We are up in the series for the first time in many, many years. Nice job Staff and Team. Feels good.
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These guys were a solid FCS playoff team without Joe's injury in the Tech game. What a shame. We fans and team have waited for this too long.
Richmond 20, William & Mary 17
Box Score
Joe Mancuso threw for 188 yards, including a 47-yard TD pass to Jasiah Williams in the fourth quarter, as Richmond (6-5, 4-4 CAA) edged William & Mary, 20-17, to take home the Capital Cup. The Spiders closed the season a four-game winning streak. UR took a 7-3 lead late in the second quarter on a 6-yard scoring run from Aaron Dykes and pushed its advantage to 13-3 early in the third period after Jake Larson's second field goal of the game. William & Mary (6-5, 4-4 CAA) pulled within 13-10 late in the third period on a 25-yard TD run by Bronson Yoder, but Mancuso responded with his scoring pass to Williams with 10:07 left. The Tribe put together an 18-play, 83-yard drive capped by a 9-yard TD toss from Darius Wilson to Zach Burdick with 2:33 on the clock. W&M then recovered an onside kick, but the Spiders were able to get a stop and run out the clock. Dykes finished with a team-high 80 yards rushing and added 34 receiving yards. For W&M, Yoder ran for a game-high 134 yards on 22 carries. The Spiders' defense was led by Tristan Wheeler with 14 tackles, while Kevin Jarrell had 11 stops for the Tribe.
Box Score
Joe Mancuso threw for 188 yards, including a 47-yard TD pass to Jasiah Williams in the fourth quarter, as Richmond (6-5, 4-4 CAA) edged William & Mary, 20-17, to take home the Capital Cup. The Spiders closed the season a four-game winning streak. UR took a 7-3 lead late in the second quarter on a 6-yard scoring run from Aaron Dykes and pushed its advantage to 13-3 early in the third period after Jake Larson's second field goal of the game. William & Mary (6-5, 4-4 CAA) pulled within 13-10 late in the third period on a 25-yard TD run by Bronson Yoder, but Mancuso responded with his scoring pass to Williams with 10:07 left. The Tribe put together an 18-play, 83-yard drive capped by a 9-yard TD toss from Darius Wilson to Zach Burdick with 2:33 on the clock. W&M then recovered an onside kick, but the Spiders were able to get a stop and run out the clock. Dykes finished with a team-high 80 yards rushing and added 34 receiving yards. For W&M, Yoder ran for a game-high 134 yards on 22 carries. The Spiders' defense was led by Tristan Wheeler with 14 tackles, while Kevin Jarrell had 11 stops for the Tribe.
It was pretty fun to see the way two of our guys absolutely sprinted across the field and yanked the trophy as soon as the game ended. They wanted that thing badly.
We all focus on the glitzy plays naturally, but found the kickoff stats telling.
Larson 4 kicks for an average of 59.0 yards.
WM kicker 3 kicks for an average of 46.0 yards.
Particularly makes a huge difference in a close game like the one yesterday, but really any game.
For all the criticism of Huesman (much of it deserved), give him credit for recruiting a strong kick off/punt/FG package.
Larson 4 kicks for an average of 59.0 yards.
WM kicker 3 kicks for an average of 46.0 yards.
Particularly makes a huge difference in a close game like the one yesterday, but really any game.
For all the criticism of Huesman (much of it deserved), give him credit for recruiting a strong kick off/punt/FG package.
We were very lucky to beat the Tribe with their successful onside kick late in the game.Yale pulled off their onside kick against us and converted it to a TD and W With 9 sec left.
We should begin to learn on how to defend against an onside kick.It’s part of special teams.
Luck had nothing to do with our defense stuffing them on four plays following the onside kick, giving us the victory. Given the very low rate of successful onside kicks, I'd say they were the lucky ones, not us.
