University of Richmond Athletics
Postgame Notes: #4 Richmond 45, Towson 14
09/13/2008 | Football
Sept. 13, 2008
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• With the win, No. 4 Richmond improved to 42-25 when playing as a ranked team (in the Sports Network poll) since the 1993 season, but an impressive 11-3 since the start of 2007.
• The win gave the Spiders their third-consecutive conference-opening victory and fourth in the last five years.
• The victory also marked Richmond's third-consecutive home-opening win.
• Richmond snapped a two-game losing skid in the series vs. Towson, after the Spiders took the first two all-time meetings in 2004 and 2005. In fact, Towson still owns two of the four regular-season losses dealt the Spiders since Nov. 11, 2006 -- the other two are Virginia and Vanderbilt.
• As a team, Towson accounted for just 55 yards rushing on 27 carries to mark the third-straight opponent under 100 yards on the ground versus Richmond. Elon had just 22 yards on the ground, while Virginia managed just 91.
• Richmond had five interceptions in the game - that is half of what the Spiders had all last season - but three shy of the single-game school record. The Spiders had eight interceptions in a 1938 game at Hampton-Sydney.
• Richmond's two interceptions returned for touchdowns ties a school record (at Boston U. in 1996 and versus Cincinnati in 1978).
• The two interceptions each for Derek Hatcher and Justin Rogers were career highs, but one shy of the single-game school record of three held by six different Spiders (including head coach Mike London and assistant coach Scott Burton).
• David Horton had the other interception - the seventh of his career -- and his second straight game with a pick.
• John Crone carried the ball four times for 24 yards - nearly half of his previous career rushing totals. The senior FB entered the game with 40 yards rushing - 33 coming in a 2005 game versus VMI. He also scored his first career rushing TD.
• Crone caught a one-yard TD pass to mark his second career game with two TDs. He caught two TD passes versus VMI in 2006.
• Andrew Howard made good on all six PAT attempts, extending his school-record streak to 102 made extra-points. The junior has not missed in his collegiate career. The NCAA record for consecutive PATs made is 126.
• Howard needs just nine more points to break the school scoring record for a kicker (188 points by Rob Courter, 1987-90).
