University of Richmond Athletics
Richmond Football Postgame Notes -- Oct. 29, 2005
Oct. 29, 2005
The Richmond win..
-- Gives the Spiders a 5-3 mark for the first time since the 1999 season.
-- Gives the Spiders a 5-1 mark in the Atlantic 10 for the first time since the 2000 season.
-- Makes the Spiders 15-32 against ranked opponents dating back to 1995.
-- Marks the third consecutive win over a ranked opponent.
-- Marks the first five-game conference win streak for the Spiders since the 2000 season.
-- Gives head coach Dave Clawson his first five-win season at Richmond.
-- Makes the Spiders 4-6 on the road under Clawson.
-- Makes the all-time series with James Madison 13-10, in favor of the Spiders.
-- Ups the Spiders' record to 6-5 against the Dukes when playing in Harrisonburg.
-- Snaps the Dukes' two-game win streak in the all-time series.
-- Marks Richmond's first win over James Madison since the 2002 season, and the first win against JMU in Harrisonburg since the 2001 season.
-- Moves Clawson's marks to 37-40 as a head coach and 98-86-1 in his coaching career.
-- Gives Clawson his first win all-time against James Madison and make his record 1-1 against the Dukes.
-- Gives the Spiders an all-time record of 445-588-53.
Postgame Notes
-- Matt Hale's 51-yard catch at the end of the first quarter marked his longest of the season.
-- Joseph Fore's 23-yard field goal with 14:05 left in the second quarter snapped a streak of two-straight misses dating back to the Hofstra game.
-- Stacy Tutt's interception with just under six minutes remaining in the second quarter was his first interception since the Vanderbilt game, Sept. 24.
-- Joe Mallory's interception with 4:27 left in the second quarter was his first of the season and Richmond defense's ninth of the season. It also marked the first interception by the Spiders' defense since the Villanova game, Oct. 8.
-- Damien McCallum's 22-yard kickoff return to open the second half was the first of his career.
-- Sherman Logan's five-yard sack with just over six minutes remaining in the third quarter marked his sixth-straight game with a sack and seventh-straight game with a tackle-for-loss.
-- Anthony Dabney's blocked punt with 6:17 left in the third quarter marked his second-straight game with a block.
-- Tim Hightower's 19-yard touchdown run with 4:37 left in the third quarter marked his second-straight game with a rushing touchdown.
-- Hightower's 19-yard scamper gave him a career-high in rushing yards with 89. His previous best was 73 against Villanova, Oct. 16, 2004.
-- Richmond's failed two-point conversion try with 4:37 left in the third quarter was its second failed attempt this season. The Spiders went for two against UMass and had their pass intercepted Sept. 1.
-- Hightower's 119 yards mark the first time the Spiders have had a rusher with more than 100 yards since David Freeman rushed for 116 against Lafayette, Sept. 10. His total is also the highest single-game rushing output for the Spiders this season.
-- John Crone's 3 catches equal mark a career-high in single-game receptions.
-- Hightower's 1-yard touchdown with 9:13 left in the game was his second of the game and mark a career-best in a single-game. It is also the first time this season the Spiders have had a single player rush for more than one touchdown in a game.
-- JMU's two-point conversion with 5:05 remaining in the game marked the first successful two-point conversion by a Richmond opponent since Anthony Cottrone of Maine had a successful rushing attempt, Oct. 9, 2004.