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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Looking to bounce back after last week, the Stony Brook football team returns home and opens conference play on Saturday when they welcome second-ranked and defending CAA Football champion Richmond to Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium for a 12 p.m. kickoff.
Stony Brook Seawolves (1-1, 0-0 CAA Football)
Ranking: RV/RV/--
Head Coach: Chuck Priore, 11th season
Career Record: 102-62
Record at SBU: 63-53
Richmond Spiders (2-0, 0-0 CAA Football)
Ranking: 2/2/2
Head Coach: Danny Rocco, 11th season
Career Record: 82-38
Record at Richmond: 35-18
Game info
Venue: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (8,300)
TV: American Sports Network (Dave Armstrong, pxp; Rich Baldinger, analyst) game will be shown locally on tape delay on SNY at 4 p.m. Saturday
Radio: Seawolves Radio Network – 94.3 The Shark (Josh Caray, pxp; Curt Hylton, analyst; Diane Caruso, sideline)
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/stonybrook/football/
Opponent
Richmond, the second ranked team in the nation in all three polls, is 2-0 this season after a 37-20 victory at FBS Virginia ad a 34-0 win over Norfolk State. The Spiders are led by head coach Danny Rocco in his fifth season at UR.
The Series
This will be the third meeting between the two schools on the football field. Richmond won the previous two meetings. The Spiders defeated the Seawolves 42-0 on Oct. 13, 2007 in Richmond and edged out a 39-31 CAA Football win on Nov. 9, 2013 on Long Island.
Captains
Stony Brook's captains for the 2016 season are graduate WR
Tim Keith, senior DB
Jaheem Woods, senior DL
Aaron Thompson, junior DB
Tyrice Beverette and junior RB
Stacey Bedell. Saturday's honorary captain is Seawolves' All-American Chuck Downey '88.
Against the Ranks
Stony Brook is 6-18 all-time against FCS ranked opponents, including the Seawolves' 13-9 season-opening victory against No. 19 North Dakota. Stony Brook has played the top ranked team once (at Sam Houston State in the second round of the playoffs in 2011) and the second-ranked team twice (at Montana in the second round of the playoffs in 2012 and Towson on Sept. 28, 2013). Richmond's No. 2 ranking equals the highest ranked opponent to come into Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (No. 2 Towson on Sept. 28, 2013).
Up Next
Stony Brook goes out of conference for the final time of the season next Saturday when they welcome Sacred Heart, a member of the Northeast Conference, to LaValle Stadium for a 6 p.m. kickoff.
