University of Richmond Athletics
Postgame Notes: No. 9 Richmond 30, No. 10 UMass 15
10/18/2008 | Football
Oct. 18, 2008
• UMass had won 16-straight home games entering Saturday's game, which as the second-longest streak in the FCS. They had also won six straight on Homecoming and are now 14-3 in their last 17 HC games.
• The Minutemen have lost just six times at home since the final game of the 2001 regular season, and the Spiders have accounted for half of those defeats.
• In the last two seasons, Richmond has stopped James Madison's 12-game home winning streak (last season) and halted UMass' 16-game home win streak.
• Andrew Howard opened the scoring with his 23-yard field goal - his eighth-consecutive FG made to extend a career-long streak. But the junior missed a 55-yarder on the final play of the half to stop his career-long streak of makes.
• Howard also missed his first career PAT, snapping his streak of 121-straight. It was just five shy of tying the FCS all-time record for consecutive PATs made.
• Richmond led 9-0 at the end of the first quarter and the Minutemen this season have been out-scored 74-21 in the opening 15 minutes of play.
• Richmond out-scored UMass 14-6 in the second half and is now out-scoring the opposition 138-73 in the final 30 minutes this season.
•Josh Vaughan surpassed his previous career high in rushing with his 156 yards on 21 carries. His previous career-best was 132 yards versus William & Mary last season.
•With 2,212 career yards rushing, Vaughan moved into seventh all-time at Richmond, surpassing the 2,209 yards by Minso Rogers. His 23rd career rushing touchdown moved him into fifth all-time at Richmond.
•The win is the Spiders fourth over a top-10 team since the start of last season. Richmond led the nation with a 6-1 record versus top-25 teams last season and are now 4-2 versus the top-10 over the last two years.
• The Spiders improved to 24-6 since 2005 when scoring first and 24-2 when scoring 30 or more points over that span. It also improved Richmond to 31-3 when leading at the half since 2004.
• The Richmond defense limited UMass RB Tony Nelson to just 61 yards on 23 carries. Nelson entered the game as the nation's ninth-leading rusher with 123.5 yards/game. Senior QB Liam Coen was averaging 244 yards passing coming in, but was held to 18-of-30 passing for 165 yards.
• Sophomore return specialists Justin Rogers had another impressive day, returning a pair of punts 55 yards, including a long return of 45 yards. He also had three kick returns for 63 yards. His returns helped Richmond to its best average starting field position of the season - their own 48 yard line.
