2010 William & Mary Tribe football team

The 2010 William & Mary Tribe football team represented The College of William & Mary in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. William & Mary competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) under head football coach Jimmye Laycock and played 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.

2010 William & Mary Tribe football
CAA co-champion
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 15–31 vs. Georgia Southern
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 10
FCS Coaches	No. 8
Record	8–4 (6–2 CAA)
Head coach	Jimmye Laycock (31st season)
Offensive coordinator	Zbig Kepa (18th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Shoop (4th season)
Captains	Ben Cottingham Evan Francks Keith Hill Jr. Courtland Marriner Jake Trantin
Home stadium	Zable Stadium
Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

2010 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Delaware +^		6	–	2					12	–	3
No. 10 William & Mary +^		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 3 Villanova ^		5	–	3					9	–	5
No. 7 New Hampshire ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
UMass		4	–	4					6	–	5
Richmond		4	–	4					6	–	5
Rhode Island		4	–	4					5	–	6
James Madison		3	–	5					6	–	5
Maine		3	–	5					4	–	7
Towson		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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 Georgia Southern. The game was played at home in front of a crowd of 8,243.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	3:30 pm	at UMass	No. 4	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	CSNNE	L 23–27	10,072	[1]
September 11	7:00 pm	VMI*	No. 11	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)		W 45–0	11,475	[2]
September 18	7:00 pm	at Old Dominion*	No. 12	S. B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA (rivalry)	CSNMA	W 21–17	19,782	[3]
September 25	6:00 pm	at Maine	No. 8	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME		W 24–21	5,990	[4]
October 2	3:30 pm	No. 1 Villanova	No. 7	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	CSNMA	W 31–24	12,259	[5]
October 9	7:00 pm	Rhode Island	No. 4	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA		W 26–7	8,196	[6]
October 23	12:00 pm	No. 2 Delaware	No. 4	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)	CSNNE	W 17–16	12,259	[7]
October 30	3:30 pm	at North Carolina*	No. 3	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN3	L 17–21	51,000	[8]
November 6	12:00 pm	at No. 8 New Hampshire	No. 4	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH		W 13–3	6,008	[9]
November 13	1:30 pm	at James Madison	No. 1	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (rivalry)		L 24–30	16,733	[10]
November 20	3:30 pm	No. 18 Richmond	No. 6	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (Capital Cup)	CSNNE	W 41–3	12,259	[11]
December 4	1:30 pm	No. 20 Georgia Southern*	No. 4	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (NCAA Division I Second Round)		L 15–31	8,243	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time