University of Richmond Athletics
Postgame Notes: No. 6 Richmond Falls At Virginia
09/05/2010 | Football
Sept. 5, 2010
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• The Spiders had their streak of 12-consecutive road wins snapped, which ranked as the longest such streak in the FCS and the second-longest in Division-I behind Boise State's 13-game road winning streak. Richmond last road loss was 26-20 at Villanova (9/27/08).
• Richmond dropped a season-opener for the first time since the 2007 season (at Vanderbilt). The Spiders won at Elon 28-10 in 2008 and beat Duke 24-16 in 2009.
• Richmond FB Kendall Gaskins 70-yard rush (his career long) in the first quarter was the longest rush against Virginia since Graig Cooper of Miami (Fla.) in 2009 (also 70 yards).
• Eleven players made their first career starts as Spiders: Jason Sakoian (OL), Ryan Goss (OL), Mark Speir (OL), Richard Muldrow (OL), Kevin Finney (TE), Kendall Gaskins (FB), Aaron Corp (QB), Brandon Scott (DL), Corey Jackson (DL), Kerry Wynn (DL) and Darrius McMillan (LB).
• By comparison, there were just four first-time starters for the Spiders in their 2009 season-opening win at Duke.
• Four Spiders saw action as true freshmen: Ben Edwards (WR), Walt Sparks (LS), Evan Kelly (DL) and Wayne Pettus (DB).
• The 70-yard TD rush by Gaskins was the the Spiders' longest rush since QB Eric Ward ran 74 yards for a TD versus Elon in the 2009 NCAA First Round.
• Gaskins previous career long rush was 10 yards.
• Gaskins finished with a team-high 89 yards rushing on eight carries (one touchdown).
• Richmond gained 131 yards off of kick-off returns compared to Virginia's 67 yards. On punt returns, Richmond had 39 yards compared to UVa's two. Senior CB Justin Rogers collected 113 yards on kick and punt returns.
• Rogers saw action on the offensive side of the ball for the first time since 2007. He is a three-time All-America pick and on the preseason watch list for the Buck Buchanan Award (FCS best defensive player).
• Nick Hicks' punt of the 63 yards was the longest of his career - and was longer than any Richmond punt last season.
• Richmond trailed 14-10 at the half, marking just the 11th time since the start of the 2007 season the Spiders were behind at the half. Richmond is 25-2 in that span when leading at the break, 4-6 when down and 2-0 when tied.
• In the modern era of Richmond Football (since 1948), first-year head coaches are now 6-4 in their debut on the Spiders' sidelines. That includes Mike London -- who beat Elon, 28-10, in 2008 -- and Jim Reid, who took down VMI, 51-28, in 1995. Both London and Reid were on the opposite sideline Saturday as Latrell Scott made his debut at Richmond.
• The era of starting QB Eric Ward, who was 41-12 in his Richmond career.
• Richmond owned a nearly three-minute advantage in time of possession (31:22 to 28:38). The Spiders have trailed in TOP just seven times since 2007 (and did not trail in a game all last season).
