1981 William & Mary Tribe football team

1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as an independent during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his second year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with a record of 5–6.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–42
September 12	Miami (OH)	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 14–33
September 19	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 3–47	30,600	^[2]
October 3	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA (rivalry)	L 14–31
October 10	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 12–7	10,061	^[3]
October 17	Marshall	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	W 38–7
October 24	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 0–27
October 31	James Madison	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)	W 31–19	7,800	^[4]
November 7	Harvard	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 14–23	16,000	^[5]
November 14	at East Carolina	Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	W 31–21	15,842	^[6]
November 21	Richmond	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA (I-64 Bowl)	W 35–21

^ "William & Mary Football Record Book" (PDF). William & Mary Athletics. June 1, 2021. p. 27. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
^ "Virginia Tech tops William & Mary". The Palm Beach Post. September 20, 1981. Retrieved December 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ballou, Art (October 11, 1981). "William and Mary Downs Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "W&M uses Dukes' mistakes for win". Daily Press. November 1, 1981. Retrieved October 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (November 8, 1981). "Cuccia Leads Way for Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "W&M shocks East Carolina". Daily Press. November 15, 1981. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t William & Mary Tribe football
Venues	Zable Stadium (1935–present) Jimmye Laycock Football Center (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Delaware James Madison Richmond VMI Ivy Bowl
Culture & lore	Griffin Colonel Ebirt Iron Indians "12th Man Tackle" Scandal of 1951 "Tribe Fight Song" William & Mary Pep Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Penn State		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 4 Pittsburgh		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Miami (FL)		–		–		9	–	2	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		9	–	2	–	1
No. 17 West Virginia		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		–		7	–	3	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		–		7	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Florida State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Tulane		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
UNLV		–		–		6	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		6	–	6	–	0
Temple		–		–		5	–	5	–	0
Boston College		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Louisville		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
William & Mary		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
Richmond		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Army		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
North Texas State		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–		1	–	10	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll