2010 William & Mary Tribe football team
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The 2010 William & Mary Tribe football team represents the College of William & Mary in National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football
for the 2010 season
. William & Mary competes as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association
(CAA) under head football coach Jimmye Laycock
and play their home games at Zable Stadium
. The Tribe clinched a share of the CAA championship in the final week of the regular season. Entering Week 11, they had to defeat #18 Richmond
and have #15 Villanova
upset #1 Delaware
, and both of those results happened. The Tribe reclaimed the Capital Cup by defeating the Spiders, 41–3, and Villanova surprised Delaware, 28–21, in overtime. William & Mary and Delaware shared the title.
William & Mary's win over Richmond in the annual Capital Cup was also their first in the series since 2004
. Richmond had won five straight contests—the longest such streak for the Spiders since a five-game stretch between 1919 and 1922—and it also capped the second consecutive regular season in which the Tribe went undefeated at home. Their last home loss (including playoffs) was November 22, 2008, against Richmond.
After receiving a first round bye
in the playoffs, the number two-seed Tribe fell in their first playoff game, 31–15, to . The game was played at home in front of a crowd of 8,243.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
(NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
for the 2010 season
2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season
The 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of the college football season, began in September 2010 and concluded with the national championship game on January 7, 2011 won by Eastern Washington...
. William & Mary competes as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...
(CAA) under head football coach Jimmye Laycock
Jimmye Laycock
Jimmye Laycock has served as head football coach at the College of William & Mary since 1980. Laycock graduated from William & Mary in 1970 and played quarterback under legendary coaches Marv Levy and Lou Holtz...
and play their home games at Zable Stadium
Zable Stadium
Walter J. Zable Stadium at Cary Field, named for Walter J. Zable, former member of the College of William & Mary Board of Visitors, is located in Williamsburg, Virginia and is the home of the William and Mary Tribe football team. It is located centrally in the William & Mary campus, adjoining the...
. The Tribe clinched a share of the CAA championship in the final week of the regular season. Entering Week 11, they had to defeat #18 Richmond
2010 Richmond Spiders football team
The 2010 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football during the 2010 season. Richmond competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association under first-year...
and have #15 Villanova
Villanova Wildcats football
The Villanova Wildcats football program represents Villanova University in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision . The Wildcats play at Villanova Stadium with capacity of 12,500.-History:...
upset #1 Delaware
2010 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The 2010 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football season. They played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware...
, and both of those results happened. The Tribe reclaimed the Capital Cup by defeating the Spiders, 41–3, and Villanova surprised Delaware, 28–21, in overtime. William & Mary and Delaware shared the title.
William & Mary's win over Richmond in the annual Capital Cup was also their first in the series since 2004
2004 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 2004 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-AA college football during the 2004 season...
. Richmond had won five straight contests—the longest such streak for the Spiders since a five-game stretch between 1919 and 1922—and it also capped the second consecutive regular season in which the Tribe went undefeated at home. Their last home loss (including playoffs) was November 22, 2008, against Richmond.
After receiving a first round bye
Bye (sports)
A bye, in sports and other competitive activities, most commonly refers to the practice of allowing a player or team to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing...
in the playoffs, the number two-seed Tribe fell in their first playoff game, 31–15, to . The game was played at home in front of a crowd of 8,243.