Previous season
The Spiders finished the 2017 season 6–5, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in sixth place.
Preseason
CAA Poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Spiders were predicted to finish in seventh place.[1]
Predicted finish |
Team |
Votes (1st place) |
1 | James Madison | 241 (21) |
2 | New Hampshire | 206 (2) |
3 | Delaware | 182 |
4 | Stony Brook | 169 |
5 | Elon | 168 (1) |
6 | Villanova | 164 |
7 | Richmond | 127 |
8 | Maine | 81 |
9 | Albany | 78 |
10 | Towson | 74 |
11 | William & Mary | 55 |
12 | Rhode Island | 39 |
Preseason All-CAA Team
The Spiders had four players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Offense
Dejon Brissett – WR
John Yarbrough – OL
Defense
Andrew Clyde – DL
Special teams
Griffin Trau – K
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Virginia* | | ESPN3 | L 13–42[3] | 40,524 |
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | Fordham* | | NBCS WA | W 52–7[4] | 8,057 |
September 13[lower-alpha 1] | 5:00 p.m. | at Saint Francis (PA)* | | NECFR | W 35–27[5] | 1,234 |
September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Stony Brook | | CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive | L 10–36[6] | 6,272 |
September 29 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 2 James Madison | - Robins Stadium
- Richmond, VA
| NBCS WA+ | L 10–63[7] | 8,217 |
October 6 | 3:00 p.m. | Delaware | - Robins Stadium
- Richmond, VA
| NBCS WA or NBCS WA+ | L 28–43 | 8,217 |
October 13 | 7:00 p.m. | at Albany | | | | |
October 20 | 1:30 p.m. | at Elon | | | | |
November 3 | 3:00 p.m. | Villanova | - Robins Stadium
- Richmond, VA
| NBCS WA or NBCS WA+ | | |
November 10 | 3:00 p.m. | Maine | - Robins Stadium
- Richmond, VA
| NBCS WA or NBCS WA+ | | |
November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at William & Mary | | | | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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- ↑ Game was originally scheduled for September 15 in Richmond, but relocated due to Hurricane Florence.
Game summaries
at Virginia
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Spiders |
10 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
13 |
Cavaliers |
14 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
42 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
3–28–2 |
2016 |
W, 37–20 |
Fordham
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Rams |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
Spiders |
7 |
10 |
35 |
0 |
52 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–0–1 |
1995 |
TIE, 3–3 |
at Saint Francis (PA)
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Spiders |
2 |
7 |
3 |
23 |
35 |
Red Flash |
0 |
3 |
17 |
7 |
27 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
at Stony Brook
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Spiders |
3 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
No. 20 Seawolves |
9 |
7 |
6 |
14 |
36 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
2–2 |
2017 |
L, 24–27 |
James Madison
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
No. 2 Dukes |
7 |
28 |
21 |
7 |
63 |
Spiders |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
18–17 |
2017 |
L, 13–20 |
Delaware
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Fightin' Blue Hens |
19 |
14 |
10 |
0 |
43 |
Spiders |
7 |
3 |
6 |
12 |
28 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
11–21 |
2017 |
L, 35–42 2OT |
at Albany
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Spiders |
|
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|
|
0 |
Great Danes |
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|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
5–0 |
2017 |
W, 41–38 OT |
at Elon
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Spiders |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Phoenix |
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|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
7–1 |
2017 |
L, 23–26 |
Villanova
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Wildcats |
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|
|
0 |
Spiders |
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|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
13–22 |
2017 |
W, 22–0 |
Maine
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Black Bears |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Spiders |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
13–13 |
2015 |
W, 48–17 |
at William & Mary
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Spiders |
|
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|
|
0 |
Tribe |
|
|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
62–61–5 |
2017 |
W, 27–20 |
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