2017 William & Mary Tribe football team

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2017 William & Mary Tribe football
William & Mary Tribe logo.svg
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Record2–9 (0–8 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorD. J. Mangas (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Trevor Andrews (4th season)
Captains
  • Matt Ahola
  • Andrew Caskin
  • Connor Hilland
  • Aaron Swinton
Home stadium Zable Stadium
Seasons
  2016
2018  
2017 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 0   14 1  
No. 11 Stony Brook ^  7 1   10 3  
No. 20 Elon ^  6 2   8 4  
No. 12 New Hampshire ^  5 3   9 5  
Delaware  5 3   7 4  
Richmond  4 4   6 5  
Towson  3 5   5 6  
Villanova  3 5   5 6  
Maine  3 5   4 6  
Albany  2 6   4 7  
Rhode Island  2 6   3 8  
William & Mary  0 8   2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tribe were led by 38th-year head coach Jimmye Laycock played their home games at Zable Stadium. They finished the season 2–9 overall and 0–8 in CAA play to place last of out of 12 teams. It was the first time since the 1956 season in which William & Mary failed to win a single conference game.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 23:30 p.m.at Virginia * ACCN Extra L 10–2838,828
September 96:00 p.m.at Norfolk State * SSC W 20–67,615
September 166:00 p.m. Bucknell *TATVW 30–98,315
September 306:00 p.m. Stony Brook
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA
TATVL 18–218,082
October 72:00 p.m.at No. 18 Elon PAA L 17–2510,137
October 143:30 p.m.at Delaware NBCS PH L 0–1718,721
October 213:30 p.m.No. 1 James Madison Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)
Cox Yurview L 14–4613,125
October 28Noonat Maine FCS L 6–236,579
November 42:00 p.m.No. 21 New Hampshire
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA
TATVL 16–355,426
November 112:00 p.m. Towson
  • Zable Stadium
  • Williamsburg, VA
CSL [1] L 14–266,234
November 183:00 p.m.at Richmond NBCS WA L 20–278,057
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

At Virginia

1234Total
Tribe003710
Cavaliers777728

At Norfolk State

1234Total
Tribe0137020
Spartans03306

Bucknell

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Bison09009
Tribe7320030

Stony Brook

1234Total
Seawolves777021
Tribe0031518

At Elon

1234Total
Tribe0314017
No. 18 Phoenix6170225

At Delaware

1234Total
Tribe00000
Fightin' Blue Hens0100717

James Madison

1234Total
No. 1 Dukes712101746
Tribe0001414

At Maine

1234Total
Tribe30306
Black Bears31001023

New Hampshire

1234Total
No. 21 Wildcats7147735
Tribe0100616

Towson

1234Total
Tigers12001426
Tribe770014

At Richmond

1234Total
Tribe0314320
Spiders0713727

References

  1. Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS DIGITAL". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  2. "Tribe Football Announces 2017 Schedule". The College of William & Mary Department of Athletics. August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.