List of William & Mary Tribe football seasons

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Walter J. Zable Stadium at Cary Field has been the home field for the Tribe since 1935.

The William & Mary Tribe college football team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA), representing the College of William & Mary in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Football Conference. William & Mary has played its home games at Zable Stadium in Williamsburg, Virginia since 1935. [1]

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William & Mary fielded its first intercollegiate football team during the 1893 season. [2] Between 1896 and 1908 the team's nickname was "Orange and White", derived from the school's former colors (William & Mary now uses green and gold). [3] Since white uniforms dirtied too quickly, they became known as the "Orange and Black" from 1910 through 1916. [3] Between 1917 and 1977 they were known as the Indians, and throughout this period a man dressing up as a Native American would ride around on a pony along the sidelines during games. [3] This practice was discontinued when the outcry of stereotyping Native Americans as well as the use of a live animal became controversial. [3] Since the 1978 season William & Mary has adopted the nickname "Tribe." [3]

Throughout its history, William & Mary has been a member of seven different athletic conferences. [4] Three of these—the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Virginia Conference and Yankee Conference—are now defunct. [5] [6] [7] The Tribe's membership as a Southern Conference school is its longest tenure with one conference; they had a 40-year membership between 1936 and 1976. [4] William & Mary's current league, the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA), has only been a football conference since 2007 (it was known as the Colonial Athletic Association from 2007 through 2022, then rebranded in July 2023). [8] The CAA began competing in football as a result of the Atlantic 10 Conference's disbanding of the sport following the 2006 season. The A-10's remaining football schools joined the CAA football conference to continue competing in the sport. For all intents and purposes, including the conference's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs, the A-10 football conference became the present-day CAA football conference.

Through the 2023 season, William & Mary has earned 13 I-AA/FCS playoff berths. [9] In two of these years (1988 and 1992) the Tribe has declined the bid, opting instead to play in the Epson Ivy Bowl, which was a short-lived college football bowl game played in Japan against a team composed of Japanese all-stars. [9] [10] The Epson Ivy Bowl is not recognized by the NCAA as an official game and therefore does not count towards official win–loss records. In the playoffs, William & Mary has reached the national semifinals two times (2004 and 2009), and in each of those seasons won a program record 11 wins. [11] [12] Previously in the Tribe's history they have also earned three postseason bowl game appearances, compiling one win and two losses. [9] There have also been 18 conference championships and one division championship; five of the conference titles and the lone division title were won under head coach Jimmye Laycock, who was the head coach from 1980 through 2018. [13] [14]

Seasons

Legend

 † Conference champions
 ‡ Division champions
  ^ Bowl game berth
  * Playoff berth

