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William & Mary Tribe football, 1980–1989

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The William & Mary Tribe football teams represented the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. The program was established in 1893 and serves as William & Mary's oldest athletic team. Their long-time football rival is the University of Richmond and their annual meeting is dubbed the I-64 Bowl (later renamed the Capital Cup starting in the 2009 season), so named for the highway connecting the two nearby schools.

Jimmye Laycock, a former William & Mary Tribe starting quarterback from 1967 to 1969, became the new head coach in 1980. He had previously worked as position and assistant coaches at various school for the 10 years prior to his first head coaching job, coincidentally at his alma mater. Laycock went 2–9 in 1980, his first season of what would eventually become the longest tenured and all-time winningest coach in school history. As of 2012, Laycock is still the head coach and is in his 35th consecutive year at William & Mary.

After the 1981 season, the Tribe ended its brief four-year stint as a Division I-A independent program and switched to Division I-AA, where it remains today, as of the 2019 season. The NCAA had split Division I into I-A and I-AA four seasons prior, beginning with the 1978 season.

Of the era's 10 seasons, three stand out as particularly noteworthy. In 1986, the Tribe finished with a then-school record nine wins (9–3) and an appearance in the Division I-AA playoffs. Though they would lose their first-round game at home to Delaware, the season was a successful one.

Then, in 1988, William & Mary was selected as the inaugural American college football team to participate in the Epson Ivy Bowl, a special football game to be played against a team of all-stars from Japan. The Tribe traveled to Yokohama and easily won, 73–3. The game itself was started to try to spread the sport's popularity to other parts of the world.

In 1989, for the second time in four years, the Tribe qualified for the playoffs. The result was the same—a first round loss, this time to the Furman Paladins—but William & Mary still finished the season with an 8–3–1 record. Jimmye Laycock ended his first decade with a winning record (57–53–2).

1980[edit]

1980 William & Mary Tribe football
ConferenceIndependent
1980 record2–9
Head coachJimmye Laycock (1st year)
Offensive coordinatorRalph Friedgen (1st year)
Home stadiumCary Field
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Division I-A independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 2 Pittsburgh   –   –       11 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Florida State   –   –       10 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Penn State   –   –       10 – 2 – 0
No. 9 Notre Dame   –   –       9 – 2 – 1
No. 18 Miami   –   –       9 – 3 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Southern Miss]]   –   –       9 – 3 – 0
Navy   –   –       8 – 4 – 0
South Carolina   –   –       8 – 4 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   –       8 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   –       7 – 4 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Northeast Louisiana]]   –   –       7 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   –       7 – 4 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|UNLV]]   –   –       7 – 4 – 0
Tulane   –   –       7 – 5 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Colgate]]   –   –       5 – 4 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|North Texas State]]   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
West Virginia   –   –       6 – 6 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Louisville]]   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Richmond]]   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Syracuse   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
East Carolina   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Illinois State]]   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Temple]]   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Army   –   –       3 – 7 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Holy Cross]]   –   –       3 – 8 – 0
Cincinnati   –   –       2 – 9 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Memphis]]   –   –       2 – 9 – 0
William & Mary   –   –       2 – 9 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   –       1 – 9 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 6at NC State
L 0–42
September 13[[{{{school}}}|VMI]]
L 10–13
September 20at [[{{{school}}}|Virginia Tech]]
L 3–7
September 27at Navy
L 6–45
October 4Wake Forest
L 7–27
October 11Dartmouth
W 17–14
October 18at Rutgers
W 21–18
October 25Delaware
L 3–7
November 1at East Carolina
L 23–31
November 8at Harvard
L 13–24
November 22at Richmond
L 14–26

1981[edit]

