William & Mary Tribe football, 1950–59

The William & Mary Indians football teams represented The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Now known as the William & Mary Tribe, the program was established in 1893. Their long-time football rival is the University of Richmond. Their annual meeting is dubbed the I-64 Bowl, so named for the highway connecting the two nearby schools.

The single greatest win of the era came on November 9, 1957, when William & Mary traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina to play #10 ranked N.C. State in Riddick Stadium. The Indians (2–5–0) stunned the Wolfpack (5–0–2) with a 7–6 win. The loss dropped N.C. State nine spots in the following AP Poll to #19. It marked the first time that William & Mary had ever defeated a national top 10 opponent (the previous closest occasion occurred on November 6, 1948, when the Indians tied #3 North Carolina 7–7 in Chapel Hill).

Contents:	1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959 - Decade totals - NFL Draft selections - Notes

1950

1950 William & Mary Indians football
Conference	Southern Conference
1950 record	4–7 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Rube McCray (7th year)
Home stadium	Cary Field
Seasons

1950 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington & Lee †	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Clemson	3	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
VMI	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	6	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	2
Maryland	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Duke	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	2	–	1			3	–	5	–	2
George Washington	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	4	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
William & Mary	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	4	–	2
Furman	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	9	–	1
West Virginia	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Davidson	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Richmond	1	–	8	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Virginia Tech	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 23	vs. Virginia Military Institute	Roanoke, Virginia	L 19–25
September 30*	Cincinnati	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	W 20–14
October 7	Wake Forest	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 0–47
October 14*	at #20 Michigan State	Macklin Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan	L 14–33
October 21	at Virginia Tech	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	W 54–0
October 28	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	L 7–40
November 4*	at Boston U.	Nickerson Field • Boston, Massachusetts	L 14–16
November 11*	at Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia	L 0–13
November 18*	at Houston	Public School Stadium • Houston, Texas	L 18–36
November 25	vs. N.C. State	Foreman Field • Norfolk, Virginia (Oyster Bowl)	W 34–0
December 2	Richmond	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia (I-64 Bowl)	W 40–6
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Associated Press.

1951

See also: the William & Mary scandal of 1951 – a scandal that involved former head coach Rube McCray tampering with football players' transcripts and credits to enable NCAA eligibility.

1951 William & Mary Indians football
Conference	Southern Conference
1951 record	7–3 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Marvin Bass (1st year)
Home stadium	Cary Field
Seasons

1951 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Maryland §	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
VMI §	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Washington & Lee	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
William & Mary	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Clemson	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Duke	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
South Carolina	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
George Washington	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
West Virginia	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
NC State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Richmond	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Davidson	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Virginia Tech	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22*	Boston U.	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	W 34–25
September 29*	at #4 Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	L 7–49
October 6	Virginia Military Institute	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 7–20
October 13	vs. Wake Forest	City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia (Tobacco Bowl)	W 7–6
October 20	at N.C. State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 35–28
October 27	at Richmond	City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia (I-64 Bowl)	W 20–14
November 3*	at Pennsylvania	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	W 20–12
November 10	Virginia Tech	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	W 28–7
November 17	Duke	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	W 14–13
November 24*	at #15 Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia	L 0–46
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Associated Press.

1952

1952 William & Mary Indians football
Conference	Southern Conference
1952 record	4–5 (4–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Marvin Bass (2nd year)
Home stadium	Cary Field
Seasons

1952 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Duke †	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest	5	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
West Virginia	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
William & Mary	4	–	1	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
George Washington	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Virginia Tech	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Furman	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Washington & Lee	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
NC State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Davidson	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Richmond	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Clemson	0	–	0	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 20	vs. Virginia Military Institute	Roanoke, Virginia	W 34–13
September 27	Wake Forest	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 21–28
October 4*	at Penn State	New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania	L 23–35
October 11*	at #17 Navy	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland	L 0–14
October 18*	at Boston U.	Nickerson Field • Boston, Massachusetts	L 28–33
October 24	Richmond	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia (I-64 Bowl)	W 42–13
November 8	at Virginia Tech	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	W 34–15
November 22	N.C. State	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	W 41–6
November 29*	Virginia	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 13–20
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Associated Press.

1953

The 1953 William & Mary Indians football team is considered, within the school community, to be one of the most remarkable stories in its athletics history. Due to an academic cheating scandal (coincidentally unrelated to the 1951 scandal), eight of the team's starting members were dismissed from school and another portion of the remaining 33 players transferred out. Among the 24 remaining players, five were returning Korean War veterans and one other had never played a minute of football in his life. Many of them were undersized (the quarterback stood 5'8" and weighed 160 pounds) and even the coaching staff was few in numbers (five total, one of them being the head basketball coach).

Their schedule was so tough that opposing teams would call ahead to make sure that William & Mary still intended on playing them the following week. Remarkably, the Indians started the season 5–2–1 and the only reason they finished with a 5–4–1 overall record was due to accumulating injuries with few available substitutions. Six of the players would eventually go on to play professional football. Their story of grit and determination in the face of overwhelming odds was later written about in a book titled The Iron Indians.

