Pirates pummel UR 31-14
Spiders face CAA rival North Carolina A&T on Oct. 14
Fred Jeter | 10/5/2023, 6 p.m.
Hampton University has become the second HBCU to make football life difficult for the University of Richmond.
Morgan State University was the first to squash the Spiders at Robins Stadium on Sept. 2. Then on Sept. 30 it was Hampton University’s turn to step on the home team.
Before a partisan crowd of 7,203, Coach Robert Prunty’s Pirates dominated UR, 31-14, after leading 17-0 at halftime.
Elijah Burris, a junior from Gastonia, N.C., rushed for 115 yards and quarterback Chris Zeallous passed for 256 yards and two touchdowns. Hampton had 27 first downs to UR’s 15 and rolled up 497 yards total offense to the Spiders’ 260.
Improving to 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the Coastal Athletic Conference, Hampton travels to Campbell, N.C., this Saturday for a 2 p.m. kickoff. HU’s other wins this season were over Grambling and Howard.
UR falls to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in CAA. One of UR’s victories did come against an HBCU, Delaware State, 38-6 on Sept. 16.
Richmond isn’t through with HBCUs for the season. The Spiders travel to Greensboro on Oct. 21 to face CAA rival North Carolina A&T.
Defeating UR is no small achievement for any school. The Spiders are regulars in the postseason FCS playoffs and won the national title in 2008.
