Category: William & Mary Tribe
Karim, SIU To Face Nation's Top Rushing Defense
If William & Mary's win over Virginia earlier this season wasn't enough to get Southern Illinois University's attention, the Tribe's run defense should be.
The sixth-ranked Tribe (10-2) leads the Football Championship Subdivision in rushing defen… more »
Richmond, William & Mary Rename Football Rivalry As Capital Cup
The historic football rivalry has been played 118 times and is the oldest in the South.
This year's winner of the South's oldest college football rivalry will take home a new trophy - The Capital Cup - symbolic of the long-standing series between The… more »
UNH Football Notebook: CAA Expansion Won't Affect 'Cats Short-Term
DURHAM — There are numbers CAA commissioner Tom Yeager has a pleasure trying to crunch, and others that present more of a challenge.
Start with the tough ones. Two years from now, the CAA will welcome its 13th football-playing member, Old Dominion, w… more »
Dukes Demolished by Tribe
With a no. 5 national ranking and a top-rated defense, William and Mary was determined to end its five-game losing streak to James Madison.
A sellout crowd on Homecoming at Zable Stadium was ready as well.
After a quiet first half, the Tribe quick… more »
B.W. Webb Honored as First FCS FWAA/Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week
William and Mary redshirt freshman cornerback B.W. Webb’s incredible performance in the victory at Virginia last weekend continues to earn him national accolades, as he has been selected as the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA)/Bronko Nagur… more »
Tribe Holds First Extended Fall Scrimmage
With two weeks remaining before the season-opening kickoff at Virginia on Sept. 5, the William and Mary football team continued its preparation for the upcoming campaign with an intra-squad scrimmage under the lights at Zable Stadium on Saturday evening… more »
Can Richmond give CAA another title?
In some people's minds, defending national champion Richmond is one of the favorites to win the 2009 title. But the reality of the Colonial Athletic Association is that the Spiders might not even survive their own division, let alone the NCAA playoffs.… more »
Four more Buchanan Award candidates announced by Sports Network
UNI's Ruffin heads up latest group of Buchanan candidates
Missouri Valley Football Conference defensive player of the year James Ruffin is among the four latest candidates added to the watch list for the Buck Buchanan Award, presented annually to the… more »
W&M Football Great Lou Creekmur Die
Wiliamsburg, Va. - The William and Mary football family lost one of its greatest players with the passing of Lou Creekmur on Sunday in Tamarac, Fla. Creekmur is the only Tribe football player currently in the NFL Hall of Fame.
“Lou was unquestionably… more »
Opinion: Additonal FB Expansion Could be Coming Soon to CAA
The Colonial Athletic Association will swell to 14 football schools in 2012, when Georgia State joins.
Too many? Too few? Or just right?
Rather than fret about growing too big too fast, maybe the league will say what the heck and just super-size i… more »
Five Tribe Football Players Earn VaSID All-State Honors
Five William and Mary football players have been selected to Virginia Sports Information Directors Association (VaSID) All-State teams. Senior cornerback Derek Cox, junior defensive end Adrian Tracy and junior place kicker Brian Pate earned first-team h… more »
Top College Level Isn’t the Only Source for NFL Talent in Virginia
Ten players from Virginia schools were selected in the 2009 NFL draft. Only half were Hoos or Hokies.
From colleges other than Virginia and Virginia Tech, the NFL's 256-player harvest included: a third-rounder from William and Mary (CB Derek Cox); a… more »
W&M Tribe Wraps Up Spring With Green and Gold Game
The William and Mary football team concluded its spring practice season with the annual Green and Gold Game before more than 1,200 fans at Zable Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Tribe defensive unit provided a number of big plays, as it registered… more »
W&M Tribe Set For Annual Green and Gold Game
The William and Mary football team will wrap up its spring practice season with the annual Green and Gold Game at Zable Stadium this Saturday at 1 p.m. The event is open to the public, and admission is free.
Head Coach Jimmye Laycock recently sat do… more »
CAA Eyes Odd Slate
HARRISONBURG - Currently, not every football team in the Colonial Athletic Association plays every other member. In 2011 - for one season only - a school might not even face everyone in its own division.
Old Dominion will become the seventh team in t… more »