1953 William & Mary Indians football
Conference	Southern Conference
1953 record	5–4–1 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Jack Freeman (1st year)
Home stadium	Cary Field
Seasons

1953 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
West Virginia †	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Furman	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
George Washington	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
William & Mary	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Richmond	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Virginia Tech	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
VMI	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Washington & Lee	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Davidson	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 19*	vs. Wake Forest	City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia (Tobacco Bowl)	W 16–14
September 26*	at Navy	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland	T 6–6
October 3*	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, Ohio	L 7–57
October 17	Virginia Tech	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	W 13–7
October 24	George Washington	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	W 12–7
October 31*	at N.C. State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 7–6
November 7	vs. Virginia Military Institute	Roanoke, Virginia	L 19–20
November 14	at Richmond	City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia (I-64 Bowl)	W 21–0
November 21	Washington & Lee	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 7–33
November 28*	Boston U.	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 14–41
*Non-Conference Game.

1954

1954 William & Mary Indians football
Conference	Southern Conference
1954 record	4–4–2 (1–2–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Jack Freeman (2nd year)
Home stadium	Cary Field
Seasons

1954 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
West Virginia †	3	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Furman	2	–	0	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech	3	–	0	–	1			8	–	0	–	1
Davidson	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
VMI	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Richmond	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	2	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
George Washington	0	–	4	–	1			1	–	7	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25*	at Navy	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland	L 0–27
October 2*	at Pennsylvania	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	W 27–7
October 9*	vs. N.C. State	S. B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, Virginia (Oyster Bowl)	L 0–26
October 16*	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway Township, New Jersey	W 14–7
October 22	at George Washington	Washington, D.C.	T 13–13
October 30	at #14 Virginia Tech	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	T 7–7
November 6	vs. Virginia Military Institute	Roanoke, Virginia	L 0–21
November 13	#16 West Virginia	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 6–20
November 20*	Wake Forest	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	W 13–9
November 25	at Richmond	City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia (I-64 Bowl)	W 2–0
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Associated Press.

1955

1955 William & Mary Indians football
Conference	Southern Conference
1955 record	1–7–1 (1–3–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Jack Freeman (3rd year)
Home stadium	Cary Field
Seasons

1955 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
West Virginia †	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Virginia Tech	2	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Davidson	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
George Washington	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Richmond	3	–	2	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
The Citadel	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Furman	1	–	1	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	3	–	1			1	–	7	–	1
VMI	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Washington & Lee	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	7	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 24*	at #9 Navy	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland	L 0–7
October 1	Virginia Tech	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 7–14
October 8*	at #13 Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	L 7–47
October 15	at #10 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia	L 13–39
October 22	George Washington	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 0–16
October 29	Virginia Military Institute	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	W 20–13
November 5*	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium • Wake Forest, North Carolina	L 7–13
November 19*	at N.C. State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	L 21–28
November 24	at Richmond	City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia (I-64 Bowl)	T 6–6
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Associated Press.

1956

1956 William & Mary Indians football
Conference	Southern Conference
1956 record	0–9–1 (0–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Jack Freeman (4th year)
Home stadium	Cary Field
Seasons

1956 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
West Virginia †	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech	3	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
George Washington	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
Davidson	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Furman	2	–	2	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Richmond	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Washington & Lee	0	–	1	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
William & Mary	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	9	–	1
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22*	Wake Forest	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 0–39
September 29*	at Navy	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland	L 14–39
October 6*	Boston U.	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	T 18–18
October 13	at Virginia Tech	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	L 7–34
October 20	West Virginia	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 13–20
October 26	at #17 George Washington	Washington, D.C.	L 14–16
November 3	vs. Virginia Military Institute	Lynchburg, Virginia	L 6–20
November 10*	at Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, New York	L 6–34
November 17*	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway Township, New Jersey	L 6–20
November 22	at Richmond	City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia (I-64 Bowl)	L 0–6
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Associated Press.

1957

1957 William & Mary Indians football
Conference	Southern Conference
1957 record	4–6 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Milt Drewer (1st year)
Home stadium	Cary Field
Seasons

1957 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
VMI †	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	1
West Virginia	3	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
The Citadel	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Furman	2	–	1	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Richmond	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
William & Mary	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Davidson	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Virginia Tech	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
George Washington	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Washington & Lee	0	–	0	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 21	George Washington	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 0–7
September 28*	at #5 Navy	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland	L 6–33
October 5	Virginia Tech	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	W 13–7
October 12*	at Penn State	New Beaver Field • University Park, Pennsylvania	L 13–21
October 19	Virginia Military Institute	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 13–14
October 26	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia	L 0–19
November 2	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina	W 14–12
November 9*	at #10 N.C. State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 7–6
November 16*	Rutgers	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	W 38–7
November 28	at Richmond	City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia (I-64 Bowl)	L 7–12
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Associated Press.

