1982 Richmond Spiders football team

The 1982 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season.^[1] The Spiders were led by third year head coach Dal Shealy and played their home games at City Stadium.^[2] They were classified as Independent. The 1982 campaign marked Shealy's worst year as a head coach after Richmond finished with a winless 0–10 record.^[2][3]

1982 Richmond Spiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–10
Head coach	Dal Shealy (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Marshall (4th season)
Home stadium	City Stadium
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Delaware ^			–					12	–	2	–	0
No. 4 Tennessee State ^			–					10	–	1	–	1
No. 13 Holy Cross			–					8	–	3	–	0
James Madison			–					8	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Colgate ^			–					8	–	4	–	0
No. 20 Lafayette			–					7	–	3	–	0
Nicholls State			–					7	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Northwestern State			–					6	–	5	–	0
Western Kentucky			–					5	–	5	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	6	–	0
Southeastern Louisiana			–					4	–	7	–	0
Northeastern			–					3	–	6	–	0
William & Mary			–					3	–	8	–	0
Richmond			–					0	–	10	–	0
^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4		Virginia Tech	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 9–20	22,600	[4]
September 11		at South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 10–30	52,288	[5]
September 18	1:30 p.m.	vs. Ohio	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (Children's Hospital Benefit Bowl)	L 14–23	23,000	[6]
September 25		at No. 15 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 10–43	48,461	[7]
October 9		at East Carolina	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC	L 14–35	19,521	[8]
October 16	3:10 p.m.	at Louisville	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	L 0–35	16,381	[9]
October 23		VMI	City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl, rivalry)	L 0–14	12,197	[10]
October 30		Rutgers	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 14–20	10,132	[11]
November 13	1:33 p.m.	North Texas State	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 13–22	8,869	[12]
November 20		William & Mary	City Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	L 17–28	8,123	[13]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time