List of William & Mary Tribe football seasons
SeasonTeam Head coach [13] ConferenceDivisionRegular season results [15] Postseason resultsFinal ranking [16]
ConferenceOverallBowl game/Playoff result [17] NCAA / TSN Poll [a] AP / Coaches' Poll [b]
FinishWinLossTieWinLossTie
William & Mary Tribe
1893 1893 No coachIndependent——210———
1894 1894 John W. Wright 010
1895 No team
1896 1896 Bill Armstrong Independent——020———
1897 1897 W. J. King 010
1898 1898 110
1899 1899 William H. Burke 230
1900 1900 W. J. King 120
1901 1901 No coach211
1902 1902 111
1903 1903 H. J. Davall EVIAA 020130
1904 1904 J. Merrill Blanchard 110330
1905 1905 020241
1906 1906 H. W. Withers 020260
1907 1907 † James E. Barry T–1st201630
1908 1908 George E. O'Hearn T–3rd120461
1909 1909 †T–1st210640
1910 1910 J. Merrill Blanchard 3rd120171
1911 1911 William J. Young 3rd120152
1912 1912 4th030070
1913 1913 Dexter W. Draper 4th030051
1914 1914 4th150170
1915 1915 4th060091
1916 1916 Samuel H. Hubbard EVIAA / SAIAA T–3rd (EVIAA) /
12th (SAIAA)		1–4–1 (EVIAA) /
0–2–1 (SAIAA)		2–5–2 (EVIAA) /
2–5–2 (SAIAA)
1917 1917 Herbert J. Young 3rd (EVIAA) /
11th (SAIAA)		2–4–0 (EVIAA) /
0–3–0 (SAIAA)		3–5–0 (EVIAA) /
3–5–0 (SAIAA)
1918 1918 Vernon Geddy SAIAA T–6th010020
1919 1919 James G. Driver 10th130261
1920 1920 Dexter W. Draper 14th040450
1921 1921 Bill Fincher 10th131431
1922 1922 Bill Ingram Independent—630
1923 1923 J. Wilder Tasker 630
1924 1924 521
1925 1925 640
1926 1926 730
1927 1927 Virginia 1st201451
1928 1928 Branch Bocock 2nd510632
1929 1929 1st500820
1930 1930 1st500721
1931 1931 John Kellison 2nd410522
1932 1932 2nd410840
1933 1933 †T–1st210650
1934 1934 †T–1st210260
1935 1935 Thomas Dowler 1st111342
1936 1936 Branch Bocock Southern 15th050180
1937 1937 13th130450
1938 1938 15th040370
1939 1939 Carl M. Voyles 8th111621
1940 1940 4th211621
1941 1941 4th410820
1942 1942 †1st400911—14 / —
1943 No team fielded due to World War II
1944 1944 Rube McCray Southern —5th211521———
1945 1945 3rd420630
1946 1946 2nd710820
1947 1947 †1st710920Lost Dixie Bowl^—14 / —
1948 1948 4th511722Won Delta Bowl^—17 / —
1949 1949 5th420640———
1950 1950 10th330470
1951 1951 Marvin Bass T–3rd510730
1952 1952 4th410450
1953 1953 Jack Freeman 4th320541
1954 1954 7th122422
1955 1955 8th131171
1956 1956 10th050091
1957 1957 T–5th240460
1958 1958 Milt Drewer 9th141261
1959 1959 7th430460
1960 1960 8th160280
1961 1961 9th160190
1962 1962 4th431451
1963 1963 5th450460
1964 1964 Marv Levy T–4th430460
1965 1965 2nd510640
1966 1966 †T–1st411541
1967 1967 4th221541
1968 1968 T–3rd220370
1969 1969 4th220370
1970 1970 † Lou Holtz 1st310570Lost Tangerine Bowl^
1971 1971 2nd310560—
1972 1972 Jim Root 3rd420560
1973 1973 3rd320650
1974 1974 6th230470
1975 1975 5th230290
1976 1976 2nd310740
1977 1977 Independent—650
1978 1978 551
1979 1979 470
1980 1980 Jimmye Laycock 290
1981 1981 560
1982 1982 380
1983 1983 650
1984 1984 650
1985 1985 74016 / ——
1986 1986 930 NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs – first round*8 / ——
1987 1987 570———
1988 1988 641Declined bid to NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs
Won Epson Ivy Bowl^
1989 1989 831 NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs – first round*10 / ——
1990 1990 1030 NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs – Quarterfinals*7 / ——
1991 1991 560———
1992 1992 920Declined bid to NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs
Won Epson Ivy Bowl^		13 / ——
1993 1993 ‡ Yankee Mid-Atlantic2nd710930 NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs – first round*— / 10—
1994 1994 T–2nd620830—— / 19—
1995 1995 T–4th530740—— / 19—
1996 1996 †1st71-103- [c] NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs – Quarterfinals*— / 7—
1997 1997 Atlantic 10 T–5th44-74-———
1998 1998 T–4th44-74-—— / 16—
1999 1999 —T–4th53-65-———
2000 2000 T–4th44-56-—
2001 2001 †T–1st72-84- NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs – first round*— / 17—
2002 2002 5th54-65-———
2003 2003 6th44-55-—
2004 2004 †T–1st71-113- NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs – Semifinals*— / 3—
2005 2005 T–6th35-56-———
2006 2006 T–6th17-38-—
2007 2007 CAA [d] SouthT–5th26-47-—
2008 2008 T–3rd53-74-—— / 20—
2009 2009 T–3rd62-113- NCAA Division I FCS playoffs – Semifinals*— / 6— / T–3
2010 2010 †—T–1st62-84- NCAA Division I FCS playoffs – second round*— / 10— / 8
2011 2011 7th35-56-———
2012 2012 9th17-29-—
2013 2013 T–5th44-75-—
2014 2014 5th44-75-—
2015 2015 †T–1st62-94- NCAA Division I FCS playoffs – second round*— / 12— / 12
2016 2016 T–8th35-56-———
2017 2017 12th08-29-—
2018 2018 8th34-46-—
2019 2019 Mike London 10th35-57-—
2020 [e] 2020 [e] South3rd12-12-—
2021 2021 —T–5th44-65-—
2022 2022 †T–1st71-112- NCAA Division I FCS playoffs – Quarterfinals*— / 8— / 8
2023 2023 T–6th44-65-———
2024 2024 TBD00-00-TBDTBDTBD

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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.

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The 2018 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) 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 finished the season 4–6 overall and 3–4 in CAA play to place eighth.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 William & Mary Tribe football team</span> American college football season

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.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 William & Mary Tribe football team</span> American college football season

The 2023 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tribe, led by fifth-year head coach Mike London, played their home games at Zable Stadium. The Tribe finished with a 6–5 overall record.

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