American college football season
The 2017 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tribe were led by 38th-year head coach Jimmye Laycock played their home games at Zable Stadium. They finished the season 2–9 overall and 0–8 in CAA play to place last of out of 12 teams. It was the first time since the 1956 season in which William & Mary failed to win a single conference game.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 3:30 p.m. | at Virginia* | | ACCN Extra | L 10–28 | 38,828 |
September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | at Norfolk State* | | SSC | W 20–6 | 7,615 |
September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | Bucknell* | | TATV | W 30–9 | 8,315 |
September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Stony Brook | - Zable Stadium
- Williamsburg, VA
| TATV | L 18–21 | 8,082 |
October 7 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Elon | | PAA | L 17–25 | 10,137 |
October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at Delaware | | NBCS PH | L 0–17 | 18,721 |
October 21 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 1 James Madison | - Zable Stadium
- Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)
| Cox Yurview | L 14–46 | 13,125 |
October 28 | Noon | at Maine | | FCS | L 6–23 | 6,579 |
November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 21 New Hampshire | - Zable Stadium
- Williamsburg, VA
| TATV | L 16–35 | 5,426 |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | Towson | - Zable Stadium
- Williamsburg, VA
| CSL[1] | L 14–26 | 6,234 |
November 18 | 3:00 p.m. | at Richmond | | NBCS WA | L 20–27 | 8,057 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
At Virginia
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tribe
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
7 |
10 |
Cavaliers
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
At Norfolk State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tribe
|
0
|
13
|
7
|
0 |
20 |
Spartans
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
0 |
6 |
Bucknell
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bison
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
0 |
9 |
Tribe
|
7
|
3
|
20
|
0 |
30 |
Stony Brook
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Seawolves
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
21 |
Tribe
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
15 |
18 |
At Elon
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tribe
|
0
|
3
|
14
|
0 |
17 |
No. 18 Phoenix
|
6
|
17
|
0
|
2 |
25 |
At Delaware
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tribe
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Fightin' Blue Hens
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
7 |
17 |
James Madison
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 1 Dukes
|
7
|
12
|
10
|
17 |
46 |
Tribe
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
14 |
At Maine
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tribe
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
0 |
6 |
Black Bears
|
3
|
10
|
0
|
10 |
23 |
New Hampshire
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 21 Wildcats
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
35 |
Tribe
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
6 |
16 |
Towson
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tigers
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
26 |
Tribe
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
At Richmond
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tribe
|
0
|
3
|
14
|
3 |
20 |
Spiders
|
0
|
7
|
13
|
7 |
27 |
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