2018 William & Mary Tribe football team

2018 William & Mary Tribe football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2018 record	4–6 (3–4 CAA)
Head coach	Jimmye Laycock (39th season)
Offensive coordinator	D. J. Mangas (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Trevor Andrews (5th season)
Captain	Jack Armstrong, Nate Atkins, Raeshawn Smith
Home stadium	Zable Stadium (capacity: 12,672)
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 CAA football standings
v t	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

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.

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)
1	James Madison	241 (21)
2	New Hampshire	206 (2)
3	Delaware	182
4	Stony Brook	169
5	Elon	168 (1)
6	Villanova	164
7	Richmond	127
8	Maine	81
9	Albany	78
10	Towson	74
11	William & Mary	55
12	Rhode Island	39

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at Bucknell*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	Stadium	W 14–7	5,042
September 8	2:00 p.m.	at No. 12 (FBS) Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN3	L 17–62	65,632
September 15	6:00 p.m.	No. 14 Elon	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	Cox Yurview	Canceled[a]
September 22	3:30 p.m.	at No. 2 James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (rivalry)	NBCS WA+	L 0–51	25,130
September 29	6:00 p.m.	No. 24 Colgate*	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	Cox Yurview	L 0–23	9,191
October 6	3:30 p.m.	Albany	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	Cox Yurview	W 25–22	7,530
October 13	4:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	CAA.tv	L 13–29	8,022
October 20	3:30 p.m.	No. 16 Maine	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	Cox Yurview	W 27–20	10,462
October 27	12:00 p.m.	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	CAA.tv	L 10–21	1,688
November 10	1:00 p.m.	at Villanova	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	FCS/FSGO	W 24–17	4,105
November 17	2:00 p.m.	Richmond	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (Capital Cup)	Cox Yurview	L 6–10	9,739
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries[]

at Bucknell[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	7	0	0	7	14
Bison	0	0	0	7	7

at Virginia Tech[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	0	7	7	3	17
No. 12 (FBS) Hokies	17	21	17	7	62

at James Madison[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	0	0	0	0	0
No. 2 Dukes	7	10	21	13	51

Colgate[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Raiders	10	6	7	0	23
Tribe	0	0	0	0	0

Albany[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Danes	0	13	0	9	22
Tribe	7	3	0	15	25

at Towson[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	0	13	0	0	13
No. 17 Tigers	7	3	7	12	29

Maine[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Black Bears	10	7	0	3	20
Tribe	7	7	3	10	27

at Rhode Island[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	7	0	3	0	10
Rams	14	0	7	0	21

at Villanova[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	0	14	10	0	24
Wildcats	0	7	0	10	17

Richmond[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spiders	0	7	3	0	10
Tribe	0	0	0	6	6

References[]