2015 Richmond Spiders football team


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. 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

at Maryland

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–11–21977L 24–27

at Hampton

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02014W 42–17

VMI

Overall recordLast meetingResult
44–40–52013W 34–0

Maine

Overall recordLast meetingResult
12–132014L 20–33

Elon

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–02014W 30–10

at Rhode Island

Overall recordLast meetingResult
15–62014W 37–0

at James Madison

Overall recordLast meetingResult
17–152014L 20–55

Albany

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02014W 41–28

at New Hampshire

Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–122014L 26–29

at Villanova

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–212014W 10–9

William & Mary

Overall recordLast meetingResult
58–61–52014L 20–34

FCS Playoffs

Second Round – William & Mary

Overall recordLast meetingResult
59–61–511/21/2015W 20–9

Quarterfinals – Illinois State

Semifinals – North Dakota State

Ranking movements