The Wildcats started the game doing what they do best; running often. Richmond was ready, though, and forced a quick punt to give the ball to Reece Udinski and the offense. Udinski led an 8-play drive that was capped by an Aaron Dykes 12-yard scoring run. Before Davidson could even get their feet under them, the Spiders were up 7-0.
Richmond again bottled up the ground attack and the offense tacked on three more with a 35-yard field goal from Andrew Lopez. The quick-moving first quarter came to an end with the Spiders leading 10-0.
Davidson was trying to stick true to their triple-option attack but Richmond had all the answers and kept getting the ball back into Udinski’s hands.