# 2019 William & Mary Tribe football team

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
### CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Tribe were predicted to finish in eleventh place.
| 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

The Tribe had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | Lafayette* | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | FloSports | W 30–17 | 10,176 |
| September 6 | 8:00 p.m. | at Virginia* | Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA | ACCN | L 17–52 | 45,250 |
| September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | Colgate* | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | FloSports | W 38–10 | 6,777 |
| September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | at East Carolina* | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | ESPN3 | L 7–19 | 38,004 |
| September 29 | 3:30 p.m. | at Albany | Bob Ford FieldAlbany, NY | FloSports | L 31–39 | 3,329 |
| October 5 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 5 Villanova | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | FloSports | L 28–35 | 9,164 |
| October 19 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 2 James Madison | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA (rivalry) | FloSports | L 10–38 | 11,821 |
| October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at Maine | Alfond StadiumOrono, ME | FloSports | L 25–34 | 8,123 |
| November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | at Elon | Rhodes StadiumElon, NC | FloSports | W 31–29 $^{5OT}$ | 9,216 |
| November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Rhode Island | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | FloSports | W 55–19 | 7,063 |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 20 Towson | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | FloSports | L 10–31 | 6,738 |
| November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at Richmond | E. Claiborne Robins StadiumRichmond, VA (Capital Cup) | FloSports | W 21–15 $^{OT}$ | 7,020 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Leopards | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Tribe | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 30 |

### At Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tribe | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Cavaliers | 21 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 52 |

### Colgate

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Tribe | 17 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 38 |

### At East Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tribe | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pirates | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 |

### At Albany

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tribe | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Great Danes | 3 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 39 |

### Villanova

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 5 Wildcats | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| Tribe | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### James Madison

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| Tribe | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |

### Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tribe | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 25 |
| Black Bears | 0 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 34 |

### At Elon

| | 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). 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. William & Mary converted their attempt while Elon did not.

### Rhode Island

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| Tribe | 21 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 55 |

### Towson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 20 Tigers | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Tribe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

### At Richmond

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Tribe | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| Spiders | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 |