Future I-A opponents

[bostonspider]

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - The Richmond Football squad is slated to take on teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference in each of the next six seasons. Virginia headlines a list which includes Duke and Vanderbilt as future Division I-A opponents on the Spiders' schedule through the 2012 season.

"We are excited about the challenge of facing teams from the ACC and SEC," head coach Dave Clawson said. "These are attractive games for our players, Spider fans and future recruits."

Two of the most awaited Division I-A match-ups on the Spiders' future schedule are with Virginia in the 2008 and 2010 seasons. Richmond has faced the Cavaliers 28 times in its 123-year history with the most recent meeting dating back to Sept. 1, 2001, when it lost 17-16 in Charlottesville, Va.

Next season the Spiders return to Nashville, Tenn., to face the Commodores of Vanderbilt. In 2005, Richmond fell, 37-13, in Vanderbilt Stadium to a then-undefeated Vandy squad. Richmond is also slated to make a trip to Vanderbilt in 2012.

Richmond will open its 2006 schedule with a game at ACC-foe Duke, Sept. 2, at 6 p.m. Return trips to Duke are also on the schedule for 2009 and 2011. The 2006 matchup between the Spiders and Blue Devils will be the 11th in Richmond's 123-year history.

RICHMOND SPIDERS' FUTURE DIVISION I-A OPPONENTS
2006 - Duke
2007 - Vanderbilt
2008 - Virginia
2009 - Duke
2010 - Virginia
2011 - Duke
2012 - Vanderbilt

[89Hen]

the most recent meeting dating back to Sept. 1, 2001, when it lost 17-16 in Charlottesville, Va.
Listened to that one on the radio. Missed PAT late in the game. :eek:

Those are good I-A's for the Spiders IMO. :hurray:

[AppGuy04]

Guarantee Duke drops the other 2 if you beat them this year

[bluehenbillk]

We have Navy in 2007, '09, '10 & '11 and Maryland in 2008.

[BearsCountry]

I know in 2008 we go back to Oklahoma State. Don't know who we get next year more than likely either Arkansas or Tulsa.

[ncbears]

Northern Colorado has Air Force in 2007 and then Kansas in '08.

[Umass74]

BostonSpider:

Duke and Vanderbilt----We'll all be Spider fans on those days! Hope you win a couple.

UMass gets Navy this year and Texas Tech in 2008...

[Polywog]

The Mustangs play both San Jose State and San Diego State this year. I think we've got a good shot against SJSU. SDSU is beatable, but will be a greater challenge. The Vikings play New Mexico, Cal, and Oregon this year as well.

I love seeing both of my teams getting more regional and national publicity (and money) by playing 1A teams. However, I'm not sure its worth the risk to have additional losses that keep you out of the playoffs, just to play a 1A school. I think Poly could realistically go 1-1 against those schools, but PSU will probably go 0-3 (or at best 1-2 if they can beat UNM)against that level of competition.

[89rabbit]

Iowa State '08
Minnesota '09

[OL FU]

Don't remember the years but we have

UNC (Well I know this one ) 2006
Clemson
South Carolina
Va Tech:eek:


Oh yeah, we play Appalachian State every yearxlolx

[Go...gate]

Buffalo in 2007.

[Cap'n Cat]

UNi's probably gonna stick to the Iowa/Iowa State thing for the near term.

[LBPop]

RICHMOND SPIDERS' FUTURE DIVISION I-A OPPONENTS
2006 - Duke
2007 - Vanderbilt
2008 - Virginia
2009 - Duke
2010 - Virginia
2011 - Duke
2012 - Vanderbilt

Don't know about Vandy and Duke doesn't draw very well, but those UVA games should make for big paydays. Great schedule for Richmond.

[NoCoDanny]

Northern Colorado has Air Force in 2007 and then Kansas in '08.

I'd forgotten about the Kansas match up... Hopefully a decent payday.

[Gil Dobie]

NDSU has...
2006 Minnesota & Ball St
2007 Minnesota
2009 Iowa St

[gophoenix]

I don't remember the years, but Elon has:
Wake
Georgia Tech firm

And supposedly
Duke
Rutgers
Navy

[chattanoogamocs]

Chattanooga has Memphis this year, Arkansas next year, then I believe back to Memphis again.

[trojan5588]

i know the lehigh alumni is hoping for more 1-A opponents soon, especially after we beat the last one we played, Buffalo in 2003. Ive heard RUMORS, thats it, of possibly Maryland, Va Tech, Army, and Navy. I can see real possibilities for Army and Navy since they are already affiliated with the patriot league in all other sports but football. We shall see, but I myself am definitly hoping for at least one next year, especially if the addition of the 12th game happens.

