Richmond Holds Off Howard 28-21 After a 20-0 Start
Richmond led 20-0 in the second quarter and won by seven. Howard spent the second half clawing back, scored twice in the third and once more early in the fourth, and ran out of time at 28-21.
The Spiders came out fast. Bryce Allen caught a 15-yard touchdown from Jack Callaghan with 13:06 left in the first quarter (the extra point was blocked, so it was 6-0), Aziz Foster-Powell ran in from a yard out, and Quanye Veney caught a 42-yarder from Ashten Snelsire with 12:25 left in the second quarter. Howard did not score until the third. It did so on a 0-yard fumble return by Gabe Stephens, a Richmond mistake that cost seven points, then a 30-yard pass from Ja'Shawn Scroggins to Antonio Hunter made it 20-14. Sean Clarke's 29-yard catch with 1:57 left in the third, plus a two-point run from Snelsire, pushed it to 28-14 entering the fourth.
Billy Roberson II scored from a yard out with 11:35 to go and nobody scored again. Richmond threw for 261 yards but ran for 41 on 31 carries, and Howard managed just 109 through the air with an interception. Both teams lost a fumble, and each defense sacked the other four times. Take the fumble return away and the Spiders win 28-14.
The margin tells you the hole Howard dug was the whole problem. Richmond was up 20-0 before the half, then the Bison needed all of the second half to get within one score and had just 240 total yards to do it. Seven points was as close as they got.
Richmond is 2-0, Howard is 1-1. For fantasy, the Richmond passing game fed three different receivers, with Clarke the standout.