W&M at Richmond - 130th Renewal - Best Finish Ever?

[mojo-spider]

I love to watch this every year about this time...what an amazing ending to a number of things...

a great milestone in the the historical rivalry...

unrestrained pandemonium and joy...at the time it was the hardest hitting defensive battle I could recall seeing in years...

it might take something like this to beat the Indians Saturday...

Go Spiders!

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

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I love to watch this every year about this time...what an amazing ending to a number of things...

a great milestone in the the historical rivalry...

unrestrained pandemonium and joy...at the time it was the hardest hitting defensive battle I could recall seeing in years...

it might take something like this to beat the Indians Saturday...

Go Spiders!

That crowd.....

 

[32counter]

That crowd.....

17,527 in attendance.Those were the days my friend,



NOV. 21, 2009: UR 13, WM 10 Andrew Howard drilled a 48-yard field goal as time expired to lift No. 4 Richmond past No. 5 W&M before a crowd of 17,527. It was the eighth time in QB Eric Ward’s Hall of Fame career that he engineered a winning or tying drive in the fourth quarter. He went 4-0 versus the Tribe.

 

[32counter]

Others:

NOV. 17, 1984: UR 33, WM 31. Richmond led 30-17 late but had to recover an onside kick to secure their first I-AA playoff berth. The Spider defense withstood an onslaught from the Tribe’s great quarterback, Stan Yagiello.

NOV. 19, 1988: UR 24, WM 19The Spiders trailed in the third quarter when coach Dal Shealy surprised the 14,907 fans at cold, wet UR Stadium by inserting WR Curtis Jefferson at QB. On his second play, he ran an 84-yard TD and later threw a 60-yard TD pass to Marvin Hargrove. The Spiders shocked the Tribe.

NOV. 18, 2000: UR 21, WM 18Playoff and personal implications. D’Arcy Wills hit Ryan Tolhurst with a late TD pass, and the Spider defense hung on. When the clock hit all zeroes, my Hall of Fame broadcast partner, the late Ray Tate, screamed with unbridled joy, “SPIDUHS WIN! SPIDUHS WIN IN WILLIAMSBURG!” It was our first win at W&M since 1973.

NOV. 22, 2008: UR 23, WM 20 (OT)The Spiders led 20-0 at halftime, then withstood a furious Tribe rally. Josh Vaughan rushed for 134 yards; the defense forced seven turnovers; and Sherman Logan blocked a field goal in OT. We needed the win to advance to the playoffs, which, of course, started the run to the national championship.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Have to credit the Tribe - they gave both Mike London teams everything they could handle.

 

[urmite]

Since we are reminiscing about past Tribe games what was the expectation 11/23/2002?
I still remember all their turnovers.

 

[Eight Legger]

Bob Black's best end-of-game call ever? Those were the days. I miss the Big House.

 

[KE Spider]

I miss having names on back of the jerseys too.

 

[Ferrum Spider]

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I love to watch this every year about this time...what an amazing ending to a number of things...

a great milestone in the the historical rivalry...

unrestrained pandemonium and joy...at the time it was the hardest hitting defensive battle I could recall seeing in years...

it might take something like this to beat the Indians Saturday...

Go Spiders!

What I would give to hear a roar like that from our home crowd again. I don't care what anyone says, City Stadium was quite literally, the $hit and one of my most favorite places to watch a game on a fall Saturday. I don't care about the amenities we have today.....the players, coaches and administration at the time did far more with less than what we see today. I think we are on the gradual right track, but I do think we lost the casual interest of the city once we made our move back to campus that plagues our game day atmosphere.

 

[MolivaManiac]

The crowd is the first thing that jumped out at me too. And it's not just us - its both of the programs. The Indians probably had 5000 or more on the other side in 2009. I doubt we'll see more than 500 of them on Saturday.

What a hard-nosed game that was. I remember eating breakfast that morning at Phil's Continental at Grove on my way down to the stadium ... and then heading back there to celebrate (until closing time) after the game. A couple weeks later, we hosted Appalachian on a miserably cold day with probably half the attendance. That App State attendance would probably have been overflow crowd at The Rob today. As 32 said, truly..."those were the days".

 

[spider fan]

Liked the days when the Richmond - William and Mary game was at City Stadium on Thanksgiving Day every year and the place was packed out. The South's oldest rivalry was played in Richmond from 1924 to 1964 with the exception of being played in Williamsburg three times.

 

[MolivaManiac]

Bob Black's best end-of-game call ever? Those were the days. I miss the Big House.

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It really may be.

Incredible amount of talent that we had littered all over that roster. Both sides of the ball, up front, in the backfields, etc. I hope we can get back there. Looks like night and day at the moment.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

It really may be.

Incredible amount of talent that we had littered all over that roster. Both sides of the ball, up front, in the backfields, etc. I hope we can get back there. Looks like night and day at the moment.

Clawson.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Bob Black's best end-of-game call ever? Those were the days. I miss the Big House.

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Howard really redeemed himself with that kick. Two weeks earlier, his missed XP and short FG likely cost us the #1 overall seed. But they were at the other end of the stadium.

 

[32counter]

It really may be.

Incredible amount of talent that we had littered all over that roster. Both sides of the ball, up front, in the backfields, etc. I hope we can get back there. Looks like night and day at the moment.

Thought exactly the same...

