2016 Richmond Spiders football team


The 2016 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-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 10–4, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated North Carolina A&T and North Dakota in the first and second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Eastern Washington.

Schedule

Game summaries

at Virginia

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–28–22014L 13–45

Norfolk State

at Stony Brook

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02013W 39–31

Colgate

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–11997W 23–7

Towson

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–42013L 32–48

at Albany

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–02015W 38–31

Villanova

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–222015L 20–21

at Elon

Overall recordLast meetingResult
6–02015W 27–14

James Madison

Overall recordLast meetingResult
18–152015W 59–49

Delaware

Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–202013W 46–43

at William & Mary

Overall recordLast meetingResult
60–61–52015 FCS PlayoffsW 48–13

FCS Playoffs

First Round – North Carolina A&T

Second Round – North Dakota

Quarterfinals – Eastern Washington

Ranking movements