2016 Richmond Spiders football team

The 2016 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-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. They finished the season 10–4, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated North Carolina A&T and North Dakota in the first and second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Eastern Washington.

2016 Richmond Spiders football
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 0–38 vs. Eastern Washington
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATS	No. 8
FCS Coaches	No. 8
Record	10–4 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach	Danny Rocco (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	John Garrett (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Chris Cosh (1st season)
Home stadium	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium

2016 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 James Madison $^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 11 Villanova ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 17 New Hampshire ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 8 Richmond ^		5	–	3					10	–	4
Maine		5	–	3					6	–	5
Albany		4	–	4					7	–	4
Stony Brook		4	–	4					5	–	6
William & Mary		3	–	5					5	–	6
Towson		3	–	5					4	–	7
Delaware		2	–	6					4	–	7
Elon		1	–	7					2	–	9
Rhode Island		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	3:30 pm	at Virginia*	No. 4	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN3	W 37–20	49,270
September 10	6:00 pm	Norfolk State*	No. 2	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN	W 34–0	8,700
September 17	noon	at Stony Brook	No. 2	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	ASN	L 14–42	4,450
September 24	3:30 pm	No. 23 Colgate*	No. 7	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN MA+	W 38–31	8,700
October 1	3:30 pm	Towson	No. 6	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN	W 31–28	8,700
October 8	3:30 pm	at No. 16 Albany	No. 6	Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY	DZ	W 36–30 3OT	9,052
October 15	3:30 pm	No. 13 Villanova	No. 6	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN	W 23–0	8,700
October 22	3:30 pm	at Elon	No. 6	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	PAA	W 35–7	8,178
November 5	3:30 pm	No. 7 James Madison	No. 6	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	CSN	L 43–47	8,700
November 12	3:30 pm	Delaware	No. 8	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN	W 31–17	8,700
November 19	noon	at William & Mary	No. 7	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (Capital Cup)	ASN	L 13–34	9,740
November 26	2:00 pm	No. 17 North Carolina A&T*	No. 12	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 39–10	3,281
December 3	6:00 pm	at No. 8 North Dakota*	No. 12	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 27–24	9,837
December 10	4:00 pm	at No. 3 Eastern Washington*	No. 12	Roos Field Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN3	L 0–38	5,150
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2016 Richmond Spiders football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 2 Xavier Goodall Fr QB 4 Jake Clise  Jr QB 5 Kyle Lauletta  Jr RB 6 Gordon Collins Jr QB 7 Kevin Johnson So WR 8 Porter Abell  Jr TE 9 Stephon Jacob  So WR 10 Caleb Drake  So TE 11 Garrett Hudson  Jr WR 12 Brian Brown Sr QB 12 Joe Mancuso Fr QB 14 David Broadus  Sr QB 16 Reid Chenault Fr WR 17 Jarmal Bevels  So WR 18 Dejon Brissett So RB 20 Deontez Thompson WR 21 Adam Sahd Jr QB 22 Andrew Tsangeos Fr QB 26 Jason Gastrock Fr RB 27 Jay Palmer FB 30 James Pavik  Sr RB 38 Ganon Hingst  So RB 45 Justin Hayes Fr FB 49 Ben Stapleton Fr OL 50 John Yarbrough So OL 53 Nick Velardo  Sr OL 54 Jeffrey Phipps OL 55 Nicholas Vergos  Sr OL 58 Thomas Evans  Sr OL 60 Marius Young Jr OL 65 Tyler Cole OL 66 Alex Light Jr OL 70 Grant Dixon OL 74 Adam Samee Fr OL 75 Patrick Kliebert  Jr OL 76 Logan Blake Fr OL 77 Seyoum Settepani Fr OL 78 Blane Markham  So OL 79 Tazle Sumpter Fr WR 81 Will McCombs  Sr WR 82 Tyler Wilkins So WR 83 Jordan Cannady Fr TE 84 Nick Holloway  Jr WR 85 Gershom Ejoni WR 86 Michael Horan Fr WR 87 Dashon Tibbs  Jr TE 88 Will Geraghty So TE 89 Matt Sullivan Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Jarriel Jordan Jr DB 3 Tafon Mainsah  Jr DB 4 Micah Keels So DB 8 Lemond Johnson  Jr DL 9 Darius Reynolds Fr DB 13 David Jones  Sr DB 15 Brendan Coniker  Jr DB 19 Charles Mack Sr LB 22 Dale Matthews Jr.  So LB 23 Selton Hodge  Fr DB, RB 24 Devin Campbell Fr LB 24 David Norris  So DB 25 Gabe Thomas Fr LB 26 Trey Moore Jr DB 28 Jevaris Little  Sr LB 29 Justin Rubin So DB 31 Joshua Anderson DL 32 Brandon Waller  Jr DB 33 Duncan Rogers DB 34 Jacob Roberson DB 35 Trent Williams Fr LB 36 Maurice Jackson Fr LB 37 T. J. Dunn Fr DL 40 Chad Wiggins  So LB 41 Kieran Gregory Sr LB 43 Madison Day Sr LB 46 Omar Howard  Sr LB 47 Tanner Lacey Fr DB 48 Daniel Jones Fr LB 52 Josh Hurlburt Fr LB 57 Paul Padalino LB 59 Billy Caughell So DL 90 Will Ingle DL 91 Andre Booker So DL 92 Colby Ritten Fr DL 93 Joe Nelson Sr DL 94 Cody Gray LB 95 Mike Iamunno Fr DL 96 DeAnthony Muse Jr DL 97 Andrew Clyde  So DL 98 Winston Craig Sr DL 99 Kolby Williams So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 16 D. J. Helkowski Jr LS 39 Graham Latham Jr K 42 Ricky Segers  Sr K 44 Griffin Trau  So	Head coach Danny Rocco Coordinators/assistant coaches John Garrett (offensive coordinator) Chris Cosh (defensive coordinator) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

At Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Spiders	6	10	7	14	37
Cavaliers	0	7	0	13	20

See also: 2016 Virginia Cavaliers football team

Norfolk State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	0	0	0	0
#2 Spiders	7	7	10	10	34

See also: 2016 Norfolk State Spartans football team

At Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Spiders	7	7	0	0	14
Seawolves	14	7	14	7	42

See also: 2016 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Raiders	14	3	0	14	31
#7 Spiders	10	7	14	7	38

See also: 2016 Colgate Raiders football team

Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	14	7	0	28
#6 Spiders	7	14	3	7	31

See also: 2016 Towson Tigers football team

At Albany

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
#6 Spiders	3	7	3	7	3	7	6	36
#16 Great Danes	7	3	3	7	3	7	0	30

See also: 2016 Albany Great Danes football team

Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
#6 Spiders	7	3	3	10	23

See also: 2016 Villanova Wildcats football team

At Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Spiders	3	3	22	7	35
Phoenix	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2016 Elon Phoenix football team

James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Dukes	14	10	6	17	47
#6 Spiders	10	14	7	12	43

See also: 2016 James Madison Dukes football team

Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fightin' Blue Hens	7	0	3	7	17
#8 Spiders	7	10	0	14	31

See also: 2016 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

At William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Spiders	7	6	0	0	13
Tribe	3	3	14	14	34

See also: 2016 William & Mary Tribe football team and Capital Cup

FCS Playoffs

First Round – North Carolina A&T

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Aggies	7	0	3	0	10
#12 Spiders	14	9	9	7	39

See also: 2016 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team

Second Round – North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Spiders	7	0	7	13	27
#8 Fighting Hawks	7	10	7	0	24

See also: 2016 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

Quarterfinals – Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Spiders	0	0	0	0	0
#3 Eagles	7	14	10	7	38

See also: 2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	4	2 (21)	2 (18)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	12	8
Coaches	4	2 (3)	2 (2)	9	7	7	7	7	6	6	8	7	12-T	8
FCS Playoffs	Not released									7	8	8	Not released