2015 Richmond Spiders football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2015 Richmond Spiders football Richmond Spiders text logo.svg 200 Colonial Athletic Association CAA 4 3 10–4 6–2 Danny Rocco 4th Charlie Fisher 1st Bob Trott 6th E. Claiborne Robins Stadium CAA co-champion FCS Playoffs Semifinal L 7–33 vs. North Dakota State The 2015 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-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 (CAA). The Spiders finished as a CAA co-champion along with James Madison and William & Mary, who all finished with identical 6–2 conference records. The Spiders received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs by virtue of a head-to-head tiebreaker, having defeated both James Madison and William & Mary during the regular season. After receiving a first-round bye and defeating William & Mary in the second round and Illinois State in the quarterfinals, the Spiders lost to North Dakota State in the semifinals, 33–7. Schedule 2015 NCAA Division I FCS STATS Eastern September 5 noon l y y 18 Maryland Byrd Stadium College Park, MD ESPNU 21–50 38,117 September 12 noon w y y 22 Hampton Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA 31–28 3,515 September 19 6:00 pm w y 22 VMI rivalry Robins Stadium Richmond, VA CSN MA+ 42–10 8,700 October 3 3:30 pm w 19 Maine Robins Stadium Richmond, VA CSN MA+ 48–17 7,228 October 10 3:30 pm w 16 Elon Robins Stadium Richmond, VA http://www.richmondspiders.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=26800&DB_OEM_ID=26800 STV 27–14 8,216 October 17 noon w y 13 Rhode Island Meade Stadium Kingston, RI 37–12 6,143 October 24 3:30 pm w y 11 James Madison 4 College GameDay, rivalry Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA CSN 59–49 26,069 October 31 3:30 pm w y 6 Albany Robins Stadium Richmond, VA STV 38–31 8,475 November 7 7:00 pm l y 5 New Hampshire Cowell Stadium Durham, NH NBCSN 25–30 4,992 November 14 3:30 pm l y 9 Villanova Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA 20–21 6,211 November 21 noon w 14 William & Mary 7 Capital Cup Robins Stadium Richmond, VA CSN 20–9 8,700 December 5 noon w y 12 William & Mary 13 FCS Playoffs Second Round Robins Stadium Richmond, VA ESPN3 48–13 7,277 December 11 7:30 pm w y y 12 Illinois State 4 FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals Hancock Stadium Normal, IL ESPN3 39–27 5,356 December 18 8:00 pm l y y 12 North Dakota State 2 FCS Playoffs Semifinals Fargodome Fargo, ND ESPN2 7–33 18,105 Game summaries At Maryland #18 Spiders 7 7 0 7 Terrapins 10 12 7 21 2015 Maryland Terrapins football team At Hampton #22 Spiders 7 3 6 15 Pirates 14 7 7 0 2015 Hampton Pirates football team VMI Keydets 3 7 0 0 #22 Spiders 7 14 14 7 2015 VMI Keydets football team Richmond–VMI football rivalry Maine Black Bears 7 3 7 0 #19 Spiders 14 6 14 14 2015 Maine Black Bears football team Elon Phoenix 0 0 0 14 #16 Spiders 7 10 3 7 2015 Elon Phoenix football team At Rhode Island #13 Spiders 13 7 3 14 Rams 3 3 0 6 2015 Rhode Island Rams football team At James Madison #11 Spiders 7 21 14 17 #4 Dukes 14 14 7 14 2015 James Madison Dukes football team Albany Great Danes 0 10 14 7 #6 Spiders 17 7 14 0 2015 Albany Great Danes football team At New Hampshire #5 Spiders 7 0 15 3 Wildcats 14 7 6 3 2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team At Villanova #9 Spiders 0 7 7 6 Wildcats 0 7 7 7 2015 Villanova Wildcats football team William & Mary #7 Tribe 3 3 3 0 #14 Spiders 0 7 13 0 2015 William & Mary Tribe football team Capital Cup FCS Playoffs Second Round – William & Mary #13 Tribe 3 7 3 0 #12 Spiders 14 14 7 13 Quarterfinals – Illinois State #12 Spiders 10 9 6 14 #4 Redbirds 0 7 7 13 2015 Illinois State Redbirds football team Semifinals – North Dakota State #12 Spiders 0 0 7 0 #2 Bison 13 13 0 7 2015 North Dakota State Bison football team Ranking movements STATS FCS 0 13 18 22 22 19 19 16 13 11 6 5 9 14 12 4 Coaches 0 13 18 22 23 20 20 18 13 12 8 7 12 16 11 3 References Richmond Category:Richmond Spiders football seasons Category:Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference champion seasons Richmond Richmond Spiders football