1986 Richmond Spiders football team

1986 Richmond Spiders football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	4–7 (3–4 Yankee)
Head coach	Dal Shealy (7th season)
Home stadium	UR Stadium

1986 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 Delaware +^	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Connecticut +	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
UMass +	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Maine	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Richmond	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Boston University	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Rhode Island	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Richmond Spiders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Richmond as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their seventh season under head coach Dal Shealy, Richmond compiled a 4–7 record, with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, finishing tied for fifth in the Yankee.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	New Hampshire	No. T–9	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	W 38–12	15,117
September 13	at UMass	No. T–9	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 21–24	13,642
September 20	at Connecticut		Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 22–29	10,742
September 27	No. 19 Delaware		UR Stadium Richmond, VA	L 19–20	17,423
October 4	Boston University		UR Stadium Richmond, VA	W 56–15	10,648
October 18	VMI*		UR Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	W 40–9	18,712
October 25	at Rhode Island		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 28–14	7,944
November 1	at Georgia*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 13–28	74,785
November 8	Virginia Tech*		UR Stadium Richmond, VA	L 10–17	22,600
November 15	Maine		UR Stadium Richmond, VA	L 11–26	11,617
November 22	No. 9 William & Mary*		UR Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	L 14–21	19,743
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game