For the first time ever, the University of Richmond’s football team is traveling to East Lansing to take on the Spartans. MSU hasn’t made a habit of playing FCS teams, last doing so in 2021 when Youngstown State came to town, and before that it was Furman in 2016 who opened the season at Spartan Stadium.
Last season’s Richmond team made it to the second round of the FCS playoffs, delivering a beatdown to Davidson in the opening round before falling to Sacramento State. The Spiders came into this season looking to build on that success, but things began to crumble early on in Week 1.