1993 William & Mary Tribe football team

The 1993 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as member of the Mid-Atlantic Division of the Yankee Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 14th year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with an overall record of 9–3 and a mark of 7–1 in Yankee Conference play, winning the Mid-Atlantic Division title. They were ranked No. 10 in the final Sports Network poll. The Tribe qualified for the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs, losing in the first round before to McNeese State.^[1]

1993 William & Mary Tribe football
Yankee Mid-Atlantic Division champion
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 28–34 at McNeese State
Conference	Yankee Conference
Division	Mid-Atlantic Division
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 10
Record	9–3 (7–1 Yankee)
Head coach	Jimmye Laycock (14th season)
Offensive coordinator	Zbig Kepa (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Bottiglieri (3rd season)
Captains	Todd Durkin Eric Lambert Craig Staub Tom Walters
Home stadium	Zable Stadium
Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Yankee Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
New England Division
No. 6 Boston University x$^	8	–	0	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
No. 25 UMass	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Connecticut	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Maine	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 10 William & Mary x^	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Delaware ^	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
James Madison	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Richmond	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Northeastern	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Villanova	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	New Hampshire	No. 15	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	W 27–14	6,641	[2]
September 11	at No. 3 Delaware	No. 11	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry)	L 35–42	13,612	[3]
September 18	at Tulane*	No. 17	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 0–10	20,517	[4]
September 25	Harvard*	No. 20	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	W 45–17	14,314	[5]
October 2	vs. VMI*	No. 18	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl, rivalry)	W 49–6	14,000	[6]
October 16	at Northeastern	No. 17	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 53–6	4,200	[7]
October 23	Villanova	No. 17	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, Virginia	W 51–17	17,616	[8]
October 30	James Madison	No. 13	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)	W 31–26	11,698	[9]
November 6	at Maine	No. 11	Alumni Stadium Orono, ME	W 47–23	3,400	[10]
November 13	at No. 21 UMass	No. 10	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 45–28	3,222	[11]
November 20	Richmond	No. 10	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (I-64 Bowl)	W 31–17	12,110	[12]
November 27	at No. 5 McNeese State*	No. 10	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	L 28–34	17,167	[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game