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Game Notes
Game Day: Richmond
Game Notes .......... 1
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CAA Standings. . . . . . . . . 2 Schedules & Stats ...... 4
Meet the Spiders . . . . . . . 6 UR Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
W&M Rosters ..........10
Head Coach Mike London . . 12
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The William & Mary football team will close out its 2021 spring slate when it hosts No. 12 Richmond for Senior Day at Zable Stadium on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Prior to the contest, W&M will honor five seniors who will play their final game for the Tribe - captain Ted Hefter, Jordan Lowery, Will Barney, Davis Call and Riley Fox.
W&M currently owns a 1-2 record and is coming off an open week after last Saturday’s game at Elon was postponed due to COVID protocols within the Phoenix’s program.
Although he missed the Tribe’s last game, a 38-10 setback to top-ranked James Madison, sophomore quarterback Hollis Mathis leads the Tribe offensively and ranks second in the CAA in total offense (235.5), third in passing yards per game (189.5) and third in completion percentage (60.8).
Defensively, W&M ranks among the top half of the CAA in scoring defense (23.0) and passing defense (167.7).
Ranked 12th nationally, Richmond currently owns a 3-0 record and is coming off an open week after last Saturday’s game against topranked James Madison was postponed due to COVID protocols within the Spiders’ program.
UR boasts the CAA’s second-ranked passing attack (205.7), while it ranks third in the conference in scoring defense (15.0) and rushing defense (55.0).
Quarterback Joe Mancuso leads the league in total offense (250.7), while linebacker Tristan Wheeler ranks tied for first in the conference with 9.0 tackles per game.
Series History
Saturday’s contest for the Capital Cup between W&M and UR will mark the 132nd meeting between the two schools in what has been traditionally called the “Oldest Rivalry in the South” – but may be more accurately described as the most PLAYED rivalry in the South.
The all-time series is tied, 63-63-5. The teams first met in 1898, when Richmond blanked W&M, 15-0.
Only three other Division I series have a longer history than that of W&M vs. Richmond.
