2023 Richmond Spiders football team
American college football season
The 2023 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond as a member of Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA) in the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Spiders were led by seventh-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at E. Claiborne Robins Stadium in Richmond, Virginia .
The CAA, formerly known as the Colonial Athletic Association from 2007 through 2022, changed its name in July 2023 to accommodate future membership expansion outside of the Thirteen Colonies .
Preseason
CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 25, 2023, the Spiders were predicted to finish in third place out of 15 teams following the addition of Campbell and North Carolina A&T for the 2023 season.[1] [2]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
William & Mary
195 (13)
2
New Hampshire
195 (1)
3
Richmond
159
4
Delaware
149 (1)
5
Elon
146
6
Rhode Island
135
7
Villanova
129
8
Monmouth
94
9
Towson
85
10
North Carolina A&T
70
11
Albany
64
12
Campbell
62
13
Maine
40
14
Stony Brook
38
15
Hampton
30
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 6:00 p.m. Morgan State * No. 18 FloSports L 10–176,603
September 9 3:30 p.m. at Michigan State * BTN L 14–4570,049
September 16 3:30 p.m. Delaware State * E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Richmond, VA FloSports W 38–64,936
September 23 3:30 p.m. at Stony Brook FloSports W 20–193,678
September 30 2:00 p.m. Hampton E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Richmond, VA FloSports L 14–317,203
October 7 3:30 p.m. Maine E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Richmond, VA FloSports W 42–316,099
October 14 1:00 p.m. at Rhode Island FloSports W 24–175,363
October 21 1:00 p.m. at North Carolina A&T FloSports W 33–108,035
October 28 3:30 p.m. Campbell E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Richmond, VA FloSports W 44–135,611
November 11 2:00 p.m. Elon E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Richmond, VA FloSports W 38–246,539
November 18 1:00 p.m. at William & Mary FloSports W 27–2610,345
November 25 2:00 p.m. No. 16 North Carolina Central * No. 22 ESPN+ W 49–274,103
December 2 12:00 p.m. at No. 9 Albany * No. 22 ESPN+ L 13–412,652
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[3] [4]
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 18 RV — — — — — — — RV RV RV 22 15 Coaches 16 RV RV RV RV — — — — — — RV 25 22
References
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