2015 Richmond Spiders football team

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Ranking
STATS	No. 4
FCS Coaches	No. 3

2015 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Richmond +^	6	–	2	10	–	4
No. 11 James Madison +^	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 12 William & Mary +^	6	–	2	9	–	4
Towson	5	–	3	7	–	4
New Hampshire ^	5	–	3	7	–	5
Villanova	5	–	3	6	–	5
Stony Brook	3	–	5	5	–	5
Delaware	3	–	5	4	–	7
Elon	3	–	5	4	–	7
Maine	3	–	5	3	–	8
Albany	2	–	6	3	–	8
Rhode Island	1	–	7	1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Danny Rocco and played their home games at E. Claiborne Robins Stadium. The Spiders were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). The Spiders finished as a CAA co-champion along with James Madison and William & Mary, who all finished with identical 6–2 conference records. The Spiders received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs by virtue of a head-to-head tiebreaker, having defeated both James Madison and William & Mary during the regular season. After receiving a first-round bye and defeating William & Mary in the second round and Illinois State in the quarterfinals, the Spiders lost to North Dakota State in the semifinals, 33–7.

Schedule

September 5noonat Maryland*No. 18

ESPNUL 21–50 38,117 September 12noonat Hampton*No. 22

W 31–28 3,515 September 196:00 pmVMI*No. 22

CSN MA+W 42–10 8,700 October 33:30 pmMaineNo. 19

Robins Stadium
Richmond, VA

CSN MA+W 48–17 7,228 October 103:30 pmElonNo. 16

Robins Stadium
Richmond, VA

STVW 27–14 8,216 October 17noonat Rhode IslandNo. 13

W 37–12 6,143 October 243:30 pmat No. 4 James MadisonNo. 11

CSNW 59–49 26,069 October 313:30 pmAlbanyNo. 6

Robins Stadium
Richmond, VA

STVW 38–31 8,475 November 77:00 pmat New HampshireNo. 5

NBCSNL 25–30 4,992 November 143:30 pmat VillanovaNo. 9

L 20–21 6,211 November 21noonNo. 7 William & MaryNo. 14

Robins Stadium
Richmond, VA (Capital Cup)

CSNW 20–9 8,700 December 5noonNo. 13 William & Mary*No. 12

Robins Stadium
Richmond, VA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)

ESPN3W 48–13 7,277 December 117:30 pmat No. 4 Illinois State*No. 12

ESPN3W 39–27 5,356 December 188:00 pmat No. 2 North Dakota State*No. 12

ESPN2L 7–33 18,105

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Source: Schedule

Game notes

at Maryland

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Spiders	7	7	0	7	21
Terrapins	10	12	7	21	50

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–11–2	1977	L 24–27

at Hampton

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Spiders	7	3	6	15	31
Pirates	14	7	7	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2014	W 42–17

VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	3	7	0	0	10
#22 Spiders	7	14	14	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
44–40–5	2013	W 34–0

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	7	3	7	0	17
#19 Spiders	14	6	14	14	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–13	2014	L 20–33

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix	0	0	0	14	14
#16 Spiders	7	10	3	7	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2014	W 30–10

at Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Spiders	13	7	3	14	37
Rams	3	3	0	6	12

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–6	2014	W 37–0

at James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Spiders	7	21	14	17	59
#4 Dukes	14	14	7	14	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–15	2014	L 20–55

Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Danes	0	10	14	7	31
#6 Spiders	17	7	14	0	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2014	W 41–28

at New Hampshire

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Spiders	7	0	15	3	25
Wildcats	14	7	6	3	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–12	2014	L 26–29

at Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Spiders	0	7	7	6	20
Wildcats	0	7	7	7	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–21	2014	W 10–9

William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Tribe	3	3	3	0	9
#14 Spiders	0	7	13	0	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
58–61–5	2014	L 20–34

FCS Playoffs

Second Round – William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Tribe	3	7	3	0	13
#12 Spiders	14	14	7	13	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
59–61–5	11/21/2015	W 20–9

Quarterfinals – Illinois State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Spiders	10	9	6	14	39
#4 Redbirds	0	7	7	13	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Semifinals – North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Spiders	0	0	7	0	7
#2 Bison	13	13	0	7	33

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	18	22	22	19	19	16	13	11	6	5	9	14	12	4
Coaches	18	22	23	20	20	18	13	12	8	7	12	16	11	3

References

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Venues	Tate Field (1891–1893, 1925–1928) West-End Park (1894) Broad Street Park (1897–1916) Boulevard Field (1917–1920) Stadium Field (1921–1924) City Stadium (1929–2009) E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (2010–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1968 Tangerine Bowl 1971 Tangerine Bowl James Madison VMI William & Mary: Capital Cup
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1881 1882 1883–1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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