University of Richmond Athletics
Football Preview: #14 Richmond at #6 James Madison
10/23/2007 | Football
Oct. 23, 2007
No. 14 Richmond Spiders (5-2, 3-1 CAA)
at
No. 6 James Madison (6-1, 4-0 CAA)
Bridgeforth Stadium (15,000) • Harrisonburg, Va.
October 27, 2007 • 12 p.m. ET
Television: Comcast Sportnet (Mid-Atlantic, Philadelphia and Southeast) with Bob Picozzi (play-by-play) and Sonny Randle (analyst).
Radio: ESPN 950 AM in Richmond with Bob Black (play-by-play), fomer Spider defensive lineman Jasmonn Coleman '97 (analyst) and Matt Smith '92 (sideline).
Satellite Radio: Channel 119 (Richmond broadcast)
Internet: Live audio and video coverage, photo gallery and postgame wrap-up on RichmondSpiders.com.
Weekly Releases:
Richmond: PDF 
James Madison: PDF
CAA Football: PDF
Weekly Audio/Video:
Coach Clawson on the CAA Teleconference 
Weekly Press Conference #8: Video 
Weekly Press Conference #8: Audio
Quick Slants:
• No. 14 Richmond rolls into sold-out Bridgeforth Stadium on No. 6 James Madison's Homecoming Weekend. The Spiders have won two of their last three trips to Harrisonburg, including an 18-15 win in 2005.
• Last Saturday marked the 100th game of Dave Clawson's nine-year head coaching career. His career mark now stands at 52-48 (23-19 at UR).
• Saturday's pivotal CAA South game is a match-up of the two best rushing teams in the league, two of the CAA's four best scoring teams and two of the league's best defenses.
• Senior Tim Hightower, a Walter Payton Award candidate, is the nation's fourth-leading rusher this season, averaging 157.0 yards/game. But last week the tailback was the game's leading receiver. He caught a TD pass to extend his streak of games with a TD to eight.
• Freshmen LB Eric McBride and DL Adam Abramowitz were the Defensive Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively, in the CAA this week. Richmond has won a league-leading seven weekly awards this season.
• McBride (16 tackles) and Abramowitz (10 tackles, 4 TFL) led a defense that kept Rhode Island out of the end zone and limited one of the CAA's leading rushing attacks to just 166 yards on the ground.
• Derek Hatcher and Justin Rogers rank among the NCAA's best punt and kick return tandems.
• Decimated by injuries, the Spiders played most of the Rhode Island game without seven starters from the season-opener.
Up Next:
Richmond is back home to host Villanova on its Homecoming next Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET.
