2016 Richmond Spiders football team

2016 Richmond Spiders football
2016 Richmond Spiders football
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 0–38 vs. Eastern Washington
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATS	No. 8
FCS Coaches	No. 8
Record	10–4 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach	Danny Rocco (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	John Garrett (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Chris Cosh (1st season)
Home stadium	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium

2016 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 James Madison $^	8	–	0	14	–	1
No. 11 Villanova ^	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 17 New Hampshire ^	6	–	2	8	–	5
No. 8 Richmond ^	5	–	3	10	–	4
Maine	5	–	3	6	–	5
Albany	4	–	4	7	–	4
Stony Brook	4	–	4	5	–	6
William & Mary	3	–	5	5	–	6
Towson	3	–	5	4	–	7
Delaware	2	–	6	4	–	7
Elon	1	–	7	2	–	9
Rhode Island	1	–	7	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Danny Rocco and played their home games at E. Claiborne Robins Stadium. The Spiders were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.^[1] They finished the season 10–4, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated North Carolina A&T and North Dakota in the first and second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Eastern Washington.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	3:30 pm	at Virginia*	No. 4	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN3	W 37–20	49,270
September 10	6:00 pm	Norfolk State*	No. 2	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN	W 34–0	8,700
September 17	noon	at Stony Brook	No. 2	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	ASN	L 14–42	4,450
September 24	3:30 pm	No. 23 Colgate*	No. 7	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN MA+	W 38–31	8,700
October 1	3:30 pm	Towson	No. 6	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN	W 31–28	8,700
October 8	3:30 pm	at No. 16 Albany	No. 6	Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY	DZ	W 36–30 ^3OT	9,052
October 15	3:30 pm	No. 13 Villanova	No. 6	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN	W 23–0	8,700
October 22	3:30 pm	at Elon	No. 6	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	PAA	W 35–7	8,178
November 5	3:30 pm	No. 7 James Madison	No. 6	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	CSN	L 43–47	8,700
November 12	3:30 pm	Delaware	No. 8	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN	W 31–17	8,700
November 19	noon	at William & Mary	No. 7	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (Capital Cup)	ASN	L 13–34	9,740
November 26	2:00 pm	No. 17 North Carolina A&T*	No. 12	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 39–10	3,281
December 3	6:00 pm	at No. 8 North Dakota*	No. 12	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 27–24	9,837
December 10	4:00 pm	at No. 3 Eastern Washington*	No. 12	Roos Field Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN3	L 0–38	5,150
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2016 Richmond Spiders football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`2`	Xavier Goodall	Fr
QB	`4`	Jake Clise	Jr
QB	`5`	Kyle Lauletta	Jr
RB	`6`	Gordon Collins	Jr
QB	`7`	Kevin Johnson	So
WR	`8`	Porter Abell	Jr
TE	`9`	Stephon Jacob	So
WR	`10`	Caleb Drake	So
TE	`11`	Garrett Hudson	Jr
WR	`12`	Brian Brown	Sr
QB	`12`	Joe Mancuso	Fr
QB	`14`	David Broadus	Sr
QB	`16`	Reid Chenault	Fr
WR	`17`	Jarmal Bevels	So
WR	`18`	Dejon Brissett	So
RB	`20`	Deontez Thompson
WR	`21`	Adam Sahd	Jr
QB	`22`	Andrew Tsangeos	Fr
QB	`26`	Jason Gastrock	Fr
RB	`27`	Jay Palmer
FB	`30`	James Pavik	Sr
RB	`38`	Ganon Hingst	So
RB	`45`	Justin Hayes	Fr
FB	`49`	Ben Stapleton	Fr
OL	`50`	John Yarbrough	So
OL	`53`	Nick Velardo	Sr
OL	`54`	Jeffrey Phipps
OL	`55`	Nicholas Vergos	Sr
OL	`58`	Thomas Evans	Sr
OL	`60`	Marius Young	Jr
OL	`65`	Tyler Cole
OL	`66`	Alex Light	Jr
OL	`70`	Grant Dixon
OL	`74`	Adam Samee	Fr
OL	`75`	Patrick Kliebert	Jr
OL	`76`	Logan Blake	Fr
OL	`77`	Seyoum Settepani	Fr
OL	`78`	Blane Markham	So
OL	`79`	Tazle Sumpter	Fr
WR	`81`	Will McCombs	Sr
WR	`82`	Tyler Wilkins	So
WR	`83`	Jordan Cannady	Fr
TE	`84`	Nick Holloway	Jr
WR	`85`	Gershom Ejoni
WR	`86`	Michael Horan	Fr
WR	`87`	Dashon Tibbs	Jr
TE	`88`	Will Geraghty	So
TE	`89`	Matt Sullivan	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`1`	Jarriel Jordan	Jr
DB	`3`	Tafon Mainsah	Jr
DB	`4`	Micah Keels	So
DB	`8`	Lemond Johnson	Jr
DL	`9`	Darius Reynolds	Fr
DB	`13`	David Jones	Sr
DB	`15`	Brendan Coniker	Jr
DB	`19`	Charles Mack	Sr
LB	`22`	Dale Matthews Jr.	So
LB	`23`	Selton Hodge	Fr
DB, RB	`24`	Devin Campbell	Fr
LB	`24`	David Norris	So
DB	`25`	Gabe Thomas	Fr
LB	`26`	Trey Moore	Jr
DB	`28`	Jevaris Little	Sr
LB	`29`	Justin Rubin	So
DB	`31`	Joshua Anderson
DL	`32`	Brandon Waller	Jr
DB	`33`	Duncan Rogers
DB	`34`	Jacob Roberson
DB	`35`	Trent Williams	Fr
LB	`36`	Maurice Jackson	Fr
LB	`37`	T. J. Dunn	Fr
DL	`40`	Chad Wiggins	So
LB	`41`	Kieran Gregory	Sr
LB	`43`	Madison Day	Sr
LB	`46`	Omar Howard	Sr
LB	`47`	Tanner Lacey	Fr
DB	`48`	Daniel Jones	Fr
LB	`52`	Josh Hurlburt	Fr
LB	`57`	Paul Padalino
LB	`59`	Billy Caughell	So
DL	`90`	Will Ingle
DL	`91`	Andre Booker	So
DL	`92`	Colby Ritten	Fr
DL	`93`	Joe Nelson	Sr
DL	`94`	Cody Gray
LB	`95`	Mike Iamunno	Fr
DL	`96`	DeAnthony Muse	Jr
DL	`97`	Andrew Clyde	So
DL	`98`	Winston Craig	Sr
DL	`99`	Kolby Williams	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`16`	D. J. Helkowski	Jr
LS	`39`	Graham Latham	Jr
K	`42`	Ricky Segers	Sr
K	`44`	Griffin Trau	So

