University of Richmond Athletics
NCAA First Round Playoffs Preview: #6 Richmond vs. #9 Eastern Kentucky
Nov. 20, 2007
No. 6 Richmond Spiders (9-2)
vs.
No. 9 Eastern Kentucky Colonels (9-2)
NCAA FCS CHAMPIONSHIP - FIRST ROUND
University of Richmond Stadium (21,319) • Richmond, Va.
November 24, 2007 • 6 p.m. ET
Television: None.
Radio: ESPN 950 AM in Richmond with Bob Black (play-by-play), fomer Spider defensive lineman Jasmonn Coleman '97 (analyst) and Matt Smith '92 (sideline).
Satellite Radio: None.
Internet: Live video and audio coverage, photo gallery and postgame wrap-up on RichmondSpiders.com.
Weekly Releases:
Richmond: PDF 
Eastern Kentucky: PDF
CAA Football: PDF
Weekly Audio/Video:
Coach Clawson on the CAA Teleconference 
EKU head coach Danny Hope on OVC Teleconference
Weekly Press Conference #12: Video 
Weekly Press Conference #12: Audio
Quick Slants:
• Winners of six-consecutive games, CAA Football champion Richmond heads into the first round of the 2007 NCAA FCS Championship against Eastern Kentucky, the Ohio Valley champion.
• The Spiders are making their eighth all-time appearance in the NCAA Playoffs, and second in three years under head coach Dave Clawson. Richmond's all-time record in playoff action is 3-5 (3-2 in the first round).
• No other team in CAA Football has won more conference titles since 1998 than Richmond. The Spiders have four to their credit (1998, 2000, 2005 and 2007), the same number as Massachusetts.
• Richmond has won nine regular-season games and has defeated all four ranked opponents faced this season. Only top-seeded Northern Iowa has played and defeated (4-0) as many Top 25 teams in 2007.
• Senior Tim Hightower, a Walter Payton Award candidate, is the nation's sixth-leading rusher this season, averaging 141.9 yards/game. He has scored 20 touchdowns in 2007 (17 rushing) and owns eight single-season or career Richmond records.
• Richmond had 15 selections to the CAA Football All-Conference Teams, including Offensive Rookie of the Year Dave Clawson.
• The well-balanced Spiders own the league's second-best scoring offense (36.5 points/game), the fifth-best scoring defense (23.2 points/game), are second in sacks (33), second in sacks allowed (13), second in net punting (34.7) and second in punt returns (12.7).
• Richmond and Eastern Kentucky have never met in football.
Up Next:
The winner of this game meets the winner of the Montana vs. Wofford game in the NCAA Second Round, to be played next weekend.