University of Richmond Athletics
Postgame Notes: No. 7 Richmond 31, Delaware 14
11/15/2008 | Football
Nov. 15, 2008
• The win - Richmond's fourth consecutive - improved the Spiders to 8-3 overall, 5-2 in CAA Football.
• Richmond has won eight or more games in two-straight seasons, three of the last four and five of the last 11.
• The victory is Richmond's 34th over the last four years - the most of any four-year stretch in school history. The previous best was 30 wins between 1997 and 2000.
• The win improved the Spiders to 48-27 when playing as a ranked team since the 1993 season, and 17-5 since the start of 2007.
• Richmond has defeated Delaware in two-straight seasons and three of the last four, but the Blue Hens still lead the all-time 18-7.
• In Richmond's last three games (Georgetown, Hofstra, Delaware), the opposition has recorded a total of four first-half first downs (Hofstra had three and Delaware had one).
• The Richmond defense allowed Delaware just 53 yards of total offense on 40 plays (1.3 yards/play). The yardage sets a Richmond record for fewest by an opponent, breaking the previous mark of 81 by William & Mary in a 6-6 tie on Nov. 24, 1955. The 53 yards is also the fewest by Delaware in a game.
• The Blue Hens' only scoring came on a 57-yard INT return for TD by Tyrone Grant and a 45-yard fumble return for TD by Charles Graves.
• The Spiders limited Delaware to just three first downs (one passing, one rushing and one by penalty) and tied a Spider record for fewest total first downs allowed and fewest rushing first downs allowed. Richmond limited Furman to three total first downs and one rushing in a Nov. 8, 1969 game.
• With 1,279 yards rushing this season, Josh Vaughan has more yards on the ground than all 11 Richmond opponents combined (1,153).
• Thanks to four-consecutive games of 156+ yards rushing, Vaughan is averaging 116.3 yards rushing this season and has scored 14 rushing TDs.
• Richmond was seven-of-15 on third-down conversions (47%), while holding Delaware to 0-for-11.
• The Spiders held the ball for 42:03 of the game's 60 minutes, which is a season-high in time of possession by six minutes.
• Richmond improved to 27-2 since 2005 (7-1 this season) when scoring 30 or more points in a game... improved to 27-6 since 2005 when scoring first... improved to 19-1 over the last two years when leading at the half.