2014 Richmond Spiders football team

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Ranking
Sports Network	No. 16
FCS Coaches	No. 16

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

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.

Schedule

August 306:00 PMMorehead State*No. 20

• Robins Stadium
• Richmond, VA

STVW 55–10 7,725 September 63:30 PMat Virginia*No. 17

• Scott Stadium
• Charlottesville, VA

ESPN3L 13–45 34,533 September 136:00 PMHampton*No. 18

• Robins Stadium
• Richmond, VA

STVW 42–17 7,802 September 204:00 PMNo. 7 New HampshireNo. 17

• Robins Stadium
• Richmond, VA

CSNL 26–29 8,404 October 47:00 PMat Liberty*No. 20

• Williams Stadium
• Lynchburg, VA

ESPN3W 46–39 ^2OT20,838 October 113:30 PMat AlbanyNo. 22

• Bob Ford Field
• Albany, NY

W 41–28 8,500 October 183:30 PMRhode IslandNo. 19

• Robins Stadium
• Richmond, VA

ASNW 37–0 7,837 October 253:00 PMat ElonNo. 16

• Rhodes Stadium
• Elon, NC

W 30–10 5,042 November 112:00 PMNo. 4 VillanovaNo. 13

• Robins Stadium
• Richmond, VA

CSNW 10–9 7,902 November 812:30 PMat MaineNo. 8

• Alfond Stadium
• Orono, ME

L 20–33 4,675 November 1512:30 PMNo. 25 James MadisonNo. 14

• Robins Stadium
• Richmond, VA

NBCSNL 20–55 8,700 November 227:30 PMat No. 22 William & MaryNo. 21

• Zable Stadium
• Williamsburg, VA (Capital Cup)

NBCSNW 34–20 8,665 November 291:00 PMMorgan State*No. 18

• Robins Stadium
• Richmond, VA (FCS Playoffs First Round)

ESPN3W 46–24 4,126 December 61:00 PMat No. 6 Coastal Carolina*No. 18

• Brooks Stadium
• Conway, SC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)

ESPN3L 15–36 5,601

• Source: Schedule

Roster

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 26 Jarmal Bevels Fr WR 29 Stephen Barnette  Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 97 Andrew Clyde Fr DL 98 Winston Craig So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Danny Rocco Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	20	17	18	17	20	20	22	19	16	13	8	14	21	18	16
Coaches	24	20	21	18	21	21	21	20	17	14	8	14	21	16	16