Tribe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |