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Final
 Robins Stadium, RichmondRICH -24.5
FINALFordham 7, Richmond 52RICH covered -24.5CLOSED RICH -24.5

Highlights

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Scoring plays

9 SCORES
Q1
Rushing Touchdown

Kevin Johnson 8 yd run (Griffin Trau kick)

5:27
0-7
Q2
Rushing Touchdown

Kevin Johnson 7 yd run (Griffin Trau kick)

13:32
0-14
Field Goal Good

Griffin Trau 22 yd field goal

2:26
0-17
Q3
Passing Touchdown

Dejon Brissett 75 yd pass from Kevin Johnson (Griffin Trau kick)

14:48
0-24
Passing Touchdown

Cortrelle Simpson 9 yd pass from Kevin Johnson (Griffin Trau kick)

11:48
0-31
Rushing Touchdown

Deontez Thompson 51 yd run (Griffin Trau kick)

8:50
0-38
Passing Touchdown

Caleb Drake 29 yd pass from Joe Mancuso (Griffin Trau kick)

2:52
0-45
Rushing Touchdown

Jay Palmer 2 yd run (Griffin Trau kick)

2:28
0-52
Q4
Rushing Touchdown

Tim DeMorat 2 yd run (Andrew Mevis kick)

9:39
7-52

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Richmond tops Fordham 52-7 for 13th straight home-opener win

RICHMOND, Va. -- Kevin Johnson ran for two touchdowns, passed for two more and Richmond won its 13th straight home opener with a commanding 52-7 defeat of Fordham Saturday night. Johnson connected on 14 of 21 passes for 273 yards and TD throws of 75 yards to Dejon Brissett and 9 yards to Cortrelle Simpson . Johnson also rushed for scores of 7 and 8 yards, with the four touchdowns a career best. Brissett finished with a career-high 173 yards on four catches for the Spiders (1-1). Deontez Thompson picked up 84 yards on 11 carries with a 51-yard TD. Fordham was outgained 585 yards total offense to 188. The Rams finished with minus-3 yards rushing, held to negative yards on the ground for the second straight game, and are 0-2 for the first time since the 2009 season. Luke Medlock went 17 for 32 for 125 yards with three interceptions.

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Top performers

FOR
PASSINGLuke Medlock17/32, 125 YDS, 3 INT
RUSHINGTyriek Hopkins6 CAR, 9 YDS
RECEIVINGIsaiah Searight2 REC, 40 YDS
RICH
PASSINGKevin Johnson14/21, 273 YDS, 2 TD
RUSHINGDeontez Thompson11 CAR, 84 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGDejon Brissett4 REC, 173 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

FOR · RICH
188
TOTAL YARDS
585
191
PASSING
302
-3
RUSHING
283
11
1ST DOWNS
21
6-17
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
5-13
4
TURNOVERS
0
2-20
PENALTIES
4-33
26:45
POSSESSION
33:15

ROBINS STADIUM, RICHMOND · ATTENDANCE 8,057

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