University of Richmond Athletics
Spiders Earn No. 7 Seed And First Round Bye In FCS Playoffs
11/22/2015 | Football
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond Spiders football team, fresh off claiming a fourth CAA Championship on Saturday afternoon with a 20-9 victory over Capital Cup rival William & Mary, has received the No. 7 overall seed in the FCS Playoffs and will have a First Round bye.
The Spiders will be at Robins Stadium on Dec. 5 and await the winner of William & Mary and Northeast Conference champion Duquesne who meet in Williamsburg this weekend at 3:30 p.m. Ticket information for the playoff game will be released shortly.
This is the second-consecutive postseason apprearance for the Spiders who advanced to the second round last season. Four CAA teams in total were selected. James Madison received the No. 5 overall seed and could play New Hampshire in the second round.
The Spiders posted an 8-3 record overall this season and a 6-2 mark in the CAA en route to a championship and automatic berth into the FCS Playoffs. Richmond has been led, especially in the second half of the season, by National Offensive Player of the Year candidate RB Jacobi Green who has amassed a career-best and CAA leading 1,285 yards on the ground to go with 15 touchdowns which also led the league.
Richmond WR Brian Brown has had one of the great seasons any Spider receiver has ever had, totaling 1,180 yards through the air; just nine yards shy of a Richmond single-season record, making him the only Spider pass catcher to ever record multiple 1,000 yard seasons. He has collected six scores while his counterpart Reggie Diggs has grabbed five, making them the most dangerous receiving duo in the CAA and possibly the country.
First-year starting QB Kyle Lauletta has completed 199 passes this season and thrown 17 touchdowns to help build his 150.85 efficiency rating that has ranked in the top 10 in the nation for most of the year. His 2,912 yards have him well on his way to becoming just the second Richmond arm to eclipse 3,000 yards in a single season.
