University of Richmond Athletics
Richmond Football Postgame Notes -- Sept. 16, 2006
Sept. 16, 2006
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The Richmond win...
-- Made the team 2-0 to start the season for the first time since beginning the 1997 season 2-0.
-- Marked the first time head coach Dave Clawson has been victorious in a home-opener at Richmond.
-- Made the Spiders 1-0 at home this season and 7-6 all-time at UR Stadium under Clawson.
-- Marked the first win in a Spider home-opener since the 2002 season when Richmond topped No. 9 Delaware, 15-13.
-- Moved Clawson to 43-41 as a head coach and 104-87-1 in his coaching career.
-- Gave Clawson his third-straight win over VMI dating back to the 2004 season.
-- Extended the Spiders' win streak in the all-time series with VMI to six-straight and 17 of the last 20.
-- Gave the Spiders seven-straight wins at home over the Keydets.
-- Gave the Spiders 10 wins in their last 11 games dating back to a 38-20 win over Villanova, Oct. 8, 2005.
-- Extended the Spiders' regular season win streak to nine games and their regular season home win streak to six-straight.
-- Gave Richmond an all-time record of 451-589-53.
Postgame Notes
-- Richmond's 560 yards of total offense rank as the fourth-most ever in a game for the Spiders. It also is the most since the Spider rolled up 573 yards of total offense against the Keydets in 2005.
-- The Spiders' 58 points are the most they have scored in a single game since 1943, and ranks fourth on the all-time single-game scoring list. The last time Richmond scored 50-or-more points in a contest was Sept. 20, 1997 against VMI.
-- Freshman Andrew Howard tied the school record for single-game extra points with eight on the day.
-- Junior Tim Hightower's 106 yard game marks the fourth 100+ yard performance of his career, and is the second-straight game against VMI he has gone over 100-yards.
-- Freshman Justin Forte garnered a career-best and team-best 144 yards on the ground, and scored his first career touchdown.
-- Sophomore John Crone caught two passes for 34 yards and two touchdowns to mark his first career multi-touchdown game.
-- Sophomore Josh Vaughan recorded the first rushing touchdown of his career.
-- Freshman Derek Hatcher scored the first touchdown of his career with a 21-yard fumble recovery. The TD-return marked the first for Richmond since John Liebrand returned a fumble nine yards for a TD against James Madison, Oct. 28, 1995. The fumble recovery also extended Richmond's forced fumble streak to six-straight dating back to Nov. 12, 2005 against Towson.
-- The Spiders held the Keydets to -1 yard passing, marking the fewest passing yards for VMI in school history. The defensive effort also was one off the NCAA I-AA record for fewest yards passing allowed of -2.