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Richmond Spiders football
2016 Richmond Spiders football team
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First season 1881
Athletic director Keith Gill
Head coach Russ Huesman
1st year, 0–0 (–)
Stadium E. Claiborne Robins Stadium
Seating capacity 8,700
Field surface FieldTurf
Location Richmond, Virginia
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Division South
All-time record 541–637–53 (.461)
Bowl record 1–1 (.500)
Claimed nat'l titles 1 (2008)
Conference titles 13
Colors Blue and Red
         
Rival William & Mary Tribe and James Madison Dukes
Website RichmondSpiders.com

The Richmond Spiders are a college football team representing the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond was the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision champion for the 2008 season. Richmond currently competes in the Colonial Athletic Association of the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision. Former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga head coach Russ Huesman was named head coach of the Spiders, on December 14, 2016, replacing Danny Rocco who had depart to become head coach at the University of Delaware a day earlier.

In 2008, #7 Richmond beat Eastern Kentucky, Appalachian State, and Northern Iowa to advance to the NCAA Division I Football Championship against Montana. In the FCS National Championship Game on December 19, 2008, they defeated Montana 24–7 to win the first team NCAA national title for the University of Richmond in any sport.

Richmond's traditional rival in many sports is the College of William & Mary. Richmond and William & Mary have met 123 times since 1898, making the rivalry (sometimes referred to as "the South's oldest rivalry") the fourth most-played in Division I college football. Only Lafayette-Lehigh, PrincetonYale, and Harvard-Yale have played more games. The winner of the annual W&M–Richmond match-up claims the Capital Cup (formerly the I-64 Trophy), which reflects the historical significance of the cities of Williamsburg and Richmond as the last two capitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia.


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