2014 Richmond Spiders football team

The 2014 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-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 9–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Morgan State in the first round before losing in the second round to Coastal Carolina.

2014 Richmond Spiders football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 16
FCS CoachesNo. 16
Record9–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrandon Streeter (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorBob Trott (5th season)
Home stadiumE. Claiborne Robins Stadium
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 New Hampshire $^   8 0     12 2  
No. 7 Villanova ^   7 1     11 3  
No. 18 James Madison ^   6 2     9 4  
No. 16 Richmond ^   5 3     9 5  
William & Mary   4 4     7 5  
Delaware   4 4     6 6  
Maine   4 4     5 6  
Stony Brook   4 4     5 7  
Albany   3 5     7 5  
Towson   2 6     4 8  
Rhode Island   1 7     1 11  
Elon   0 8     1 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 pmMorehead State*No. 20STVW 55–107,725
September 63:30 pmat Virginia*No. 17ESPN3L 13–4534,533
September 136:00 pmHampton*No. 18
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
STVW 42–177,802
September 204:00 pmNo. 7 New HampshireNo. 17
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
CSNL 26–298,404
October 47:00 pmat Liberty*No. 20ESPN3W 46–39 2OT20,838
October 113:30 pmat AlbanyNo. 22W 41–288,500
October 183:30 pmRhode Island No. 19
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
ASNW 37–07,837
October 253:00 pmat ElonNo. 16W 30–105,042
November 112:00 pmNo. 4 VillanovaNo. 13
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
CSNW 10–97,902
November 812:30 pmat MaineNo. 8L 20–334,675
November 1512:30 pmNo. 25 James MadisonNo. 14
  • Robins Stadium
  • Richmond, VA (rivalry)
NBCSNL 20–558,700
November 227:30 pmat No. 22 William & MaryNo. 21NBCSNW 34–208,665
November 291:00 pmMorgan State*No. 18
ESPN3W 46–244,126
December 61:00 pmat No. 6 Coastal Carolina*No. 18
ESPN3L 15–365,601

Roster

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2014 Richmond Spiders football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 1 Jacobi Green Jr
QB 2 Michael Rocco   Sr
QB 3 Michael Strauss   Sr
RB 4 Seth Fisher   Jr
QB 5 Kyle Lauletta   So
WR 11 Reggie Diggs Jr
WR 12 Brian Brown So
WR 26 Jarmal Bevels Fr
WR 29 Stephen Barnette   Sr
OL 54 Jacob Ruby   Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL 97 Andrew Clyde Fr
DL 98 Winston Craig So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
Sports Network20171817202022191613814211816
Coaches24202118212121201714814211616

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