University of Richmond Athletics
This Is Gameweek: Spiders Face #9 UMass
09/15/2004 | Football
Sept. 15, 2004
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - The Richmond football team travels to Amherst for a 1 p.m. contest against the ninth-ranked Minutemen this Saturday, fresh off a 34-7 win at VMI. It was the Spiders largest margin of victory since finishing the 2001 campaign with a 35-7 triumph at UMass.
Both teams enjoyed stellar games last Saturday. Spider quarterback Stacy Tutt threw for four touchdowns against the Keydets, while Massachusetts defeated #4 Colgate at home.
The series is split over the last 10 contests while UMass has won each of the past two. A 23-point second half propelled the Minutemen to a 30-17 win last fall.
INSIDE THE HUDDLE
RICHMOND SPIDERS
Game Notes
Roster
Statistics
UMASS MINUTEMEN
Game Notes
Roster
Statistics
STORYLINES
* Spider first-year head coach Dave Clawson and first-year UMass head coach Don Brown have faced each other once before, at their previous schools. Clawson's Fordham team defeated Brown's Northeastern squad, 29-24, on Nov. 30, 2002 in the I-AA playoff's first round.
* Junior Stacy Tutt, coming off his best collegiate game, returns to Amherst where he made his first start under center of the 2003 season -- second career. Tutt ran for 70 yards, including a four-yard TD, and passed for 99 more in the loss.
* Tutt's four touchdown passes at VMI tied for the second most in a single game. Greg Lilly holds the program record with five against James Madison on Sept. 12, 1992. It marked the fourth time a Spider QB threw for four, first since Buster O'Brien tossed four against Ohio on Dec. 27 in the 1968 Tangerine Bowl.
* The Spiders are 4-5 in Amherst. Their last win came on Nov. 23, 2001, a 35-7 triumph the day after Thanksgiving. The Spiders have won three of their last four at UMass.
* Richmond has not allowed one big play (25-or-more yards) in its first two games this fall.
* Senior Michael Rogers is the lone Spiders from Massachusetts. The senior offensive lineman calls Bridgewater home. UMass has six players on its roster from Virginia, but none from Richmond.
* Saturday's 34-7 win at VMI snapped a seven-game road losing skid.
* In a back and forth series, no school has won more than two consecutive games except for the six straight the Minutemen posted from 1988-93. UMass has won the last two meetings.
GAME NOTES
Career Day ... Several Spiders enjoyed career games in Saturday's 34-7 win at VMI -- Richmond's largest margin since a 35-7 victory at UMass on Nov. 23, 2001 ... Junior quarterback Stacy Tutt established a new career mark in passing touchdowns (4) and yards (233) ... Other leaders from the game that reached new bests were David Freeman (130 rush yards), Harry Wilson (104 receiving yards and two TDs) and Adam Goloboski (13 tackles).
Two-Game Streaks ... Junior Brian Burnette has reached double-digit tackles in both games this season ... The outside linebacker recorded 11 at NC State and 10 at VMI ... Senior wide receiver Jake Schools has made three catches in both games this fall ... Schools led the Spiders with 49 receptions last year.
Containing The Opposition ... The Spiders have not allowed a "big play" yet this season ... Defined as any play from scrimmage that gains 25-or-more yards, Richmond notched four on Saturday -- two on passes from Stacy Tutt to Harry Wilson ... The longest play Richmond has allowed this season was a 22-yard scamper by NC State's Darrell Blackman.
Commonwealth Coaching Connections ... Two Spider assistant coaches played and coached at UMass ... Special Teams Coordinator Ben Albert was a three-year starter on the defensive line and earned All-Conference as a senior in 1994 for the Minutemen ... He also served as an assistant in 1996 and from 2002-03 in Amherst ... Albert is in his first year back at Richmond after coaching the Spiders from 1997-2000 ... Offensive line coach Bill Durkin is in his eighth year at Richmond after playing and coaching at UMass (1995-96) ... Durkin was chosen as one of the Yankee Conference's Top 50 players of all time.
On This Date ... After winning their first five games played on Sept. 18, the Spiders have dropped their last four ... Richmond's most recent win on this date came in 1954, a 40-0 victory against Randolph-Macon ... The last game on Sept. 18 was played in 1999 when the Spiders lost at Maine, 21-14.
The Century Mark ... Against VMI, the Spiders had a RB (David Freeman) and a WR (Harry Wilson) clear the 100-yard mark for the first time since Oct. 26, 2002 at URI ... In that game, Kenny Dantzler (139) and Boyd Ouden (116) accomplished the feat.
