# 2018 William & Mary Tribe football team

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. He finished at William & Mary with a 39-year record of 249–194–2.

## Preseason
### CAA Poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Tribe were predicted to finish in eleventh place. 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 StadiumLewisburg, PA | Stadium | W 14–7 | 5,042 |
| September 8 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 12 (FBS) Virginia Tech* | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ESPN3 | L 17–62 | 65,632 |
| September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 14 Elon | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | Cox Yurview | Canceled | |
| September 22 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 2 James Madison | Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg, VA (rivalry) | NBCS WA+ | L 0–51 | 25,130 |
| September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 24 Colgate* | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | Cox Yurview | L 0–23 | 9,191 |
| October 6 | 3:30 p.m. | Albany | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | Cox Yurview | W 25–22 | 7,530 |
| October 13 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 17 Towson | Johnny Unitas StadiumTowson, MD | CAA.tv | L 13–29 | 8,022 |
| October 20 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 16 Maine | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | Cox Yurview | W 27–20 | 10,462 |
| October 27 | 12:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island | Meade StadiumKingston, RI | CAA.tv | L 10–21 | 1,688 |
| November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | at Villanova | Villanova StadiumVillanova, PA | FCS/FSGO | W 24–17 | 4,105 |
| November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | Richmond | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA (Capital Cup) | Cox Yurview | L 6–10 | 9,739 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll 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.

## Game summaries
### At Bucknell

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

### At Virginia Tech

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

### At James Madison

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

### Colgate

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

### Albany

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

### At Towson

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

### Maine

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

### At Rhode Island

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

### At Villanova

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

### Richmond

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