1993 William & Mary Tribe football team

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1993 William & Mary Tribe football
Yankee Mid-Atlantic Division champion
Conference Yankee Conference
DivisionMid-Atlantic Division
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 10
Record9–3 (7–1 Yankee)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorZbig Kepa (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Joe Bottiglieri (3rd season)
CaptainTodd Durkin, Eric Lambert, Craig Staub, Tom Walters
Home stadium Zable Stadium
Seasons
  1992
1994  
1993 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
New England Division
No. 6 Boston University x$^ 8 0 012 1 0
No. 25 UMass 6 2 09 2 0
Connecticut 5 3 06 5 0
New Hampshire 4 4 06 5 0
Rhode Island 2 6 04 7 0
Maine 0 8 00 11 0
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 10 William & Mary x^ 7 1 09 3 0
No. 18 Delaware ^ 6 2 09 4 0
James Madison 4 4 06 5 0
Richmond 3 5 05 6 0
Northeastern 2 6 02 9 0
Villanova 1 7 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1993 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as member of the Mid-Atlantic Division of the Yankee Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 14th year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with an overall record of 9–3 and a mark of 7–1 in Yankee Conference play, winning the Mid-Atlantic Division title. They were ranked No. 10 in the final Sports Network poll. The Tribe qualified for the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs, losing in the first round before to McNeese State. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 4 New Hampshire No. 15W 27–146,641
September 11at No. 3 Delaware No. 11L 35–4213,612
September 18at Tulane *No. 17L 0–1020,517 [2]
September 25 Harvard *No. 20
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA
W 45–1714,314 [3]
October 2vs. VMI *No. 18W 49–614,000 [4]
October 16at Northeastern No. 17W 53–64,200
October 23 Villanova No. 17
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, Virginia
W 51–1717,616 [5]
October 30 James Madison No. 13
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)
W 31–2611,698 [6]
November 6at Maine No. 11W 47–233,400
November 13at No. 21 UMass No. 10W 45–283,222
November 20 Richmond No. 10
W 31–1712,110 [7]
November 27at No. 5 McNeese State *No. 10L 28–3417,167 [8]

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