2014 William & Mary Tribe football team

2014 William & Mary Tribe football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	7–5 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach	Jimmye Laycock (35th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Rogers (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Trevor Andrews (1st season)
Captain	Bo Revell, Luke Rhodes, Stephen Sinnott, Ivan Tagoe
Home stadium	Zable Stadium

2014 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 New Hampshire $^		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 7 Villanova ^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 18 James Madison ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 16 Richmond ^		5	–	3					9	–	5
William & Mary		4	–	4					7	–	5
Delaware		4	–	4					6	–	6
Maine		4	–	4					5	–	6
Stony Brook		4	–	4					5	–	7
Albany		3	–	5					7	–	5
Towson		2	–	6					4	–	8
Rhode Island		1	–	7					1	–	11
Elon		0	–	8					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2014 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tribe were led by 35th-year head coach Jimmye Laycock played their home games at Zable Stadium. They finished the season 7–5 overall and 4–4 in CAA play to place in a four-way tie for fifth.

William & Mary's game against Towson on November 15 was Laycock's 400th game as a college football head coach. He became the 18th coach all-time and 6th active coach to accomplish this feat.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	4:00 pm	at Virginia Tech*	No. 19	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPNews	L 9–34	62,722
September 6	6:00 pm	at Hampton*	No. 21	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA		W 42–14	3,338
September 13	7:00 pm	Norfolk State*	No. 16	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	TATV	W 29–14	8,254
September 20	7:00 pm	Lafayette*	No. 13	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	TATV	W 33–19	9,137
September 27	6:00 pm	at Stony Brook	No. 12	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY		W 27–21 OT	11,301
October 11	3:30 pm	at No. 4 New Hampshire	No. 10	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	NBCSN	L 3–32	18,774
October 18	3:30 pm	No. 5 Villanova	No. 15	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	TATV	L 31–35	10,764
October 25	12:30 pm	Delaware	No. 18	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)	CSN	W 31–17	7,614
November 1	3:30 pm	at James Madison	No. 17	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (rivalry)	ASN	L 24–31	21,778
November 8	3:30 pm	Elon	No. 24	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	CSN	W 17–7	9,512
November 15	3:00 pm	at Towson	No. 24	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	CSN	W 37–14	6,091
November 22	7:30 pm	No. 21 Richmond	No. 19	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (Capital Cup)	NBCSN	L 20–34	8,665
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	19	21	16	13	12	12	10	15	18	17	24	24	22	23	RV
Coaches	22	24	19	17	13	13	11	18	20	17	25	23	19	24	Not released