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.
Preseason [ edit ] CAA poll [ edit ] In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Tribe were predicted to finish in eleventh place.[1]
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 James Madison 238 (20) 2 Towson 217 (3) 3 Maine 201 (1) 4 Elon 164 5 Delaware 162 6 Stony Brook 151 7 New Hampshire 109 8 Rhode Island 104 9 Villanova 84 10 Richmond 62 11 William & Mary 58 12 Albany 34
Preseason All–CAA team [ edit ] The Tribe had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[1]
Offense
Tyler Crist – FB
Defense
Isaiah Laster – S
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:00 p.m. Lafayette * FloSports W 30–1710,176 8:00 p.m. at Virginia * ACCN L 17–5245,250 September 14 6:00 p.m. Colgate * Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA FloSports W 38–106,777 September 21 6:00 p.m. at East Carolina * ESPN3 L 7–1938,004 September 29 3:30 p.m. at Albany FloSports L 31–393,329 October 5 3:30 p.m. No. 5 Villanova Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA FloSports L 28–359,164 October 19 3:30 p.m. No. 2 James Madison Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (rivalry ) FloSports L 10–3811,821 October 26 1:00 p.m. at Maine FloSports L 25–348,123 November 2 2:00 p.m. at Elon FloSports W 31–29 5OT 9,216 November 9 1:00 p.m. Rhode Island Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA FloSports W 55–197,063 November 16 1:00 p.m. No. 20 Towson Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA FloSports L 10–316,738 November 23 12:00 p.m. at Richmond FloSports W 21–15 OT 7,020 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ edit ] Lafayette [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Leopards 7 3 0 7 17 Tribe 6 0 24 0 30
At Virginia [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tribe 0 3 7 7 17 Cavaliers 21 14 7 10 52
Colgate [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Raiders 0 7 3 0 10 Tribe 17 0 7 14 38
At East Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tribe 0 7 0 0 7 Pirates 7 3 3 6 19
At Albany [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tribe 14 3 7 7 31 Great Danes 3 9 10 17 39
Villanova [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 5 Wildcats 14 7 0 14 35 Tribe 7 7 7 7 28
James Madison [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 2 Dukes 7 14 10 7 38 Tribe 3 0 7 0 10
1 2 3 4 Total Tribe 6 6 0 13 25 Black Bears 0 21 10 3 34
At Elon [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT 4OT 5OT Total Tribe 3 7 13 0 0 0 0 6 2 31 Phoenix 0 14 3 6 0 0 0 6 0 29
The five-overtime match-up against Elon marked the longest game in school history (the Tribe had never played in a game longer than two overtimes).[3] This contest was also the first time a new NCAA football overtime rule was used (effected in 2019): starting with the fifth overtime period, each team will line up to attempt a two-point conversion instead of snapping the ball from the 25-yard-line.[3] William & Mary converted their attempt while Elon did not.[3]
Rhode Island [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Rams 0 6 6 7 19 Tribe 21 14 7 13 55
1 2 3 4 Total No. 20 Tigers 14 10 7 0 31 Tribe 3 0 0 7 10
At Richmond [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Tribe 0 8 0 7 6 21 Spiders 0 10 2 3 0 15
References [ edit ]
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