University of Richmond Athletics
No. 16 Spiders Open Saturday At Duke
| No. 16 Richmond Spiders (0-0) vs. Duke Blue Devils (0-0) | |
| Game 1 | Saturday, September 3, 2011 |
| Location | Wallace Wade Stadium (33,941) | Durham, N.C. |
| Kickoff | 7 p.m. ET |
| Radio | ESPN 950, The Wolf 93.1 FM | Listen Live |
| TV | None |
| Webcast (Video) | ESPN 3 |
| Live Stats | Link (Available at kickoff) |
| Social Media | Twitter | Facebook |
| Game Notes | Richmond (PDF) | Duke (PDF) |
The Game
• Richmond opens its 128th season of football Saturday, Sept. 3 versus Duke in Durham, N.C.
• The Spiders are looking for their third-consecutive win over the Blue Devils, having defeated them 13-0 in 2006 and 24-16 in 2009 -- those are two of the Spiders’ four wins all-time versus FBS teams.
Quick Slants
• Under first-year interim head coach Wayne Lineburg (pronounced LYNN-uh-burg), the University of Richmond Spiders open their 128th season of Football Saturday, September 3 at Duke.
• Lineburg was named the interim head coach immediately following the resignation of Latrell Scott on August 23, 2011. Lineburg will remain as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach in 2011.
• Coming off a 6-5 season in 2010, the Spiders have recorded six-consecutive winning seasons, which is the longest streak at Richmond since seven-straight winning campaigns in the 1920s.
• Richmond returns 13 starters and 49 letterwinners from last season’s injury-plagued team that started four different QBs throughout the season, yet still entered the final week of the regular-season in contention for an NCAA Playoff spot.
• The Spiders enter the 2011 season ranked No. 16 (Sports Network), returning to the Top 25 after not being ranked in the final 2010 poll -- the first time Richmond hadn’t been ranked since early 2007.
• Richmond boasts three members of the 2011 Preseason All-CAA Football Team in senior WR Tre Gray, junior FB Kendall Gaskins and junior K Wil Kamin. Each was a 2010 All-CAA Football selection, with Gaskins earning Third Team All-America honors from the Sports Network.
• Gray was a First Team All-CAA Football pick last season and enters his senior campaign needing 756 yards and 51 catches to set the respective Richmond career records.
• Youth will be served by the Spiders in 2011 as 25 players on the preseason two-deep are redshirt sophomore or younger. Last year, Richmond had seven true freshmen see action.
• Senior QB Aaron Corp (pictured) returns for his final season of eligibility, and the transfer from USC is looking for an injury-free 2011 after suffering a season-ending knee injury last year in the fifth game at New Hampshire. Corp is regarded as one of the leading FCS signal-callers this year and was listed as one of six NFL draft “sleepers” by the Sporting News.
• Richmond’s injury-plagued 2010 season was fully-evident at the QB position as four different players started under center and six different Spiders threw passes -- occasionally in the Wildcat formation.
• Richmond went 5-1 last season at home in its first year at E. Claiborne Robins Stadium. The Spiders opened the new $25 million on-campus facility after playing 81 years off campus.