University of Richmond Athletics
Towson 23, No. 14 Richmond 21 -- Postgame Notes
10/06/2007 | Football
Oct. 6, 2007
The Spiders attempted a school-record five goals on the afternoon, making two. Sophomore kicker Andrew Howard had tied the single-game record with his four first-half attempts. His miss from 26-yards (blocked) on Richmond's first possession of the game was his first career miss inside 33 yards.
Freshman WR Kevin Grayson caught six passes for 69 yards, snapping his streak of consecutive 100-yard receiving games at two.
Senior TB Tim Hightower carried the ball 26 times for 120 yards, surpassing the 100-yard plateau for the fourth-consecutive game. It marks the first time since that's happened at Richmond since Uly Scott in 1992.
With 120 yards, Hightower moved into third place all-time at Richmond in career rushing, with 2,690.
With one rushing touchdown, Hightower now has 27 in his career and is three shy of setting a new Richmond career record.
Richmond falls to 5-3 when playing as a ranked team on the road under head coach Dave Clawson and 10-7 overall.
Richmond drove 53 yards on its first drive, but the Andrew Howard 26-yard field goal attempt was knocked down by the Towson defense. It marked the first time since Vanderbilt (three-straight games) that the Spiders failed to score on their opening drive.
The game also marked the first time this season the Spiders were held off the scoreboard in the opening quarter of play and the first time since Nov. 6, 2006 versus Villanova that the Spiders were held without a first-half touchdown.
Junior TE Joe Monteverde reeled a career best four catches for 24 yards, while freshman WR Max Prokell caught his first career pass.
Richmond was successful on a two-point conversion for the second-straight game.
Richmond did not punt in the game, converted all five of its fourth-down conversions and was five-of-15 on third downs.
Richmond owned the time of possession for the fifth time in as many games this season.