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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]
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Tribe were predicted to finish in eleventh place.[ 2]
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
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 Rankings 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]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tribe
7
0
0
7
14
Bison
0
0
0
7
7
1
2
3
4
Total
Tribe
0
7
7
3
17
No. 12 (FBS ) Hokies
17
21
17
7
62
1
2
3
4
Total
Tribe
0
0
0
0
0
No. 2 Dukes
7
10
21
13
51
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
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
1
2
3
4
Total
Tribe
7
0
3
0
10
Rams
14
0
7
0
21
1
2
3
4
Total
Tribe
0
14
10
0
24
Wildcats
0
7
0
10
17
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
0
7
3
0
10
Tribe
0
0
0
6
6
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