Head coach

Danny Rocco

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

At Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Spiders	6	10	7	14	37
Cavaliers	0	7	0	13	20

Norfolk State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	0	0	0	0
#2 Spiders	7	7	10	10	34

At Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Spiders	7	7	0	0	14
Seawolves	14	7	14	7	42

Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Raiders	14	3	0	14	31
#7 Spiders	10	7	14	7	38

Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	14	7	0	28
#6 Spiders	7	14	3	7	31

At Albany

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
#6 Spiders	3	7	3	7	3	7	6	36
#16 Great Danes	7	3	3	7	3	7	0	30

Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
#6 Spiders	7	3	3	10	23

At Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Spiders	3	3	22	7	35
Phoenix	0	0	0	7	7

James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Dukes	14	10	6	17	47
#6 Spiders	10	14	7	12	43

Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fightin' Blue Hens	7	0	3	7	17
#8 Spiders	7	10	0	14	31

At William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Spiders	7	6	0	0	13
Tribe	3	3	14	14	34

FCS Playoffs

First Round – North Carolina A&T

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Aggies	7	0	3	0	10
#12 Spiders	14	9	9	7	39

Second Round – North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Spiders	7	0	7	13	27
#8 Fighting Hawks	7	10	7	0	24

Quarterfinals – Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Spiders	0	0	0	0	0
#3 Eagles	7	14	10	7	38

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	4	2 (21)	2 (18)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	12	8
Coaches	4	2 (3)	2 (2)	9	7	7	7	7	6	6	8	7	12-T	8
FCS Playoffs	Not released									7	8	8	Not released

References

↑ "Spider Football Announces 2016 Schedule". The Official Athletic Website of the University of Richmond. November 12, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2016.

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[1] "Spider Football Announces 2016 Schedule". The Official Athletic Website of the University of Richmond. November 12, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2016.

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Richmond Spiders football
Venues	Tate Field (1891–1893, 1925–1928) West-End Park (1894) Broad Street Park (1897–1916) Boulevard Field (1917–1920) Stadium Field (1921–1924) City Stadium (1929–2009) E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (2010–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1968 Tangerine Bowl 1971 Tangerine Bowl James Madison VMI William & Mary: Capital Cup
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