1958

1958 William & Mary Indians football
Conference	Southern Conference
1958 record	2–6–1 (1–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Milt Drewer (2nd year)
Home stadium	Cary Field
Seasons

1958 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
West Virginia †	4	–	0	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Virginia Tech	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
George Washington	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
VMI	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Richmond	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Davidson	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Furman	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 27*	at #12 Navy	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland	L 0–14
October 4	at Virginia Tech	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	L 15–27
October 11	vs. Virginia Military Institute	Mitchell Stadium • Bluefield, West Virginia	T 6–6
October 18*	N.C. State	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	W 13–6
October 24	at George Washington	Washington, D.C.	L 0–7
November 1*	at Boston U.	Nickerson Field • Boston, Massachusetts	L 7–33
November 8	Davidson	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 7–16
November 15	West Virginia	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 6–55
November 27	at Richmond	City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia (I-64 Bowl)	W 18–15
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Associated Press.

1959

The September 26th contest against the #13 Naval Academy marked the inaugural game in the brand new Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, which replaced Thompson Stadium as the location for all of Navy's future home games. William & Mary would go on to lose the game, 2–29.

1959 William & Mary Indians football
Conference	Southern Conference
1959 record	4–6 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Milt Drewer (3rd year)
Home stadium	Cary Field
Seasons

1959 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
VMI †	5	–	0	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
The Citadel	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Virginia Tech	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Furman	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Richmond	4	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
[[{{{school}}}|West Virginia]]	2	–	2	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
William & Mary	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Davidson	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
George Washington	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 19*	at Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia	W 37–0
September 26*	at #13 Navy	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland	L 2–29
October 3	vs. Virginia Tech	Roanoke, Virginia	L 14–20
October 10	Furman	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 7–8
October 17	vs. Virginia Military Institute	S. B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, Virginia (Oyster Bowl)	L 7–26
October 24	George Washington	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	W 14–7
October 31	The Citadel	Cary Field • Williamsburg, Virginia	L 13–38
November 7	at Davidson	Richardson Stadium • Davidson, North Carolina	W 25–7
November 14*	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida	W 9–0
November 21	at Richmond	City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia (I-64 Bowl)	L 12–20
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Associated Press.

Decade totals

• Final record: 35–57–6
• Points scored: 1,310
• Points against: 1,856
• +/- point differential: –546

NFL Draft selections

= NFL Hall of Fame

= Canadian Football Hall of Fame

= College Football Hall of Fame

21 NFL Draft Selections

# Year Round Pick Overall Name Team Position 1 1950 3 7 34 Hughes, GeorgeGeorge Hughes Pittsburgh Steelers Guard 2 1950 6 3 69 Cloud, "Flyin'" Jack"Flyin'" Jack Cloud Green Bay Packers Back 3 1950 9 8 113 Ragazzo, VitoVito Ragazzo Chicago Cardinals End 4 1950 10 12 130 O'Pella !Frank O'Pella Cleveland Browns Back 5 1950 24 4 304 McDowell !Jim McDowell Detroit Lions Guard 6 1951 17 6 201 Gehlmann !Ted Gehlmann Pittsburgh Steelers Tackle 7 1952 20 12 241 Weber !Ed Weber Los Angeles Rams Back 8 1953 8 4 89 Kreamcheck !John Kreamcheck Chicago Bears Tackle 9 1953 18 12 217 Mioduszewski !Ed Mioduszewski Detroit Lions Back 10 1954 3 12 37 Bowman, BillBill Bowman Detroit Lions Back 11 1954 5 12 61 Parozzo !George Parozzo Detroit Lions Tackle 12 1954 19 1 218 Sazio !Jerry Sazio Chicago Cardinals Tackle 13 1954 22 5 258 Sumner, CharlieCharlie Sumner Chicago Bears Back 14 1954 28 1 326 Koller !Tom Koller Chicago Cardinals Back 15 1955 7 10 83 Sturgess !Bruce Sturgess Chicago Bears Back 16 1955 28 7 332 Crow !Al Crow New York Giants Tackle 17 1956 6 1 62 Lusk !Bob Lusk Detroit Lions Center 18 1956 14 12 169 Sidwell !Charlie Sidwell Cleveland Browns Back 19 1958 10 12 121 Schaubach !Elliot Schaubach Detroit Lions Tackle 20 1959 17 1 193 Secules !Tom Secules Green Bay Packers Back 21 1959 22 8 260 Rubal !Lennie Rubal Chicago Bears Back

Notes

• ^a Between 1896 and 1909 their nickname was "Orange and White," deriving that name from the school's former colors (William & Mary now uses green and gold). Since white uniforms dirtied too quickly, they became known as the "Orange and Black" from 1910 through 1916. Between 1917 and 1977 they were known as the Indians, and throughout this period a man dressing up as a Native American would ride around on a pony along the sidelines during games. This practice was discontinued when the outcry of stereotyping Native Americans as well as the use of a live animal became controversial. Since the 1978 season William & Mary has adopted the nickname "Tribe."