2018 William & Mary Tribe football team

The 2018 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tribe, led by 39th-year head coach Jimmye Laycock, played their home games at Zable Stadium. They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 4–6, 3–4 in CAA play to finish in eighth place.

2018 William & Mary Tribe football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
2018 record4–6 (3–4 CAA)
Head coachJimmye Laycock (39th season)
Offensive coordinatorD.J. Mangas (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTrevor Andrews (4th season)
Home stadiumZable Stadium
(Capacity: 12,672)
2018 CAA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Maine $^  7 –1     10 –4  
No. 9 James Madison ^  6 –2     9 –4  
No. 16 Stony Brook ^  5 –3     7 –5  
No. 20 Towson ^  5 –3     7 –5  
No. 24 Delaware ^  5 –3     7 –5  
No. 19 Elon ^  4 –3     6 –5  
Rhode Island  4 –4     6 –5  
William & Mary  3 –4     4 –6  
New Hampshire  3 –5     4 –7  
Villanova  2 –6     5 –6  
Richmond  2 –6     4 –7  
Albany  1 –7     3 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

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.

Previous season

The Tribe finished the 2017 season 2–9, 0–8 in CAA play to finish in last place. It was the first time since the 1956 season that the Tribe failed to win a single conference game.

Preseason

CAA Poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Tribe were predicted to finish in eleventh place.[2] They did not have any players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1James Madison241 (21)
2New Hampshire206 (2)
3Delaware182
4Stony Brook169
5Elon168 (1)
6Villanova164
7Richmond127
8Maine81
9Albany78
10Towson74
11William & Mary55
12Rhode Island39

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.at Bucknell*
StadiumW 14–75,042
September 82:00 p.m.at No. 12 (FBS) Virginia Tech*
ESPN3L 17–6265,632
September 156:00 p.m.No. 14 Elon
Cox Yurview Canceled[lower-alpha 1]
September 223:30 p.m.at No. 2 James Madison
NBCS WA+L 0–5125,130
September 296:00 p.m.No. 24 Colgate*
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA
Cox YurviewL 0–239,191
October 63:30 p.m.Albany
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA
Cox YurviewW 25–227,530
October 134:00 p.m.at No. 17 Towson
CAA.tvL 13–298,022
October 203:30 p.m.No. 16 Maine
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA
Cox YurviewW 27–2010,462
October 2712:00 p.m.at Rhode Island
CAA.tvL 10–211,688
November 101:00 p.m.at Villanova
FCS/FSGOW 24–174,105
November 172:00 p.m.Richmond
Cox YurviewL 6–109,739
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. The Elon game was postponed due to Hurricane Florence; it was intended to be rescheduled, but was canceled on September 19, 2018.[3]

Source:[4]

Game summaries

at Bucknell
1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 7 0 0 7 14
Bison 0 0 0 7 7
See also: 2018 Bucknell Bison football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–0 2017 W, 20–9

at Virginia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 0 7 7 3 17
No. 12 (FBS) Hokies 17 21 17 7 62
See also: 2018 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–41–4 2013 L, 9–30

at James Madison
1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 0 0 0 0 0
No. 2 Dukes 7 10 21 13 51
See also: 2018 James Madison Dukes football team and James Madison–William & Mary football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–23 2017 L, 14–46

Colgate
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Raiders 10 6 7 0 23
Tribe 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2018 Colgate Raiders football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–3 1992 W, 44–26

Albany
1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0 13 0 9 22
Tribe 7 3 0 15 25
See also: 2018 Albany Great Danes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Towson
1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 0 13 0 0 13
No. 17 Tigers 7 3 7 12 29
See also: 2018 Towson Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–5 2017 L, 14–26

Maine
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Black Bears 10 7 0 3 20
Tribe 7 7 3 10 27
See also: 2018 Maine Black Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–6 2017 L, 6–23

at Rhode Island
1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 7 0 3 0 10
Rams 14 0 7 0 21
See also: 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–3 2013 W, 20–0

at Villanova
1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 0 14 10 0 24
Wildcats 0 7 0 10 17
See also: 2018 Villanova Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–15–1 2014 L, 31–35

Richmond
1 2 3 4 Total
Spiders 0 7 3 0 10
Tribe 0 0 0 6 6
See also: 2018 Richmond Spiders football team and Capital Cup
Overall record Last meeting Result
62–61–5 2017 L, 20–27

References
  1. "William & Mary's Jimmye Laycock Announces 2018 is Final Season". TribeAthletics.com. College of William & Mary Athletics. August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  2. Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  3. "W&M/Elon Football Game Will Not Be Rescheduled". TribeAthletics.com. College of William & Mary Department of Athletics. September 19, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  4. "2018 William & Mary football schedule". TribeAthletics.com. The College of William & Mary Department of Athletics. Retrieved May 9, 2018.


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