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1969 William & Mary

3–⁠7 (2–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Lou Holtz.

Schedule and results

William & Mary in 1969, game by game: lost at Cincinnati 18–26; won at Temple 7–6; lost vs. Virginia 15–28; won at The Citadel 21–14; lost vs. Davidson 15–17; won vs. VMI 25–17; lost vs. Virginia Tech 7–48; lost vs. West Virginia 0–31; lost at Villanova 21–35; lost vs. Richmond 17–28+8−41Lost 18–26 at Cincinnati-8CincinnatiWon 7–6 at Temple+1TempleLost 15–28 vs. Virginia-13VirginiaWon 21–14 at The Citadel+7The CitadelLost 15–17 vs. Davidson-2DavidsonWon 25–17 vs. VMI+8VMILost 7–48 vs. Virginia Tech-41Virginia TechLost 0–31 vs. West Virginia-31West VirginiaLost 21–35 at Villanova-14VillanovaLost 17–28 vs. Richmond-11Richmond
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atCincinnatiL 18–⁠2640%
Sep 27atTempleW 7–⁠679%
Oct 4vsVirginiaL 15–⁠2844%
Oct 11atThe CitadelW 21–⁠1438%
Oct 18vsDavidsonL 15–⁠1758%
Oct 25vsVMIW 25–⁠1776%
Nov 1vsVirginia TechL 7–⁠4836%
Nov 8vsWest VirginiaL 0–⁠3130%
Nov 15atVillanovaL 21–⁠3526%
Nov 22vsRichmondL 17–⁠2839%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Richmond 28–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 80th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠2 4th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
146–⁠250
Coach
Lou Holtz
Elo
1343 −90 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−23.1 No. 113 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Dave Holland and Jim Cavanaugh

1969 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Davidson5–⁠17–⁠4
Richmond5–⁠16–⁠4
The Citadel4–⁠27–⁠3
William & Mary2–⁠23–⁠7
East Carolina1–⁠32–⁠7
Furman0–⁠41–⁠8–⁠1
VMI0–⁠40–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.