[bostonspider]

I think these are the perfect BCS Opponents for UR. UVA is a traditional and of course in-state rival, and both Vandy and Duke are traditionally weaker teams from power conferences, both with similar academic profiles as Richmond. The only other school I would think that UR might consider playing is maybe Wake Forest as well, who UR has a long standing basketball series with, but I think they have their hands full with the good teams from the SoCon instead.

[tribe ol]

I think W&M's future opponents go something like this:

Maryland - 2006
VPI - 2007
NC State - 2008
UVA - 2009
UNC - 2010
UVA - 2011

[Brad82]

Rhody has UCONN,BC and Army next three years.

[ucdtim17]

UCD has SJSU in '07 and '08. We are hoping for an '08 or '09 game in Berkeley, but who knows

[Lionsrking]

We have New Mexico State, Southern Miss, and Texas Tech this year. I believe we're scheduled to play Kansas in 2007 as well as NM State again, and we're scheduled to play at Mississippi State in 2008.

[TexasTerror]

SHSU has no known games scheduled...

Rumors have come up about games against TCU and Rice in recent years...

SHSU has played or will play Texas, UTEP, Houston, Central Michigan, ULM, ULL, SMU and Baylor in recent years...go back a little further, throw in TxA&M...

[walliver]

Wofford has:
South Carolina in 2006, 2010, 2014
South Florida in either 2007 or 2008.

No NAIA schools on the schedule yet:D

[Kiss My Apps]

FUTURE APPALACHIAN FOOTBALL I-A OPPONENTS
2006 - at NC State (Sept. 2)
2007 - at LSU (Sept. 1)
2009 - at Georgia (Sept. 5)
2010 - at Florida (Nov. 20)
2011 - at Virginia Tech (Sept. 3)

[Tribe4SF]

I think W&M's future opponents go something like this:

Maryland - 2006
VPI - 2007
NC State - 2008
UVA - 2009
UNC - 2010
UVA - 2011

You've got it. These are perfect games for the Tribe, with the longest road trip being 4 hours to Blacksburg, and big paydays from all.

[GeauxLions94]

Buffalo in 2007.

Are they really considered I-A :rotateh:

[McNeese75]

We get ULL in 2007 :rotateh: :D
I am not sure if we have any games scheduled (including conference games) past 2007 : smh :

[RabidRabbit]

Sharing a wrestling conference with Air Force & Wyoming, it'd be nice to get these WAC's playing Bunnies/Bison/Panthers/Bears. Saw that UNC Bears have Air Force signed up. Surprised no Wyoming. Even MT playing WY.

[EKU05]

EKU...

2006 Cincinnati
2007 Kentucky
2008 Cincinnati
2009 (I'm hearing probably Indiana or someone like that)

[GSUhooligan]

UGA in 2008

Now that we've scraped our offense, there are rumors of all kinds of teams wanting to play us. Ga Tech, Miami, Florida and Navy have all been kicked around the board, but nothing official yet...

[DTSpider]

UR has the perfect 1A schedule in my mind. All winable games. All BSC opponents. UVA is an hour drive, Duke is two & half. Vandy is further, but is an easy flight. Duke & Vandy are similarly minded academically.

RICHMOND SPIDERS' FUTURE DIVISION I-A OPPONENTS
2006 - Duke
2007 - Vanderbilt
2008 - Virginia
2009 - Duke
2010 - Virginia
2011 - Duke
2012 - Vanderbilt

http://richmondspiders.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072706aab.html

[markgk1]

Northeastern has quite a I-A schedule in the upcoming years too...

2006-Virginia Tech
2007-Ball State
2008-Northwestern
2009-Boston College

[Pard4Life]

RICHMOND SPIDERS' FUTURE DIVISION I-A OPPONENTS
2006 - Duke
2007 - Vanderbilt
2008 - Virginia
2009 - Duke
2010 - Virginia
2011 - Duke
2012 - Vanderbilt

Yeah this is nice, but how about playing I-AA teams? Or the Patriot League more often? G'town would probably like a game with Richmond... or Lehigh... or even Lafayette, whom the Spiders seem to have trouble with. It's a nice payday, but I view this as a slap to the PL. :twocents:

Also, I've seen some PL posters contemplating I-A games vs. bigger opponents. Frankly we should be more concerned about playing and beating quality A10 teams more often and try scheduling SoCon teams.

[FlyYtown]

YSU has Ohio State sometime in 2008 or 2009.
Hopefully we will get Akron [1995] or Kent St. [2003] Back on the schedule so we can embarass them.

[DTSpider]

Yeah this is nice, but how about playing I-AA teams? Or the Patriot League more often? G'town would probably like a game with Richmond... or Lehigh... or even Lafayette, whom the Spiders seem to have trouble with. It's a nice payday, but I view this as a slap to the PL. :twocents:

Also, I've seen some PL posters contemplating I-A games vs. bigger opponents. Frankly we should be more concerned about playing and beating quality A10 teams more often and try scheduling SoCon teams.

