2019 William & Mary Tribe football team

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The 2019 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tribe, led by first-year head coach Mike London, played their home games at Zable Stadium. They finished the season 5–7 overall and 3–5 in CAA play to tie for ninth place.

Previous season[edit]

The Tribe finished the 2018 season 4–6, 3–4 in CAA play to finish in eighth place.

On August 5, 2018, Laycock announced that he would be retiring after the conclusion of the 2018 season.[1] He finished at William & Mary with a 39-year record of 249–194–2.

Preseason[edit]

CAA poll[edit]

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Tribe were predicted to finish in eleventh place.[2]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 James Madison 238 (20)
2 Towson 217 (3)
3 Maine 201 (1)
4 Elon 164
5 Delaware 162
6 Stony Brook 151
7 New Hampshire 109
8 Rhode Island 104
9 Villanova 84
10 Richmond 62
11 William & Mary 58
12 Albany 34

Preseason All–CAA team[edit]

The Tribe had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[2]

Schedule[edit]

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 6:00 p.m. Lafayette* FloSports W 30–17 10,176
8:00 p.m. at Virginia* ACCN L 17–52 45,250
September 14 6:00 p.m. Colgate*
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA
 FloSports W 38–10 6,777
September 21 6:00 p.m. at East Carolina* ESPN3 L 7–19 38,004
September 29 3:30 p.m. at Albany FloSports L 31–39 3,329
October 5 3:30 p.m. No. 5 Villanova
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA
 FloSports L 28–35 9,164
October 19 3:30 p.m. No. 2 James Madisondagger
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)
 FloSports L 10–38 11,821
October 26 1:00 p.m. at Maine FloSports L 25–34 8,123
November 2 2:00 p.m. at Elon FloSports W 31–29 5OT 9,216
November 9 1:00 p.m. Rhode Island
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA
 FloSports W 55–19 7,063
November 16 1:00 p.m. No. 20 Towson
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA
 FloSports L 10–31 6,738
November 23 12:00 p.m. at Richmond FloSports W 21–15 OT 7,020
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries[edit]

Lafayette[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 7 3 0 7 17
Tribe 6 0 24 0 30

At Virginia[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 0 3 7 7 17
Cavaliers 21 14 7 10 52

Colgate[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 7 3 0 10
Tribe 17 0 7 14 38

At East Carolina[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 0 7 0 0 7
Pirates 7 3 3 6 19

At Albany[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 14 3 7 7 31
Great Danes 3 9 10 17 39

Villanova[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Wildcats 14 7 0 14 35
Tribe 7 7 7 7 28

James Madison[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 2 Dukes 7 14 10 7 38
Tribe 3 0 7 0 10

Maine[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 6 6 0 13 25
Black Bears 0 21 10 3 34

At Elon[edit]

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT 4OT 5OT Total
Tribe 3 7 13 0 0 0 0 6 2 31
Phoenix 0 14 3 6 0 0 0 6 0 29

The five-overtime match-up against Elon marked the longest game in school history (the Tribe had never played in a game longer than two overtimes).[4] This contest was also the first time a new NCAA football overtime rule was used (effected in 2019): starting with the fifth overtime period, each team will line up to attempt a two-point conversion instead of snapping the ball from the 25-yard-line.[4] William & Mary converted their attempt while Elon did not.[4]

Rhode Island[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 6 6 7 19
Tribe 21 14 7 13 55

Towson[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Tigers 14 10 7 0 31
Tribe 3 0 0 7 10

At Richmond[edit]

1 2 3 4 OT Total
Tribe 0 8 0 7 6 21
Spiders 0 10 2 3 0 15

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