1981 William & Mary Tribe football
ConferenceIndependent
1981 record5–6
Head coachJimmye Laycock (2nd year)
Home stadiumCary Field
Seasons
← 1980
1982 →
1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 3 Penn State   –   –       10 – 2 – 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh   –   –       11 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Miami (FL)   –   –       9 – 2 – 0
Southern Miss   –   –       9 – 2 – 1
No. 17 West Virginia   –   –       9 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   –       7 – 3 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   –       7 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   –       7 – 4 – 1
Cincinnati   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Florida State   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Tulane   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
UNLV   –   –       6 – 6 – 0
South Carolina   –   –       6 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   –       5 – 5 – 0
Boston College   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
East Carolina   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Northeast Louisiana   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Louisville   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Notre Dame   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Rutgers   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
William & Mary   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Syracuse   –   –       4 – 6 – 1
Richmond   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Army   –   –       3 – 7 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|North Texas State]]   –   –       2 – 9 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   –       1 – 10 – 0
Memphis State   –   –       1 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 5at Temple
L 0–42
September 12Miami (OH)
L 14–33
September 19at Virginia Tech
L 3–47
October 3at [[{{{school}}}|VMI]]
L 14–31
October 10at Dartmouth
W 12–7
October 17Marshall
W 38–7
October 24at Navy
L 0–27
October 31[[{{{school}}}|James Madison]]
W 31–19
November 7Harvard
L 14–23
November 14at East Carolina
W 31–21
November 21Richmond
W 35–21

1982[edit]

This would mark the first season of Tribe football in NCAA Division I-AA, where they competed as an independent. NCAA Division I had split into I-A and I-AA in 1978; from 1978-1981, William and Mary competed as an independent in the I-A division.

1982 William & Mary Tribe football
ConferenceIndependent
1982 record3–8
Head coachJimmye Laycock (3rd year)
Home stadiumCary Field
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 1 Penn State   –   –       11 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Florida State   –   –       9 – 3 – 0
No. 10 Pittsburgh   –   –       9 – 3 – 0
No. 19 West Virginia   –   –       9 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   –       8 – 3 – 1
Southwestern Louisiana   –   –       7 – 3 – 1
East Carolina   –   –       7 – 4 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   –       7 – 4 – 0
Southern Miss   –   –       7 – 4 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   –       7 – 4 – 0
Notre Dame   –   –       6 – 4 – 1
Cincinnati   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Navy   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Louisville   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Rutgers   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Army   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
South Carolina   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Tulane   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Syracuse   –   –       2 – 9 – 0
Memphis State   –   –       1 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 11at Miami (OH)
L 17–35
September 18[[{{{school}}}|VMI]]
W 24–12
September 25at Virginia Tech
L 3–47
October 2at Rutgers
L 17–27
October 9Dartmouth
W 24–16
October 16at Navy
L 3–39
October 23at [[{{{school}}}|James Madison]]
L 18–24
October 30at Delaware
L 21–62
November 6Brown
L 22–23
November 13East Carolina
L 27–31
November 20at Richmond
W 28–17

1983[edit]

1983 William & Mary Tribe football
ConferenceIndependent
1983 record6–5
Head coachJimmye Laycock (4th year)
Home stadiumCary Field
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 1 Miami (FL)   –   –       11 – 1 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   –       9 – 2 – 0
No. 19 Boston College   –   –       9 – 3 – 0
No. 16 West Virginia   –   –       9 – 3 – 0
No. 20 East Carolina   –   –       8 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Pittsburgh   –   –       8 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   –       8 – 4 – 1
Southern Miss   –   –       7 – 4 – 0
Memphis State   –   –       6 – 4 – 1
Florida State   –   –       8 – 4 – 0
Notre Dame   –   –       7 – 5 – 0
Syracuse   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
South Carolina   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Cincinnati   –   –       4 – 6 – 1
Southwestern Louisiana   –   –       4 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Tulane   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Louisville   –   –       3 – 8 – 0
Navy   –   –       3 – 8 – 0
Rutgers   –   –       3 – 8 – 0
Army   –   –       2 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 10at [[{{{school}}}|VMI]]
W 28–14
September 17Delaware
L 13–30
September 24at North Carolina
L 20–51
October 1vs. Yale
W 26–14
October 8at Dartmouth
W 21–17
October 15[[{{{school}}}|James Madison]]
W 24–21
October 22Rutgers
L 28–35
October 29at Virginia Tech
L 21–59
November 5at Marshall
W 48–24
November 12at East Carolina
L 6–40
November 19Richmond
W 24–15

