2012 Richmond

6–⁠3 (6–⁠2 Colonial Athletic Association). The season’s Wikipedia article records 8–⁠3, over 11 games to the nine on file here.

Schedule and results

Richmond in 2012, game by game: lost at Virginia 19–43; won vs. Georgia State 35–14; lost vs. Old Dominion 37–45; won at Villanova 28–17; lost at New Hampshire 40–44; won vs. James Madison 35–29; won vs. Rhode Island 39–0; won vs. Delaware 23–17; won at William & Mary 21–14+39−24Lost 19–43 at Virginia-24VirginiaWon 35–14 vs. Georgia State+21Georgia StateLost 37–45 vs. Old Dominion-8Old DominionWon 28–17 at Villanova+11VillanovaLost 40–44 at New Hampshire-4New HampshireWon 35–29 vs. James Madison+6James MadisonWon 39–0 vs. Rhode Island+39Rhode IslandWon 23–17 vs. Delaware+6DelawareWon 21–14 at William & Mary+7William & Mary
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat William & Mary 21–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; Colonial Athletic Association champions.

In program history: The tied 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Richmond’s 2012 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Sep 8vsGardner-WebbW 41–⁠8Richmond’s article, Gardner-Webb’s article
Sep 15atVMIW 47–⁠6VMI’s article, Richmond’s article

Colonial Athletic Association champions6–⁠2 in the conference, shared with Towson and Villanova

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Colonial Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
277–⁠223
Coach
—
Elo
1393 +92 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−17.6 No. 29 of 122 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 183
Offensive coordinator
Brandon Streeter
Defensive coordinator
Bob Trott

Top recruits in the 2012 class

Kire’ Worley DUAL★★No. 2700

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2012 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks12.00.747

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2013

The 2013 draft
Rd 5Cooper Taylor SNew York Giants

2012 Colonial Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Old Dominion7–⁠110–⁠1
Richmond6–⁠26–⁠3
New Hampshire6–⁠28–⁠4
Villanova5–⁠27–⁠4
Towson5–⁠26–⁠4
James Madison5–⁠37–⁠4
Maine4–⁠45–⁠6
Delaware2–⁠64–⁠6
William & Mary1–⁠62–⁠8
Georgia State1–⁠71–⁠10
Rhode Island0–⁠70–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.