2018 William & Mary Tribe football team

The 2018 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary 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 were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 4–6, 3–4 in CAA play to finish in eighth place.

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 (4th season)
Home stadium	Zable Stadium (Capacity: 12,672)

2018 CAA football standings
	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

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[lower-alpha 1]
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

1. The Elon game was postponed due to Hurricane Florence; it was intended to be rescheduled, but was canceled on September 19, 2018.[3]

Source:[4]

Game summaries

at Bucknell

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

See also: 2018 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2017	W, 20–9

at Virginia Tech

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

See also: 2018 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–41–4	2013	L, 9–30

at James Madison

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

See also: 2018 James Madison Dukes football team and James Madison–William & Mary football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–23	2017	L, 14–46

Colgate

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

See also: 2018 Colgate Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–3	1992	W, 44–26

Albany

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

See also: 2018 Albany Great Danes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Towson

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

See also: 2018 Towson Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–5	2017	L, 14–26

Maine

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

See also: 2018 Maine Black Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–6	2017	L, 6–23

at Rhode Island

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

See also: 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–3	2013	W, 20–0

at Villanova

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

See also: 2018 Villanova Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–15–1	2014	L, 31–35

Richmond

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

See also: 2018 Richmond Spiders football team and Capital Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
62–61–5	2017	L, 20–27

References

1. "William & Mary's Jimmye Laycock Announces 2018 is Final Season". TribeAthletics.com. College of William & Mary Athletics. August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
2. Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
3. "W&M/Elon Football Game Will Not Be Rescheduled". TribeAthletics.com. College of William & Mary Department of Athletics. September 19, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
4. "2018 William & Mary football schedule". TribeAthletics.com. The College of William & Mary Department of Athletics. Retrieved May 9, 2018.