William & Mary Tribe football, 1893–99

The William & Mary Orange and White football teams represented The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Now known as the William & Mary Tribe, the athletic program began in 1893. As of 2009, William & Mary is one of only 20 Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) schools to have played 1,000 (or more) games in college football history. Outside of the Ivy League schools, W&M is one of 13 to have played 1,000.

1893
In the fall of 1893, Charles L. Hepburn brought together the first official football team at William & Mary—the college's first organized athletic team. The 1893 team played three games, starting with the first contest in school history against a YMCA team from nearby Norfolk, Virginia.

1894
In their only game of the 1894 season, Hampden–Sydney beat the then-unnicknamed William & Mary for their football program's first ever win.

1895
No team was fielded for the 1895 college football season.

1898
The 1898 season was significant because it marked the first meeting between William & Mary and the University of Richmond, which later became known as the I-64 Bowl (so named for the highway between the two nearby schools), then eventually as the Capital Cup. The Richmond–W&M rivalry is the fourth-longest played college football rivalry and, through the 2011 match-up, the schools have played each other 121 times. The Richmond Spiders football team won the inaugural contest 15–0.

Decade totals

 * Final record: 5–9
 * Points scored: 83†
 * Points against: 142
 * +/- point differential: –59

†Of the Orange and White's decade total of 83 points, 41 came from one game alone (a 41–0 win over Hampton AC in 1899).