1969 Richmond Spiders football team

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1969 Richmond Spiders football
SoCon co-champion
Conference Southern Conference
Record6–4 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadium City Stadium
Seasons
  1968
1970  
1969 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Davidson $ 5 1 07 4 0
Richmond $ 5 1 06 4 0
The Citadel 4 2 07 3 0
William & Mary 2 2 03 7 0
East Carolina 1 3 02 7 0
Furman 0 4 01 8 1
VMI 0 4 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Richmond Spiders football team represented the Richmond College during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 20at Mississippi State *L 14–17
September 27at VMI W 20–0 [2]
October 4 VPI *
W 17–10
October 11at Davidson L 7–37 [3]
October 18 East Carolina
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 24–7 [4]
October 25at Southern Miss *L 28–31 [5]
November 1 The Citadel
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 45–18
November 8 Furman
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 37–0 [6]
November 15at West Virginia *L 21–33
November 22at William & Mary W 28–17
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "1969 Richmond Spiders Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  2. "Richmond beats VMI by 20 to 0". The Danville Register. September 28, 1969. Retrieved January 31, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Wildcats pull 37–7 stunner". The News and Observer. October 12, 1969. Retrieved August 28, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Richmond defeats East Carolina, 24–7". Daily Press. October 19, 1969. Retrieved March 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Richmond defeated by 31–28". Daily Press. October 26, 1969. Retrieved March 22, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Richmond romps, but no crown". The Gastonia Gazette. November 9, 1969. Retrieved September 17, 2022 via Newspapers.com.