A Sea Of Red

University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia


UR Football Official Site




Danny Rocco
3rd Season as UR Head Coach


2014 Schedule/Results

• Sat, Aug 30 Morehead State ............................ 55 - 10 (W)
  Sat, Sep 06 @ Virginia .................................... 13 - 45 (L)
  Sat, Sep 13 Hampton ...................................... 42 - 17 (W)
  Sat, Sep 20 New Hampshire* ........................... 26 - 29 (L)
  Sat, Oct 04 @ Liberty ...................................... 7:00 PM
  Sat, Oct 11 @ Albany*
  Sat, Oct 18 Rhode Island*
  Sat, Oct 25 @ Elon*
  Sat, Nov 01 Villanova*
  Sat, Nov 08 @ Maine*
  Sat, Nov 15 JMU*
  Sat, Nov 22 @ William & Mary*

UR SIDs wrote:No. 17 Spiders Edged By No. 7 UNH In CAA Opener

Courtesy:Richmond Athletics
Release:09/20/2014



UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. – The No. 17/18 Richmond football team was edged by the No. 7/8 New Hampshire Wildcats, 29-26, Saturday evening in front of a crowd of 8,404 at Robins Stadium on Family Weekend.

The Spiders fell to 2-2 on the season and 0-1 in the CAA, while the Wildcats improved to 2-1, and 1-0 in the conference.

"The game was back and forth," Richmond head coach Danny Rocco remarked following the game. "I had a sense that it would be a little lower scoring than what most people might have thought. Both defenses rose up to the occasion at times in the game. I think the biggest thing for us was the inability to take away the ball."

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Key Players

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  # Michael Strauss
  6' 3" 211 lbs Senior Quarterback (UVa Transfer)
  Thru 4 Games: 85-of-120 (70.8%) for 1086 Yards with 6 TDs & 2 INTs
  
  
  
  #2 Michael Rocco
  6' 3" 228 lbs Senior Quarterback (UVa Transfer)
  Thru 4 Games: 21-of-33 (63.6%) for 292 with 1 TD & 2 INTs + 15 Carries for 42 Yards & 3 TDs
  
  
  
  #1 Jacobi Green
  5' 9" 192 lbs Junior Running Back
  Thru 4 Games: 34 Carries for 199 Yards (5.9 Avg) for 2 TDs + 2 Catches for 21 Yards & 1 TD
  
  
  
  #22 Jeremiah Hamlin
  5' 10" 221 lbs Freshman Running Back
  Thru 4 Games: 25 Carries for 168 Yards (6.7 Avg) with 2 TDs + 3 Catches for 47 Yards
  
  
  
  #8 Rashad Ponder
  6' 0" 187 lbs Senior Receiver
  Thru 4 Games: 24 Catches for 309 Yards
  
  
  
  #24 Aaron Roane
  6' 1" 230 lbs Senior Linebacker
  Thru 4 Games: 29 Tackles with 3 For Loss + 1 Sack + 1 Pass Broken Up
  
  
  
  #9 Ayo Ogunniyi
  6' 0" 193 lbs Junior Defensive Back
  Thru 4 Games: 12 Tackles Including .5 for Loss + 1 INT

Must win game. How's that for cliche?

This is going to get ugly.

Easy...................... BIG game, we lose.

Well it’s official. It takes more than multiple uniform combinations to be a winning team. Hopefully Gill will have the troops in order for the Richmond game, and if the return of Rocco & Co., doesn’t motivate him I’m sure the outcome of Charlie Weis will.
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However on a positive note the new football helmets (large / mini) are in stock.

This is a big game for Richmond too in terms of playoffs. So you have Liberty's inability to win a big game vs Rocco's inability to win a game with playoff implications. One of those things will have to change Saturday.

The earth will explode at the confluence of both and neither will win

Purple Haize wrote:Must win game. How's that for cliche?

This is the most important game in the TG era. Last year at home against Coastal is the only one comparable.

