2005 Richmond Spiders football team

American college football season

2005 Richmond Spiders football

Atlantic 10 co-champion
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 20–24 vs. Furman
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 8
Record	9–4 (7–1 A-10)
Head coach	Dave Clawson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Russ Huesman (2nd season)
Home stadium	University of Richmond Stadium
Seasons← 2004 2006 →

2005 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 5 New Hampshire x+^	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 19 UMass	6	–	2	7	–	4
Hofstra	5	–	3	8	–	4
Maine	3	–	5	5	–	6
Northeastern	2	–	6	3	–	9
Rhode Island	2	–	6	4	–	7
South Division
No. 8 Richmond x+^	7	–	1	9	–	4
No. 25 James Madison	5	–	3	7	–	4
Towson	3	–	5	7	–	4
Delaware	3	–	5	6	–	5
William & Mary	3	–	5	5	–	6
Villanova	2	–	6	4	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2005 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Richmond competed as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) under second-year head football coach Dave Clawson and played its home games at University of Richmond Stadium.

Richmond finished the regular season with an 8–3 overall record and 7–1 record in conference play, sharing the A-10 title with the University of New Hampshire. The Spiders were awarded an at-large berth in the I-AA playoffs. The Spiders defeated third-seeded Hampton University in the first round of the playoffs, but fell in the quarterfinals to Furman University. The Spiders finished the season with a #8 national ranking according to The Sports Network's Division I-AA poll.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	No. 15 UMass		University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA		L 6–19	6,040
September 10	1:00 pm	at Lafayette*		Fisher Field Easton, PA		L 0–7	5,274
September 17	6:00 pm	at Maine		Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	WABI	W 26–21	4,762
September 24	7:00 pm	at Vanderbilt*		Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 13–37	38,446
October 8	1:00 pm	Villanova		University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA		W 38–20	3,508
October 15	12:00 pm	No. 22 Delaware		UR Stadium Richmond, VA		W 20–10	3,115
October 22	1:00 pm	No. 23 Hofstra		University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA		W 43–37	4,385
October 29	3:00 pm	at No. 17 James Madison		Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA		W 18–15	15,124
November 5	3:00 pm	VMI*	No. 23	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA		W 38–3	9,853
November 12	12:00 pm	at Towson	No. 18	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	CSNMA	W 48–21	3,472
November 19	1:00 pm	William & Mary	No. 17	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA (I-64 Bowl)		W 41–7	8,960
November 26	8:00 pm	at No. 2 Hampton*	No. 12	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	ESPNU	W 38–10	5,343
December 3	6:00 pm	No. 3 Furman*	No. 12	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinals)	ESPNU, ESPNGP	L 20–24	6,603
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2005 Richmond Spiders football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`3`	Stacy Tutt	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Dave Clawson

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

References

"Sports Network's Final 2005 FCS College Football Poll". Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
"Final Sports Network's 2005 FCS College Football Poll". Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
"Richmond rolls over Hampton". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 27, 2005. Retrieved June 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Furman edges Richmond". The Herald. December 4, 2005. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Richmond Spiders football
Venues	Tate Field (1891–1893, 1925–1928) West-End Park (1894) Broad Street Park (1897–1916) Boulevard Field (1917–1920) Stadium Field (1921–1924) City Stadium (1929–2009) E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (2010–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1968 Tangerine Bowl 1971 Tangerine Bowl James Madison VMI William & Mary
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1881 1882 1883–1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Atlantic 10 Conference football champions
Villanova (1997) Richmond (1998) James Madison & UMass (1999) Delaware & Richmond (2000) Hofstra, Maine, Villanova, & William & Mary (2001) Maine & Northeastern (2002) Delaware & UMass (2003) Delaware, James Madison, & William & Mary (2004) New Hampshire & Richmond (2005) UMass (2006)
National championships in bold

v t e 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants
Appalachian State Cal Poly Colgate Eastern Illinois Eastern Washington Furman Georgia Southern Hampton Lafayette Montana New Hampshire Nicholls State Northern Iowa Richmond Southern Illinois Texas State
Champion – Appalachian State Mountaineers

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