Postgame Notes: Richmond 47, VMI 6

Team Notes

Richmond has now won 10 straight games against VMI with Saturday's 47-6 victory.
Head coach Danny Rocco now owns a 7-0 career record vs. VMI
Saturday's win marked the Spiders' first road win since a 23-21 victory over Duke in the 2011 season-opener (9/3/11).
The Spiders are now 16-0 vs. non-conference FCS opponents since 2005.
Richmond is 39-4 since 2005 when scoring more than 30 points and has now scored 30+ points in two consecutive games
The Spiders' 41-point win is the program's largest margin of victory since a 47-0 shutout of Hofstra on Sept. 19, 2009.
After taking a 16-6 lead into Saturday's second half, Richmond is currently 50-5 since the start of 2004 when leading at halftime.
The last time Richmond scored 40+ points in back-to-back games was on Sept. 13 and 20 of the 2008 season (45-14 win over Towson; 44-17 win over Maine).
The Spiders have now held an opponent to 10 or fewer points in back-to-back games for the first time since 2010 (13-10 win over JMU on Nov. 6; 15-6 win over Rhode Island on Nov. 13).

Player Notes

Sophomore kicker Remington Hinshaw set school records with four field goals and 17 kicking points scored in addition to equaling his career long with a 37-yard attempt to end the opening half of play.
Junior WR Ben Edwards hauled in career-highs with 11 receptions and 122 receiving yards against the Keydets.
Senior QB John Laub recorded a career-high 23 completions and 44 rushing yards on Saturday.
Senior DB Cooper Taylor had a career-high two interceptions, including one for a 35-yard touchdown return, representing his first career score.
Sophomore DB Justin Grant returned the opening kickoff for a 90-yard touchdown return, marking his first-ever kickoff TD return and Richmond's first since 2009 (Tremayne Graham - Nov. 14, 2009 at Georgetown). His 116 yards on the afternoon also represented a career high.

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