American college football season
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.
Preseason [ edit ] CAA Poll [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 p.m. at Bucknell * Stadium W 14–75,042 September 8 2:00 p.m. at No. 12 (FBS ) Virginia Tech * ESPN3 L 17–6265,632 September 15 6:00 p.m. No. 14 Elon Cox Yurview Canceled [a] September 22 3:30 p.m. at No. 2 James Madison NBCS WA+ L 0–5125,130 September 29 6:00 p.m. No. 24 Colgate * Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA Cox Yurview L 0–239,191 October 6 3:30 p.m. Albany Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA Cox Yurview W 25–227,530 October 13 4:00 p.m. at No. 17 Towson CAA.tv L 13–298,022 October 20 3:30 p.m. No. 16 Maine Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA Cox Yurview W 27–2010,462 October 27 12:00 p.m. at Rhode Island CAA.tv L 10–211,688 November 10 1:00 p.m. at Villanova FCS /FSGO W 24–174,105 November 17 2:00 p.m. Richmond Cox Yurview L 6–109,739 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
^ The Elon game was postponed due to Hurricane Florence ; it was intended to be rescheduled, but was canceled on September 19, 2018.[3] [4]
Game summaries [ edit ] At Bucknell [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tribe 7 0 0 7 14 Bison 0 0 0 7 7
At Virginia Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tribe 0 7 7 3 17 No. 12 (FBS ) Hokies 17 21 17 7 62
At James Madison [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tribe 0 0 0 0 0 No. 2 Dukes 7 10 21 13 51
Colgate [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 24 Raiders 10 6 7 0 23 Tribe 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 Total Great Danes 0 13 0 9 22 Tribe 7 3 0 15 25
At Towson [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tribe 0 13 0 0 13 No. 17 Tigers 7 3 7 12 29
1 2 3 4 Total No. 16 Black Bears 10 7 0 3 20 Tribe 7 7 3 10 27
At Rhode Island [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tribe 7 0 3 0 10 Rams 14 0 7 0 21
At Villanova [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tribe 0 14 10 0 24 Wildcats 0 7 0 10 17
Richmond [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Spiders 0 7 3 0 10 Tribe 0 0 0 6 6
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