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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 Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[2]
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] [3] [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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