No. 7 Spiders Look To Stay Hot At Hofstra
Nov. 4, 2008
No. 7 Richmond Spiders (6-3, 3-2) Shuart Stadium (13,000) • Hempstead, N.Y.
Television: None Weekly Releases: Weekly Audio/Video: Quick Slants: • The Spiders are ranked seventh in the Sports Network poll this week, marking the 15th-straight week that Richmond has appeared in the nation's Top-10 -- the third-longest active streak in the FCS. • In its last 11 inter-division games, Richmond is 9-2 (5-0 since 2007) and out-scoring the Northern foes by a combined 341-207, including wins of 30-15 (UMass) and 44-17 (Maine) this season. • Richmond leads the CAA in scoring defense (16.9 points/game), total defense (267.3 yards/game) and pass efficiency defense (104.5 yards/game) and is ranked in the NCAA's top-13 in all three. • In the last four games, senior TB Josh Vaughan (pictured) is averaging 132.0 yards rushing (including a career-high 157 vs. Georgetown) and has eight TDs. • Richmond's two FCS losses this season are by a total of 13 points to teams ranked No. 1 (JMU) and No. 6 (Villanova). • Junior QB Eric Ward is among the most efficient passers in the FCS and has thrown 10 TDs against three INTs this season. • The Spiders are 12-13 following the bye week since 1981 (UR's first season as a FCS/I-AA team) and beat then-No. 3 Hofstra, 31-21, in Hempstead following the bye in 1999. • 2008 marks the 126th season of football at Richmond and is the 40th Anniversary of the 1968 team that finished 8-3 and won the Tangerine Bowl. Up Next:
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