Richmond has a PL lined up the schedule pretty much every year as far as I'm aware. Our OOC schedule according to the coaches & AD will be a 1A game, PL team & VMI every year. We have Bucknell lined up this year. Just finished the home & home with Lafayette. Not sure why there is a complaint about UR not playing a PL...since we have htem on the schedule. Those games just aren't announced as far ahead of time.

Also, it doesn't excite the fans as much. Out of the 3 OOC games, the PL matchup is by far the lowest in terms of fan interest.

[Pard4Life]

Richmond has a PL lined up the schedule pretty much every year as far as I'm aware. Our OOC schedule according to the coaches & AD will be a 1A game, PL team & VMI every year. We have Bucknell lined up this year. Just finished the home & home with Lafayette. Not sure why there is a complaint about UR not playing a PL...since we have htem on the schedule. Those games just aren't announced as far ahead of time.

Also, it doesn't excite the fans as much. Out of the 3 OOC games, the PL matchup is by far the lowest in terms of fan interest.

Oh, well then I am mistaken.. I can see why the fan base is not intersted, but it is no doubt important to PL teams each year, especially if they are the Big 3.

[Skyhawk]

UT Martin is scheduled to play Southern Miss in 2007.

[JMU Duke Dog]

JMU's Future I-A Opponents:

2007 - JMU at UNC (Sept. 1)
2008 - JMU at Duke (Aug. 30)
2011 - JMU at UNC (Sept. 3)

[BaylorTitan]

Good lord, how many games does Duke have vs D1-AA in the next few years?

[Go...gate]

Duke has made application to become the first "Honorary" I-AA school. The blue-ribbon committee considering this historic application is Ralph, Cap'nCat, Mr. Chicken, Colgate13 and 89Hen.

[JMU Duke Dog]

Good lord, how many games does Duke have vs D1-AA in the next few years?

Duke's Future I-AA Opponents:
2006 - Richmond
2008 - JMU
2009 - Richmond
2011 - Richmond

When is Elon playing at Duke?

Are there some I am missing?

[DTSpider]

Duke's Future I-AA Opponents:
2006 - Richmond
2008 - JMU
2009 - Richmond
2011 - Richmond

When is Elon playing at Duke?

Are there some I am missing?

I checked Duke's future schedule through 2011 as published. No more are on there.

I haven't checked it out, but I think that UVA might have more 1AA games lined up than Duke.

[JMU Duke Dog]

I checked Duke's future schedule through 2011 as published. No more are on there.

I haven't checked it out, but I think that UVA might have more 1AA games lined up than Duke.

UNC's Future I-AA Opponents:
2007 - James Madison
2009 - The Citadel
2010 - William & Mary
2011 - James Madison

UVA's Future I-AA Opponents:
2008 - Richmond
2009 - William & Mary
2010 - Richmond
2011 - William & Mary

VT's Future I-AA Opponents:
2006 - Northeastern
2007 - William & Mary
2008 - Furman
2011 - Appalachian State

[skinny_uncle]

SIU:

Indiana 2006
Northern Illinois 2007
Northwestern 2008

[slostang]

Cal Poly does not annouce their future schedules, but I have heard that they are playing Idaho in 2007. I know that they have been trying to schedule a game against Fresno State for years. Pat Hills son will be a Redshirt freshman this season Cal Poly so maybe we have a better chance now.

I think it is a mistake from a marketing stand point not to annouce future schedules, especially I-A games. Look at all the excited fans in this thread about future schedules.

[TheValleyRaider]

Also, I've seen some PL posters contemplating I-A games vs. bigger opponents. Frankly we should be more concerned about playing and beating quality A10 teams more often and try scheduling SoCon teams.

Well, the total schedule upgrade is what we're looking for. Colgate already has UMass through next season, Towson and Furman in the future, and having the I-A adds a nice cash bonus for Athletics. Then of course there's the traditional Ivy games. I-A's are merely part of the upgrade package, not a focus by any means.

[blukeys]

We have Navy in 2007, '09, '10 & '11 and Maryland in 2008.


The 2008 Maryland game is on my calendar. It will be the 60th anniversary of the last time Delaware played Maryland in football. I predict 15,000 +UD fans at this game. :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: :nod:

[Go...gate]

There have been occasional rumblings about resumption of the Colgate-Rutgers series, but no resumption in many years now. I believe that there was a big falling out between the schools in '93 when Doug Graber and Rutgers ran up the score on Colgate, 68-6, in Ed Sweeney's first game as Colgate coach. Rutgers was actually driving and throwing passes in the last two minutes to get another TD and exceed 70 points. The schools have rarely played in any sport since, which is a shame. Graber is long gone and Rutgers' FB program has regained its class since his departure. I know that Greg Schiano would never pull that sh-t on an opponent, since he has been on the other side of it several times.

But I digress....

[BaylorTitan]

Never mind, I thought Duke had more than that.