University of Richmond Athletics
Richmond To Travel To Illinois State Friday, Dec. 11
12/06/2015 | Football
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - The No. 7 seed University of Richmond football team will travel to Normal, Ill. this week to square off with the No. 2 seed Illinois State in the quarterfinals of the 2015 FCS Playoffs. The game will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live on ESPN3 and the Watch ESPN app, as well as the Spider IMG Sports Network.
The game will be the first ever meeting between the two programs and the first quarterfinal appearance for Richmond since the 2009 season. There will be one other quarterfinal matchup on Friday night and the other two will take place on Saturday afternoon. The winner of Friday night's game will face the winner of No. 3 North Dakota State and Northern Iowa, which upset Portland State Saturday night.
Richmond is the last remaining representative of the CAA after James Madison fell at home to Colgate, 44-38. Colgate also defeated New Hampshire on the road in the first round. The Spiders are in search of a second National Championship with their first coming in 2008 in the form of a 24-7 win over Montana.
Richmond was dominant on Saturday afternoon, burying Capital Cup rival William & Mary, 48-13, at Robins Stadium to claim a second round win. First team All-Conference running back Jacobi Green collected 141 yards in the game and three rushing scores on 25 carries to pace the offense while second team All-Conference QB Kyle Lauletta threw for 146 yards and rushed for two scores. Lauletta completed 12 passes on a season-low 17 attempts and spread the ball around. First team All-Conference wide receiver Brian Brown led the team with four catches for 41 yards with James Pavik picking up three catches for 44 yards. First team All-Conference wide receiver Reggie Diggs also caught three balls and totaled 40 yards. Lauletta became just the second QB in Richmond football history to surpass the 3,000-yard passing mark and the seventh to eclipse 200 completions in a season.
