American Football Database
American Football Database
Advertisement
1979 William & Mary Tribe football
ConferenceIndependent
1979 record4–7
Head coachJim Root (8th year)
Home stadiumCary Field
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Division I-A independents football records
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 6 Florida State           11 1 0
No. 7 Pittsburgh           11 1 0
UNLV           9 1 2
No. 17 Temple           10 2 0
Tulane           9 3 0
Rutgers           8 3 0
East Carolina           7 3 1
No. 20 Penn State           8 4 0
South Carolina           8 4 0
Navy           7 4 0
Notre Dame           7 4 0
Southern Miss           6 4 1
Syracuse           7 5 0
Colgate           5 4 1
Boston College           5 6 0
Holy Cross           5 6 0
Memphis           5 6 0
Miami           5 6 0
North Texas State           5 6 0
Villanova           5 6 0
Virginia Tech           5 6 0
West Virginia           5 6 0
Georgia Tech           4 6 1
Louisville           4 6 1
Connecticut           3 6 2
William & Mary           4 7 0
Illinois State           3 8 0
Northeast Louisiana           3 8 0
Army           2 8 1
Air Force           2 9 0
Cincinnati           2 9 0
Richmond           0 11 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date Opponent Site Result
September 8 at Virginia Military Institute Alumni Memorial FieldLexington, Virginia L 3–7  
September 15 Colgate Cary FieldWilliamsburg, Virginia W 28–15  
September 22 at Virginia Tech Lane StadiumBlacksburg, Virginia L 14–35  
September 29 at Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, Georgia L 7–33  
October 6 James Madison Cary FieldWilliamsburg, Virginia W 33–0  
October 13 vs. Navy Foreman FieldNorfolk, Virginia (Oyster Bowl) L 7–24  
October 20 Rutgers Cary FieldWilliamsburg, Virginia L 0–24  
October 27 at Delaware Delaware StadiumNewark, Delaware L 0–40  
November 10 at Appalachian State Conrad StadiumBoone, North Carolina W 9–0  
November 17 Richmond Cary FieldWilliamsburg, Virginia (I-64 Bowl) W 24–10  
November 24 East Carolina Cary FieldWilliamsburg, Virginia L 14–38  
Advertisement