University of Richmond Athletics
Spiders Football Team Prepares for Delaware
11/05/2001 | Football
Nov. 5, 2001
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For the sixth time this season the Richmond Spiders will play away from home, this week traveling to Delaware. Richmond fell to Hofstra this past weekend 35-21 falling to 2-6 overall. Spiders QB Cordell Roane earned Atlantic 10 Co-offensive player of the week after starting only his 4th collegiate game.
Here are more notes on Saturday's game against Delaware...
On Television... The Richmond Spiders will appear on television for the fourth time this season ... Today's game is being televised by CN 8 (Delaware) and WUPV, UPN-65 (Richmond) ... Richmond's first televised game was on Sept. 29, a 31-30 loss to Villanova (Atlantic 10 Network) ... The Spiders' second televised game was on Oct. 6, a 14-3 loss at Maine (WABI-TV) ... Last week, Fox Sports New York televised the Richmond/Hofstra game from UR Stadium.
Player of the Week... The Atlantic 10 Conference honored Richmond junior quarterback Cordell Roane as this week's Co-Offensive Player of the Week ... In just his fourth collegiate start under center, Roane sparkled in the Spiders' 35-21 loss to Hofstra (Nov. 3) ... Roane shared the honor with Hofstra senior quarterback Rocky Butler ... Butler threw for 350 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Pride ... This is the first Player of the Week honor for Richmond football this season ... The following note explains Roane's spectacular performance:
Etched Into the Record Books ... Junior quarterback Cordell Roane, starting his fourth collegiate game, played his name into the Richmond record book with an outstanding rushing performance against Hofstra on Nov. 3 ... In addition to setting the all-time single-game rushing mark for a quarterback (246 yards), Roane ran his way into these single-game rushing record lists:
| Total Yards | ||||
| 1. | Buster O'Brien | 447 | vs. Ohio | Dec. 27, 1968 |
| 2. | Cordell Roane | 402 | vs. Hofstra | Nov. 3, 2001 |
| Bob Bleier | 402 | at UMass | Sept. 13, 1986 | |
| Rushing Yards | ||||
| 1. | Barry Redden | 280 | vs. Penn | Nov. 26, 1981 |
| 2. | Cordell Roane | 246 | vs. Hofstra | Nov. 3, 2001 |
| Rushing Attempts | ||||
| 1. | Barry Redden | 51 | vs. Penn | Nov. 26, 1981 |
| T-6. | Cordell Roane | 37 | vs. Hofstra | Nov. 3, 2001 |
Winning the Ground Attack... Richmond has outrushed its opponent in seven of eight games this season and have outgained its opponents 2135-1023, or 239.8 yards/game to 95.9 yards/game on the ground ... The only team to outrush the Spiders was Maine (Oct. 6) ... The Black Bears ran for 180 yards, while Richmond managed 132 rushing yards -- its lowest mark of the season ... The Spiders have held their opponent to less than 100 yards rushing four times this season and in each of the last two games.
Quarterback over a 1,000?... After eight games this season, junior quarterback Cordell Roane has recorded 678 rushing yards, 322 shy of 1,000 ... With three games remaining, Roane would have to average 107.3 yards per game to become the first Richmond quarterback to eclipse the mark ... Last season, quarterback Sean Gustus ran for 909 yards in 13 games.
Entering the top-10... Ed Krellis ranks 10th all-time with 858 rushing yards during the 1976 season -- Roane is 180 yards away from entering the top-10 ... He would have to average 60.0 rushing yards/game to crack the top 10.
Leading the Offense... During the 1999 and 2000 season, the Richmond quarterback led the team in both rushing and passing ... In 1999, Jimmie Miles ran for a team-high 633 yards and passed for 1,977 yards ... Last fall, Cordell Roane leads the team in rushing with 678 yards but ranks second with 288 passing yards ... He trails Gustus by 56 yards to take over the team lead.
The Spider Sportsline with Coach Jim Reid... Join Coach Reid and the "Voice of the Spiders" Bob Black at Extra Billy's Restaurant 5205 West Broad Street in Richmond for The Spider Sportsline, Wednesday night from 7-8. Extra Billy's serves up the food and drink - including specials throughout the night - while Coach Reid, the audience and callers serve up the Spider football talk. The show will be broadcast live on WRNL-AM (910) and posted on RichmondSpiders.com Thursday.