1984[edit]

1984 William & Mary Tribe football
ConferenceIndependent
1984 record6–5
Head coachJimmye Laycock (5th year)
Home stadiumCary Field
Seasons
← 1983
1985 →
1984 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
[[{{{school}}}|Tennessee State]] 0 – 0 – 0     11 – 0 – 0
Georgia Southern 0 – 0 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
No. 15 Holy Cross 0 – 0 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
No. 19 Delaware 0 – 0 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
No. 12 [[{{{school}}}|Richmond]] ^ 0 – 0 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Eastern Washington]] 0 – 0 – 0     7 – 2 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|James Madison]] 0 – 0 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
William & Mary 0 – 0 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Bucknell 0 – 0 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Colgate 0 – 0 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Lafayette 0 – 0 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Lehigh 0 – 0 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 0 – 0 – 0     3 – 6 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Northeastern]] 0 – 0 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Western Kentucky]] 0 – 0 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 8[[{{{school}}}|VMI]]
W 24–13
September 15at Delaware
W 23–21
September 22at No. 7 Penn State
L 18–56
September 29at [[{{{school}}}|James Madison]]
W 20–10
October 6Temple
L 14–28
October 13[[{{{school}}}|Boston University]]
W 24–3
October 20at Virginia Tech
L 14–38
October 27at Wake Forest
L 21–34
November 3[[{{{school}}}|Lehigh]]
W 24–10
November 10at [[{{{school}}}|Colgate]]
W 48–39
November 17at [[{{{school}}}|Richmond]]
L 31–33
  • Rankings from Associated Press poll released prior to the game

1985[edit]

1985 William & Mary Tribe football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 16 (NCAA Poll)[1]
1985 record7–4
Head coachJimmye Laycock (6th year)
Home stadiumCary Field
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 9 Georgia Southern ^ 0 – 0 – 0     13 – 2 – 0
No. 11 Eastern Washington ^ 0 – 0 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
No. 18 [[{{{school}}}|Richmond]] 0 – 0 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
Colgate 0 – 0 – 0     7 – 3 – 1
Delaware 0 – 0 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Tennessee State]] 0 – 0 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
No. 16 William & Mary 0 – 0 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
Lafayette 0 – 0 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
James Madison 0 – 0 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Lehigh 0 – 0 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross 0 – 0 – 0     4 – 6 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 0 – 0 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Western Kentucky]] 0 – 0 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Bucknell 0 – 0 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Northeastern]] 0 – 0 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 7at Wake Forest
L 23–30
September 14[[{{{school}}}|Norfolk State]]
W 28–15
September 21Delaware
W 17–16
September 28James Madison
W 31–14
October 5at Harvard
W 21–14
October 12at Virginia Tech
L 10–40
October 19at Temple
L 16–45
October 26at [[{{{school}}}|VMI]]
L 38–39
November 2at [[{{{school}}}|Lehigh]]
W 31–29
November 9at Princeton
W 33–28
November 16[[{{{school}}}|Richmond]]
W 28–17

1986[edit]

1986 William & Mary Tribe football
Division I-AA First Round, L 17–51, vs. Delaware
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 8 (NCAA Poll)[2]
1986 record9–3
Head coachJimmye Laycock (7th year)
Home stadiumCary Field
Seasons
← 1985
1987 →
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 13[[{{{school}}}|Colgate]]
W 42–21
September 20[[{{{school}}}|VMI]]
W 37–22
September 27at Bucknell
W 30–13
October 4Harvard
W 24–0
October 11at [[{{{school}}}|Lehigh]]
W 44–34
October 18at Delaware
W 24–18
October 25at [[{{{school}}}|James Madison]]
L 33–42
November 1at Virginia
W 41–37
November 8Princeton
W 32–14
November 15Holy Cross
L 7–31
November 22at [[{{{school}}}|Richmond]]
W 21–14
November 29Delaware
L 17–51

