University of Richmond Athletics
Richmond Football Postgame Notes -- Oct. 22, 2005
10/22/2005 | Football
Oct. 22, 2005
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The Richmond win ...
- Gives the Spiders a 4-3 mark for the first time since the 1999 season.
- Gives the Spiders a 4-1 mark in the Atlantic 10 for the first time since the 2000 season.
- Makes the Spiders 14-32 against ranked opponents dating back to 1995.
- Marks the second consecutive win over a ranked opponent.
- Marks the first four-game conference win streak for the Spiders since the 2000 season.
- Gives head coach Dave Clawson his first four-win season at Richmond.
- Makes the Spiders 5-5 at UR Stadium under Clawson.
- Makes the all-time series with Hofstra 3-2, in favor of the Pride.
- Ups the Spiders' record to 1-1 against Hofstra when playing in Richmond.
- Snaps the Pride's three-game win streak in the all-time series.
- Marks Richmond's first win over Hofstra since the 1999 season, the first-ever meeting in the series.
- Moves Clawson's marks to 36-40 as a head coach and 97-86-1 in his coaching career.
- Gives Clawson his first win all-time against Hofstra and makes his record 1-1 against the Pride.
- Gives the Spiders an all-time record of 444-588-53.
Postgame Notes
- Tim Hightower's 2-yard touchdown run on the Spiders' first drive of the game was the first TD run of his career.
- The 66-yard run by Hofstra's Kareem Huggins in the second quarter was the longest rush and longest touchdown run given up by the Spiders this season.
- Richmond's defense has at least two sacks in its last six games four in each of the last three games.
- Hofstra's Rob Zarrilli kicked the longest field goal against the Spiders this season, connecting on a 47-yarder in the second quarter.
- The Spiders had given up just six plays over 35 yards this season, but gave up three plays of at least 44 yards in Hofstra's first three drives of the game.
- David Freeman's 17-yard catch in the third quarter was his second receiving touchdown of the season.
- Arman Shields caught a career-high 14 passes for 147 yards, giving him his fourth-straight 100-yard receiving game. The last Spider to notch four-straight 100-yard receiving games was in 1969 when Walker Gillette did so Oct. 25-Nov. 15.
- Matt Hale has caught a touchdown pass in three-straight games after a 6-yard TD catch in the fourth quarter.
- Hale caught a career-high nine passes for 112 yards.
- Shields and Hale both were over 100 yards in receiving, the first time Richmond had two players over 100 yards receiving since Oct. 10, 1992 against New Hampshire when Rodney Bowens had 110 yards and Sterling Brown had 101.
- Stacy Tutt set career highs in completions (32), attempts (50), passing yards (376) and rushing attempts (27). He also tied a career-high with four TD passes. His previous marks for completions was 26-of-42 both coming against Hofstra on Oct. 30, 2004. He previous best in passing yards came against James Madison, Sept. 11, 2004. Tutt rushed 21 times against Maine on Sept. 17, 2005.
- Tutt moved into fifth place on the all-time pass attempts list at Richmond, passing Jimmie Miles (1996-99) with 597.
- Tutt moved into fourth place on the all-time plays list at Richmond, passing Buster O'Brien (1966-68) with 913.
- Harry Wilson hauled in his first catch of the season, a TD pass from Tutt, with 1:31 left in the game.
- The Spiders played in overtime for the first time since Nov. 4, 2000, when they topped Rhode Island, 13-10, in Richmond.
- Today's game also marked the first time the Spiders have gone into a second overtime since Oct. 7, 1995, when they beat Northeastern, 26-23, in Richmond.
- The Spiders set season highs in first downs (35), pass attempts (50), passing yards (376), total offense (547), total plays (102), penalty yards (95), penalties (8) and points scored (43).
- Richmond's 547 total yards rank fourth all-time in yards gained during a single game.
- The Spiders' 50 pass attempts are the most in the Clawson era during a single game and the third most in school history.
- Richmond's 32 pass completions are the second most in school history.
- Richmond's 376 passing yards are the fourth-most in school history.
- Richmond's 35 first downs are the most ever in a single game by the Spiders.
- Shields' 14 catches rank third all-time in single-game receptions.
- Tutt's 376 yards passing rank fourth all-time in single game yardage at Richmond.
- Tutt's 32-for-56 performance passing both rank second in all-time single-game completions and attempt at Richmond.
