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No. 4 Richmond Hosts No. 5 Tribe With Capital Cup, CAA Title On The Line
Nov. 17, 2009
No. 4 Richmond Spiders (9-1, 6-1) "The Battle for the Capital Cup" Television: Comcast Network with Mike Corey (play-by-play) and Kevin Reilly (analyst). Weekly Releases: Weekly Audio/Video: Quick Slants: • The Spiders and Tribe sport similar 9-1 overall records and the 18 combined victories is the most in series history. Saturday's game also marks the best combined Top-25 rank in series history. • The winner takes home the new Capital Cup, which replaced the old I-64 Trophy this season. Although William & Mary leads the all-time series 59-54-5, Richmond has dominated the recent history by winning four straight and seven of the last 11 games. • Neither team has ever reached the 10-win mark during a regular season in school history. • With each team all but guaranteed an NCAA Playoff spot, it would mark the Spiders' third-consecutive berth and eighth all-time. • A win gives Richmond its fifth conference title since 1998 -- no other CAA Football team has won more over that span. • Senior QB Eric Ward (pictured), who is 3-0 in his career versus the Tribe, holds every major career passing record at Richmond and needs just one more yard to crack the CAA Football career top-10. • The Spiders have 14 interceptions in 2009, with 13 coming in the last six games. • With 14.0 TFL and 5.5 sacks, junior DT Martin Parker leads a Spider defense that ranks third in the nation against the run (70.7 yds/gm). • Saturday's game marks Richmond's final regular-season contest at 81-year old UR Stadium. Next season, Richmond moves into the new $25 million Robins Stadium on campus. • As part of the "Final Season at UR Stadium" celebration, an All-UR Stadium Team was selected and will be introduced at halftime. • Saturday's game is also the 2009 Farm Bureau Insurance Fall Classic.
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