1987[edit]

1987 William & Mary Tribe football
ConferenceIndependent
1987 record5–6
Head coachJimmye Laycock (8th year)
Home stadiumCary Field
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 5at [[{{{school}}}|East Tennessee State]]
L 25–49
September 12at Navy
W 27–17
September 19at [[{{{school}}}|Colgate]]
L 7–19
October 3[[{{{school}}}|Lehigh]]
W 28–27
October 10at Yale
L 34–40
October 17Delaware
L 14–38
October 24[[{{{school}}}|James Madison]]
L 22–28
October 31vs. [[{{{school}}}|VMI]]
W 17–6
November 7Bucknell
W 31–6
November 14at Holy Cross
L 7–40
November 21[[{{{school}}}|Richmond]]
W 20–7

1988[edit]

William & Mary became the first university to compete in the Epson Ivy Bowl in Yokohama, defeating a football team composed of Japanese all-stars, 73–3. The game occurred on January 8, 1989, but does not count toward official win-loss records. In order to participate in the game, however, the Tribe were forced to abstain from the Division I-AA playoffs that they had qualified for.

1988 William & Mary Tribe football
Epson Ivy Bowl, W 73–3, at Japan All-Stars
ConferenceIndependent
1988 record6–4–1
Head coachJimmye Laycock (9th year)
Home stadiumCary Field
Seasons
← 1987
1989 →
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 3at Virginia
L 23–31
September 10[[{{{school}}}|VMI]]
W 30–7
September 17[[{{{school}}}|Lehigh]]
W 14–6
September 24at [[{{{school}}}|James Madison]]
W 10–3
October 8at Delaware
L 35–38
October 15[[{{{school}}}|New Hampshire]]
W 33–31
October 22[[{{{school}}}|Villanova]]
T 14–14
October 29at No. 18 Georgia
L 24–59
November 5[[{{{school}}}|Wofford]]
W 30–14
November 12[[{{{school}}}|Colgate]]
W 28–3
November 19at [[{{{school}}}|Richmond]]
L 19–24
January 8, 1989at Japan All-Stars
W 73–3
  • Rankings from Associated Press poll released prior to the game

1989[edit]

1989 William & Mary Tribe football
Division I-AA First Round, L 10–24, at Furman
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 10 (NCAA Poll)[3]
1989 record8–3–1
Head coachJimmye Laycock (10th year)
Home stadiumCary Field
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 9[[{{{school}}}|Colgate]]
W 17–13
September 16at [[{{{school}}}|VMI]]
W 24–17
September 23at Princeton
T 31–31
September 30at Virginia
L 12–24
October 7Delaware
W 27–24
October 14vs. [[{{{school}}}|Boston University]]
W 13–10
October 21at [[{{{school}}}|Villanova]]
L 17–20
October 28at [[{{{school}}}|Lehigh]]
W 55–39
November 4[[{{{school}}}|East Tennessee State]]
W 34–28
November 11[[{{{school}}}|James Madison]]
W 24–21
November 18[[{{{school}}}|Richmond]]
W 22–10
November 25at Furman
L 10–24

Decade totals[edit]

  • Final record: 57–53–2
  • Points scored: 2,439
  • Points against: 2,817
  • +/- point differential: –378

NFL Draft selections[edit]

= NFL Hall of Fame = Canadian Football Hall of Fame = College Football Hall of Fame
# Year Round Pick Overall Name Team Position
1 1982 3 28 83 John Cannon Tampa Bay Buccaneers Defensive end
2 1985 10 9 261 Mark Kelso Philadelphia Eagles Defensive back
3 1987 7 25 193 Archie Harris Chicago Bears Tackle
4 1987 8 23 218 Mike "Pinball" Clemons Kansas City Chiefs Running back
5 1987 9 9 232 Ken Lambiotte Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback

References[edit]

  1. ↑ NCAA Final Poll 1985 – Division I-AA
  2. ↑ NCAA Final Poll 1986 – Division I-AA
  3. ↑ NCAA Final Poll 1989 – Division I-AA


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