# 2023 William & Mary Tribe football team

The 2023 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tribe, led by fifth-year head coach Mike London, played their home games at Zable Stadium. The Tribe finished with a 6–5 overall record (4–4 CAA). The William & Mary Tribe football team drew an average home attendance of 10,268 in 2023.
The CAA, formerly known as the Colonial Athletic Association from 2007 through 2022, changed its name in July 2023 to accommodate future membership expansion outside of the Thirteen Colonies.

## Preseason
### CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 25, 2023, the Tribe were predicted to finish in first place out of 15 teams following the addition of Campbell and North Carolina A&T for the 2023 season.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | William & Mary | 195 (13) |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 195 (1) |
| 3 | Richmond | 159 |
| 4 | Delaware | 149 (1) |
| 5 | Elon | 146 |
| 6 | Rhode Island | 135 |
| 7 | Villanova | 129 |
| 8 | Monmouth | 94 |
| 9 | Towson | 85 |
| 10 | North Carolina A&T | 70 |
| 11 | Albany | 64 |
| 12 | Campbell | 62 |
| 13 | Maine | 40 |
| 14 | Stony Brook | 38 |
| 15 | Hampton | 30 |

### Preseason All-CAA team

Junior linebacker John Pius, redshirt senior running back Bronson Yoder, junior offensive lineman Charles Grant, redshirt senior defensive lineman Nate Lynn, redshirt senior linebacker Isaiah Jones, redshirt senior cornerback Ryan Poole, and redshirt sophomore cornerback Jalen Jones were named to the CAA preseason all-conference team. Pius was also named the preseason CAA Defensive Player of the Year, an award he won in 2022. W&M's seven all-conference picks were the most of any team in the league, while its five defensive selections also led all schools.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | at Campbell | No. 4 | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, NC | FloSports | W 34–24 | 4,167 |
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | Wofford* | No. 4 | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | FloSports | W 23–6 | 8,579 |
| September 16 | 4:00 p.m. | at Charleston Southern* | No. 4 | Buccaneer FieldNorth Charleston, SC | ESPN+ | W 15–7 | 3,914 |
| September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | Maine | No. 5 | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | FloSports | W 28–3 | 7,365 |
| September 30 | 2:00 p.m. | at Elon | No. 5 | Rhodes StadiumElon, NC | FloSports | L 6–14 | 12,705 |
| October 7 | 12:00 p.m. | at Virginia* | No. 10 | Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA | ACCN | L 13–27 | 38,289 |
| October 21 | 3:30 p.m. | Towson | No. 13 | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | FloSports | L 24–34 | 13,713 |
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Monmouth | No. 22 | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | FloSports | W 31–28 | 11,340 |
| November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 23 Albany | No. 24 | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | FloSports | L 8–24 | 3,518 |
| November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | at Hampton | | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | FloSports | W 31–10 | 5,168 |
| November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | Richmond | | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA (Capital Cup) | FloSports | L 26–27 | 10,345 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Campbell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 4 Tribe | 7 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 34 |
| Fighting Camels | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |

### Wofford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Terriers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| No. 4 Tribe | 7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 23 |

### At Charleston Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 4 Tribe | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| Buccaneers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Bears | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| No. 5 Tribe | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |

### At Elon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 5 Tribe | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Phoenix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |

### At Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 10 Tribe | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Cavaliers | 3 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 27 |

### Towson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 34 |
| No. 13 Tribe | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |

### Monmouth

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| No. 22 Tribe | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 31 |

### At No. 23 Albany

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 24 Tribe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| No. 23 Great Danes | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |

### At Hampton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tribe | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 31 |
| Pirates | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### Richmond

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spiders | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Tribe | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 26 |