The 2023 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tribe, led by fifth-year head coach Mike London, played their home games at Zable Stadium. The Tribe finished with a 6–5 overall record (4–4 CAA). The William & Mary Tribe football team drew an average home attendance of 10,268 in 2023.
The CAA, formerly known as the Colonial Athletic Association from 2007 through 2022, changed its name in July 2023 to accommodate future membership expansion outside of the Thirteen Colonies.
Preseason CAA poll In the CAA preseason poll released on July 25, 2023, the Tribe were predicted to finish in first place out of 15 teams following the addition of Campbell and North Carolina A&T for the 2023 season.
1 William & Mary 195 (13) 2 New Hampshire 195 (1) 3 Richmond 159 4 Delaware 149 (1) 5 Elon 146 6 Rhode Island 135 7 Villanova 129 8 Monmouth 94 9 Towson 85 10 North Carolina A&T 70 11 Albany 64 12 Campbell 62 13 Maine 40 14 Stony Brook 38 15 Hampton 30
Preseason All-CAA team Junior linebacker John Pius, redshirt senior running back Bronson Yoder, junior offensive lineman Charles Grant, redshirt senior defensive lineman Nate Lynn, redshirt senior linebacker Isaiah Jones, redshirt senior cornerback Ryan Poole, and redshirt sophomore cornerback Jalen Jones were named to the CAA preseason all-conference team. Pius was also named the preseason CAA Defensive Player of the Year, an award he won in 2022. W&M's seven all-conference picks were the most of any team in the league, while its five defensive selections also led all schools.
Schedule
Game summaries
At Campbell
Wofford
At Charleston Southern
Maine
At Elon
At Virginia
Towson
Monmouth
At No. 23 Albany
At Hampton
Richmond
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