SuperJon wrote:This is a big game for Richmond too in terms of playoffs. So you have Liberty's inability to win a big game vs Rocco's inability to win a game with playoff implications. One of those things will have to change Saturday.

Richmond is going to try everything possible to win. There's probably going to be a specially designed trick play or special team option just for this game.

BJWilliams wrote:The earth will explode at the confluence of both and neither will win

Well played

When was the last time BJ receved a +1? And from HMO nonetheless.

There have been multiple sink holes in that area...

TDDance234 wrote:This is going to get ugly.

No way! We've got a cool video intro to scare them.

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I agree with bluejacket above. This is most important game of Coach Gill's era.

We MUST win this game, regardless of score. We need to give Rocco a rude homecoming.

I do not like Spiders, those under my house or those at University of Richmond. They all need to be stomped.

Alright, serious dilemma here. I've been dying to go to this game for the last year. LU vs. Rocco. LU vs. Richmond. Playoff implications. Biggest LU non-conference game inside Williams Stadium - ever.

My dad just texted me saying he's trying to get us a flight to Detroit for the Tigers playoff game on Saturday. My whole family is from Detroit, and my dad is a lifelong fan. Do I really say no to him if he gets me a plane ticket and playoff tickets? I've never been to a playoff baseball game before, and it is a dream of mine.

Thoughts?

LUnpretty11 wrote:Alright, serious dilemma here. I've been dying to go to this game for the last year. LU vs. Rocco. LU vs. Richmond. Playoff implications. Biggest LU non-conference game inside Williams Stadium - ever.

My dad just texted me saying he's trying to get us a flight to Detroit for the Tigers playoff game on Saturday. My whole family is from Detroit, and my dad is a lifelong fan. Do I really say no to him if he gets me a plane ticket and playoff tickets? I've never been to a playoff baseball game before, and it is a dream of mine.

Thoughts?

Go. Spend time with your dad and enjoy being in a playoff atmosphere cause you.....

Yeah, go the Tigers game.

LUnpretty11 wrote:Alright, serious dilemma here...... Thoughts?

"Honour thy father and thy mother"....

There is less possibility of you being disappointed by the Tigers

Go with your dad...while this probably will be the only time we will have a matchup with a former coach, going to an mlb playoff game with your dad could be a once in a lifetime opportunity

You all bring up valid points. I guess I can't go wrong either way. Haize does bring up a good point, but if Liberty wins, then there will be more jubilation with that then there would be for a Tigers Game 2 win. If flights arranged correctly then we are going to Detroit, if they don't I'm going to Liberty.

Yep, go with your dad. Our game with JMU a few years ago was as big or a bigger game and we will have others to come. Detroit has a much better chance of winning than we do, we have 40 years of history to prove it.

BuryYourDuke wrote:Call me crazy, but I still think this team makes the playoffs.

Meaningless stats of the week:

Danny Rocco's teams coming off of a bye week:
2006: L 13-14 vs. William & Mary
2007: W 50-10 at Charleston Southern
2008: W 31-28 at Youngstown State
2009: W 58-13 vs. Coastal Carolina
2010: W 34-24 vs. Presbyterian
2011: L 31-41 at Stony Brook
2012: W 39-0 vs Rhode Island
2013: L 31-38 at JMU

Turner Gill's teams coming off of a bye week:
2006: L 25-55 vs. Ball State
2007: L 17-31 vs. Bowling Green
2008: L 28-34 (OT) vs. Western Michigan
2009: L 29-30 vs. Bowling Green
2010: L 7-59 vs. Kansas State
2011: L 35-46 vs. Texas Tech
2012: W 42-35 vs. Gardner-Webb
2013: L 52-55 (2OT) vs. Coastal Carolina

LUnpretty11 wrote:You all bring up valid points. I guess I can't go wrong either way. Haize does bring up a good point, but if Liberty wins, then there will be more jubilation with that then there would be for a Tigers Game 2 win. If flights arranged correctly then we are going to Detroit, if they don't I'm going to Liberty.

See what I did there?