Even with a run down weight room,no whirlpools,no fancy well carpeted locker room with new lockers,no Robins Stadium.Ironic ain’t it.

 

[MolivaManiac]

Howard really redeemed himself with that kick. Two weeks earlier, his missed XP and short FG likely cost us the #1 overall seed. But they were at the other end of the stadium.

Do you recall "the call" on TV of the Villanova miss...? Hah.

 

[Spider B]

Both fan bases would show up again if it was a top 5 matchup with playoff ramifications. But I agree, those were some awesome football seasons. That game in particular was a great college football game and environment. Eric Ward was such a gamer and just knew how to win. Will say, Robins Stadium would be a lot better without the track.

 

[MolivaManiac]

Clawson.

Noted and agree. I guess the biggest headscratcher for me is how Richmond and William and Mary go from 4th and 5th in the country ... they had a ton of talent too ... to where they are now simultaneously.

Is it because JMU is THAT MUCH stronger now than both? The existence of ODU football to pull on recruits? Stronger Duke and Wake Forest programs fishing in the same pond as the Tribe and the Spiders? All of that stuff? Other factors that i'm not even thinking about?

 

[MolivaManiac]

Do you recall "the call" on TV of the Villanova miss...? Hah.

Found it!

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Sorry to take us off-topic. So many huge 4th quarter plays happened in that South End of the stadium in a short period of time - most of them bad.

Scotty McGee punt return. (2018)
Villanova one-handed 4th down TD catch.
Howard's kick.
Elon's two just-barely out-of-bounds end-zone catches, then a missed chip shot, then a blocked FG all in the last 3 minutes of a playoff game.
Armanti Edwards' last-minute drive to eliminate us from the 2009 playoffs.

 

[32counter]

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Off-color remark' near end of UR-Villanova TV broadcast addressed

• John O'Connor
  
• Nov 10, 2009
  

Viewers who stuck with Comcast SportsNet's television coverage of the University of Richmond's football game with Villanova until the end Saturday heard profanity and a crack about Spiders kicker Andrew Howard.

With 5 seconds left in Villanova's 21-20 win, Howard missed a 35-yard field goal attempt. As announcers Bob Picozzi and Scott Brunner described and recapped the play, the voice of a production assistant could clearly be heard.

Voice, just before the kick: "He's going to miss it."

Brunner, describing the kick on replay: "It comes out a little bit squirrelly. Hooks it dead left."

Voice: "What a bum. Come on, end this [expletive] game."

Brunner: "[Richmond] goes down to defeat for the first time this year."

Voice: "Ohhh. Let's go home already."

Tim Fitzpatrick, vice president of communications for Comcast SportsNet, yesterday stressed that the official game announcers were not at fault. Fitzpatrick said "our audio signal inadvertently picked up an off-color remark. We apologize to our viewers and the teams and will take appropriate disciplinary action to ensure this does not reoccur."

Fitzpatrick didn't elaborate.

Comcast SportsNet partners with CAA football, to which UR and Villanova belong. Tom Yeager, the league commissioner, yesterday said "Obviously, we are deeply apologetic to all the fans and for the references that were made to the student-athlete at the University of Richmond.

"We are very concerned and obviously disappointed by what occurred, and we're going to be working with the Comcast folks about correcting that."

 

[urmite]

Sorry to take us off-topic. So many huge 4th quarter plays happened in that South End of the stadium in a short period of time - most of them bad.

Scotty McGee punt return. (2018)
Villanova one-handed 4th down TD catch.
Howard's kick.
Elon's two just-barely out-of-bounds end-zone catches, then a missed chip shot, then a blocked FG all in the last 3 minutes of a playoff game.
Armanti Edwards' last-minute drive to eliminate us from the 2019 playoffs.

Is he back? a decade later?

Edit: and now I see Scotty is too...

 

[MolivaManiac]

Sorry to take us off-topic. So many huge 4th quarter plays happened in that South End of the stadium in a short period of time - most of them bad.

Scotty McGee punt return. (2018)
Villanova one-handed 4th down TD catch.
Howard's kick.
Elon's two just-barely out-of-bounds end-zone catches, then a missed chip shot, then a blocked FG all in the last 3 minutes of a playoff game.
Armanti Edwards' last-minute drive to eliminate us from the 2009 playoffs.

The comcast sportsnet production truck was probably parked down near that endzone too? Hah!

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Is he back? a decade later?

Forgive the typo - he's obviously still got some real estate in my head.

In our magical 3 year run, we were 1-2 against App State in the playoffs, and 6-0 against everyone else. He was the difference in both losses.

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

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When he starts whistling "The Final Countdown" at the end......Gold, Jerry! Gold!

 

[ur2K]

The comcast sportsnet production truck was probably parked down near that endzone too? Hah!

Same endzone that the poor Elon player who got knocked silly was wandering our sideline from

 

[mojo-spider]

Liked the days when the Richmond - William and Mary game was at City Stadium on Thanksgiving Day every year and the place was packed out. The South's oldest rivalry was played in Richmond from 1924 to 1964 with the exception of being played in Williamsburg three times.

my first Spiders games were a few of those Thanksgiving match ups in the late 50s...

had about a 90 mile drive to RVA from southside VA, my father, a Spider alum and myself...

Ha! in retrospect its hard to believe my mother let him blow up Thanksgiving dinner!

Go Spiders!