University of Richmond Athletics
No. 7 Spiders Look To Stay Hot At Hofstra
Nov. 4, 2008
No. 7 Richmond Spiders (6-3, 3-2)
vs.
Hofstra Pride (3-6, 1-4)
Shuart Stadium (13,000) • Hempstead, N.Y.
Nov. 8, 2008 • 1 p.m. ET
Television: None
Radio: ESPN 950 AM and Wolf 93.1 FM in Richmond with Bob Black (play-by-play), former Spider defensive lineman Jasmonn Coleman '97 (analyst) and Matt Smith '92 (sideline).
Internet Video Broadcast: None
Internet Audio Broadcast: RichmondSpiders.com; espn950am.com
Weekly Releases:
Richmond: PDF 
Hofstra: PDF
CAA Football: PDF
Weekly Audio/Video:
CAA Football Teleconference: Audio 
Weekly Press Conference #11 Video: Coach London | Hatcher & Ward
Quick Slants:
• No. 7 Richmond returns to action following its bye week with a CAA Football inter-division game at Hofstra Saturday at 1 p.m.
• The Spiders are ranked seventh in the Sports Network poll this week, marking the 15th-straight week that Richmond has appeared in the nation's Top-10 -- the third-longest active streak in the FCS.
• In its last 11 inter-division games, Richmond is 9-2 (5-0 since 2007) and out-scoring the Northern foes by a combined 341-207, including wins of 30-15 (UMass) and 44-17 (Maine) this season.
• Richmond leads the CAA in scoring defense (16.9 points/game), total defense (267.3 yards/game) and pass efficiency defense (104.5 yards/game) and is ranked in the NCAA's top-13 in all three.
• In the last four games, senior TB Josh Vaughan (pictured) is averaging 132.0 yards rushing (including a career-high 157 vs. Georgetown) and has eight TDs.
• Richmond's two FCS losses this season are by a total of 13 points to teams ranked No. 1 (JMU) and No. 6 (Villanova).
• Junior QB Eric Ward is among the most efficient passers in the FCS and has thrown 10 TDs against three INTs this season.
• The Spiders are 12-13 following the bye week since 1981 (UR's first season as a FCS/I-AA team) and beat then-No. 3 Hofstra, 31-21, in Hempstead following the bye in 1999.
• 2008 marks the 126th season of football at Richmond and is the 40th Anniversary of the 1968 team that finished 8-3 and won the Tangerine Bowl.
Up Next:
The Spiders host Delaware next week in their regular-season home finale.