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(Top) 1 Preseason 1.1 CAA poll 1.2 Preseason All-CAA team 2 Schedule 3 Game summaries 3.1 At Campbell 3.2 Wofford 3.3 At Charleston Southern 3.4 Maine 3.5 At Elon 3.6 At Virginia 3.7 Towson 3.8 Monmouth 3.9 At No. 23 Albany 3.10 At Hampton 3.11 Richmond 4 References

2023 William & Mary Tribe football team

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2023 William & Mary Tribe football

Conference	CAA Football Conference
Record	6–5 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach	Mike London (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Christian Taylor (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ras-I Dowling (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Bo Revell (1st season)
Home stadium	Zable Stadium
Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Albany +^	7	–	1	11	–	4
No. 6 Villanova +^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 15 Richmond +^	7	–	1	9	–	4
No. 10 Delaware ^	6	–	2	9	–	4
Elon	6	–	2	6	–	5
New Hampshire	4	–	4	6	–	5
Rhode Island	4	–	4	6	–	5
William & Mary	4	–	4	6	–	5
Campbell	4	–	4	5	–	6
Towson	4	–	4	5	–	6
Hampton	3	–	5	5	–	6
Monmouth	3	–	5	4	–	7
Maine	1	–	7	2	–	9
North Carolina A&T	0	–	8	1	–	10
Stony Brook	0	–	8	0	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

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 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[edit]

CAA poll[edit]

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.^[1]^[2]

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[edit]

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.^[3] Pius was also named the preseason CAA Defensive Player of the Year, an award he won in 2022.^[3] 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.^[3]

Schedule[edit]

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

^[4]

Game summaries[edit]

At Campbell[edit]

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

Wofford[edit]

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

At Charleston Southern[edit]

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

Maine[edit]

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

At Elon[edit]

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

At Virginia[edit]

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

Towson[edit]

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

Monmouth[edit]

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

At No. 23 Albany[edit]

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

At Hampton[edit]

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

Richmond[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "UNH football picked 2nd in CAA for 2023 season. Five Wildcats named all-conference". Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

^ "Spiders Tabbed Third in Preseason Poll, Six Earn Honors". University of Richmond Athletics. July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

^ ^a ^b ^c "W&M Football Picked to Repeat as CAA Champions". TribeAthletics.com. College of William & Mary. July 25, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2023.

^ "2023 William & Mary Tribe Football Schedule". TribeAthletics.com. Retrieved January 23, 2023.

v t e William & Mary Tribe football
Venues	Zable Stadium (1935–present) Jimmye Laycock Football Center (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Ivy Bowl Delaware James Madison Old Dominion Richmond: Capital Cup VMI
Culture & lore	Griffin Colonel Ebirt Scandal of 1951 "Tribe Fight Song" William & Mary Pep Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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