American college football season
The 2017 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by first-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at E. Claiborne Robins Stadium . The Spiders were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association .[ 1]
Coaching change
Russ Huesman, who previously served as defensive coordinator for the Spiders from 2004–2008 including the Spiders' national championship year of 2008, returned to the program after serving as head coach at Chattanooga for eight seasons. He replaced Danny Rocco , who served as head coach of the Spiders for five seasons before taking the same position at Delaware .
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance [ a] 7:00 p.m. at No. 3 Sam Houston State * No. 7 ESPN3 L 34–488,048 September 9 1:00 p.m. at Colgate * No. 9 STADIUM W 20–176,994 September 16 2:00 p.m. Howard * No. 8 CSN MA+ W 68–218,217 September 23 6:00 p.m. Elon No. 8 Robins Stadium Richmond, VA WTVR DT3 L 33–368,217 October 7 3:00 p.m. No. 24 Albany No. 14 Robins Stadium Richmond, VA NBCS WA+ W 41–38 2OT 8,217 October 14 4:00 p.m. at Towson No. 13 FSGO W 23–35,768 October 21 3:30 p.m. at Delaware No. 11 CSL [ 2] L 35–42 2OT 15,710 October 28 3:00 p.m. No. 22 Stony Brook No. 19 Robins Stadium Richmond, VA CSL[ 2] L 24–278,217 November 4 1:00 p.m. at No. 20 Villanova NNAA W 22–03,508 November 11 3:30 p.m. at No. 1 James Madison MASN2 L 13–2024,586 November 18 3:00 p.m. William & Mary NBCS WA W 27–208,057
^ Game was originally scheduled for August 27, but postponed and relocated due to Hurricane Harvey .
Game summaries
At Sam Houston State
Total
No. 7 Spiders
6
14
7
7
34
No. 3 Bearkats
6
35
7
0
48
At Colgate
Total
No. 9 Spiders
0
7
0
13
20
Raiders
0
7
7
3
17
Howard
Total
Bison
0
7
7
7
21
No. 8 Spiders
14
34
13
7
68
Elon
Total
Phoenix
6
13
7
10
36
No. 8 Spiders
7
7
12
7
33
Albany
Total
No. 24 Great Danes
0
14
10
7 7 0
38
No. 14 Spiders
0
14
7
10 7 3
41
At Towson
Total
No. 13 Spiders
7
10
0
6
23
Tigers
0
0
0
3
3
At Delaware
Total
No. 11 Spiders
7
7
14
0 7 0
35
Fightin' Blue Hens
14
7
0
7 7 7
42
Stony Brook
Total
No. 22 Seawolves
7
10
3
7
27
No. 19 Spiders
7
3
7
7
24
At Villanova
Total
Spiders
3
5
14
0
22
No. 20 Wildcats
0
0
0
0
0
At James Madison
Total
Spiders
0
7
3
3
13
No. 1 Dukes
0
10
0
10
20
Total
Tribe
0
3
14
3
20
Spiders
0
7
13
7
27
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 7 9 8 8 16 14 13 11 19 RV RV RV RV RV Coaches 7 9 6–T 6 15 14 13 10 17 RV RV RV RV —
References
Venues Bowls & rivalries People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
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