University of Richmond Athletics
Richmond Football Postgame Notes -- Sept. 30, 2006
09/30/2006 | Football
Sept. 30, 2006
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Richmond Football Postgame Notes
The Richmond win..
-- Makes the team 4-0 to start the season for the first time since beginning the 1995 season 4-0.
-- Makes the Spiders 3-0 at home this season and 9-6 all-time at UR Stadium under head coach Dave Clawson.
-- Gives Clawson his first win in an Atlantic 10 home-opener during his tenure at Richmond.
-- Gives Clawson his second win in an Atlantic 10 opener during his time at Richmond. In his first season (2004) the Spiders went to No. 9 UMass, and won 24-14.
-- Marks the first win in an Atlantic 10 home-opener since the 2002 season. The Spiders opened the A-10 season with a 15-13 win over No. 9 Delaware.
-- Moves Clawson to 45-41 as a head coach and 106-87-1 in his coaching career.
-- Makes Clawson 2-0 in his head-coaching career against Northeastern.
-- Extended the Spiders' win-loss record in the all-time series with the Huskies, 7-5.
-- Pushes Richmond's record to 4-2 all-time against the Huskies at UR Stadium.
-- Snaps the Huskies' three-game win streak in the all-time series.
-- Gives the Spiders 12 wins in their last 13 games dating back to a 38-20 win over Villanova, Oct. 8, 2005.
-- Extends the Spiders' regular season win streak to 11 games and their regular season home win streak to eight-straight.
-- Gives Richmond an all-time record of 453-589-53.
Postgame Notes
-- Redshirt freshman Michael Ireland returned a blocked punt for a nine-yard touchdown with 13:07 left in the first quarter. It marked the first blocked punt return for a TD for Richmond since Brian Daly did it at Delaware, Nov. 16, 1991.
-- Redshirt freshman Justin Forte, who recorded the block on the punt early in the first quarter, recorded the second safety of the season for Richmond. The Marietta, Ga., native recorded a tackle in the endzone after Northeastern muffed a snap on an attempted punt. The last time the Spiders recorded a safety was two weeks ago against VMI (Sept. 16) when junior Sherman Logan recorded a tackle in the endzone.
-- The Spiders blocked a field goal attempt in the first quarter, junior Andrew Harris got a hand on a 22-yard attempt to keep the Huskies off the scoreboard.
-- Junior Tim Hightower rushed a career-high 37 times, for a career-best 149 yards, marking his fifth-career contest over 100 yards. His 37 attempts are tied for the sixth-most in school history, and are the most since Jarvis Jennings carried the ball 38 times against VMI, Oct. 19, 1983.
-- Senior Lance Gray recorded the fourth interception of his career with 10:11 left in the third quarter. The Mechanicsville, Va., native returned it 38 yards before fumbling and giving it back to the Huskies.
-- Redshirt freshman David Horton, who made his first-career start at cornerback, recorded his first career interception with 1:47 left in the third quarter.
-- Freshman Andrew Howard connected on a 42-yard field goal in the first quarter to equal his career-best, but had his string of consecutive field goals snapped when he missed a 33-yard attempt with 6:41 left in the game. Howard is now 5-for-6 in field goal attempts and 16-for-16 in PAT tries in his career.
