2025 Richmond Spiders Football - Opponents Countdown - Lafayette

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the Lafayette Leopards hold the most distinguished NCAA record of any Patriot League football team...their rivalry with Lehigh (the schools are 17 miles apart) has been played 160 times...the most between any two NCAA teams!...Richmond has only played the Indians 135 times...

this game closes out The Brick House regular season schedule and is the Spiders' final Patriot League game...maybe the Leopards will be looking ahead to their game versus Lehigh the following week?

Lafayette, led by 4th year coach John Troxell, is coming off of a 6-6, 2-4 PL 2024 record...the Patriot preseason poll tagged the Leopards for a 5th place finish...one publication cites 14 significant players coming back this season...ten of these are on the offensive side of the ball...they include a QB, 3 WRs and 5 OLL...Troxell, who also brought in a half dozen BCS transfers hopes the offense and his front seven on defense can build on the progress seen at the end of 2024...

one writer has gone out on a limb, calling the Leopards a Patriot League dark horse!

its the third week of "Championship November"...if the Spiders are still in the hunt for the PL Championship and a FCS Playoff bid this will be another giant game...combine that with the usual Senior Day festivities and it could make for a great afternoon at The Brick House!

don't look now, but real Spiders' football begins in just over a week...that means to everyone's relief that the Countdown and waiting for Lehigh is just about over!

enjoy the Countdown!...we'll talk about the other big rivalry soon...

Go Spiders!

 

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ESPN Helmet award this morning on ‘College Football Final’ for Lafayette running back Kente Edwards.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1967266654443991412

https://twitter.com/x/status/1966993060791005469

Look also at QBs passing abilities for both teams.

rv LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (2-1, 1-0 PL) 42, AT rv GEORGETOWN HOYAS (2-1, 0-1 PL) 37
Cooper Field, Washington, D.C. 1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
“WASHINGTON – Lafayette sophomore running back Kente Edwards rushed for 255 yards and four touchdowns on 19 carries to lead the Leopards to a 42-37 victory over Georgetown in their League opener at Cooper Field.
*Edwards scored on touchdown runs of 70, 28, 1 and 51 yards, the final two in the fourth quarter to seal the game, for a Leopards’ offense that generated 579 yards of total offense, including 289 yards on the ground.
*Junior quarterback Dean DeNobile completed 18-of-28 passes for 290 yards, two touchdowns and one interception to lead Lafayette’s passing attack.
*Lafayette senior wide receiver finished with a game-high 113 yards on seven receptions, including a 48-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter that gave the Leopards a 21-7 lead.
*The Hoyas responded after falling behind by two touchdowns, as senior linebacker Naiteitei Mose returned a fumble 90 yards for a touchdown with 2:17 remaining in the first half.
*Georgetown sophomore running back Savion Hart scored his first of two touchdowns with 41 seconds left before the break to tie the score at 21.
*The Leopards and Hoyas traded leads through the second half before Edwards scored twice in a row in the fourth quarter.
*Georgetown senior quarterback Danny Lauter completed 27-of-45 passes for 319 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, while senior wide receiver Jimmy Kibble caught six passes for 97 yards.
*In addition to his two rushing touchdowns, Hart rushed for 56 yards on 16 carries and caught five passes for 84 yards.
*Lafayette junior defensive back Avery Jones finished with a team-high nine tackles, while junior linebacker Robert Stevens added six tackles and 2.0 TFLs. Senior defensive back Jalen Edwards recorded an interception.
*Georgetown junior defensive lineman Cooper Blomstrom finished with six tackles, 1.5 TFLs, one sack and a forced fumble. Junior safety Bijay Boldin recorded six tackles and had an interception.”