Spiders Strengthen Playoff Position with Road Victory Over Delaware

Saturday, November 12

Newark, DE

1 p.m.

University of Richmond

8-2 , 6-1

Delaware

7-3 , 4-3

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Richmond

Delaware

Spiders Strengthen Playoff Position with Road Victory Over Delaware

11/12/2022 | Football

Box Score AUDIO: Coach Huesman Post Game Radio AUDIO: Reese Udinski To Jerry Garcia On 4th & 4 AUDIO: Jake Larson's Game-Winning 39-yard Field Goal Photo Gallery

Newark, Del. – The clock read zeroes when the No. 12/13 Richmond football team scored it's only touchdown of the day in a 21-13 road victory over No. 15/17 Delaware. Richmond (8-2, 6-1) will play for a Colonial Athletic Association championship at Robins Stadium against William & Mary Saturday.

Trailing 13-12, a fourth down stop late in the fourth quarter gave Richmond the ball on its own seven yard-line before Reece Udinski (North Wales, Pa.) found Jerry Garcia Jr. (Hope Mills, N.C.) for a 45-yard completion to put the Spiders in field goal range.

With four seconds left in the game, Jake Larson (Baltimore, Md.), who connected on kicks from 46 and 48 yards earlier in the day, hit a 39-yarder to put the Spiders up 15-13. Delaware (7-3, 4-3 CAA) made the most of a return attempt on the following kickoff as time expired and after a series of Blue Hen fumbles, Gio Seigler (Leesburg, Va.) found the ball in his hands in the endzone to secure the Spider victory. The win came as the first for an opponent playing at Delaware Stadium this season.

"We had some spotty defense in the second half, but at the end of the day we made our kicks and they didn't make theirs and that's what matters," said head coach Russ Huesman, who eclipsed eight wins for the first time as Richmond's leader.

Andrew Lopez (New Orleans, La.) put the first points on the board with a 33-yard field goal late in the first quarter. Larson's 46-yard kick and a successful 29-yard attempt from Lopez made the score 9-0 at half— a score that would stand until the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Delaware was unsuccessful on a 40-yard field goal attempt at 10:30 in the third that would've made it 9-3, and when it scored its second touchdown of the day to take the 13-12 lead, the Blue Hens followed up with a failed two-point conversion.

Richmond's defense was a force all day, collecting 11 tackles for loss (it's most of the season), two interceptions, three quarterback hurries, three sacks, a season-high three forced fumbles and four pass breakups.

Offensively, Udinski was 28-42 for 301 yards for his sixth 300+ yard game of the season, while Nick DeGennaro (7 catches for 88 yards), Aaron Dykes (13 carries for 34 yards) and Savon Smith (10 carries for 33 yards) led the effort.

Marlem Louis led the defensive unit, totaling six tackles (three for loss), two sacks, two quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles. Philip O'Connor led all tacklers with a career-high of 12.

With playoffs on the horizon, the Spiders return to Robins Stadium for one last regular-season game Saturday when it faces rival William & Mary (9-1, 6-1) for the CAA championship in the Capital Cup presented by C&F Bank in "The Oldest Rivalry in the South". Game time is set for noon.