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1981 William & Mary

5–⁠6, coached by Jimmye Laycock.

Schedule and results

William & Mary in 1981, game by game: lost at Temple 0–42; lost vs. Miami (OH) 14–33; lost at Virginia Tech 3–47; lost at VMI 14–31; won at Dartmouth 12–7; won vs. Marshall 38–7; lost at Navy 0–27; won vs. James Madison 31–19; lost vs. Harvard 14–23; won at East Carolina 31–21; won vs. Richmond 35–21+31−44Lost 0–42 at Temple-42TempleLost 14–33 vs. Miami (OH)-19Miami (OH)Lost 3–47 at Virginia Tech-44Virginia TechLost 14–31 at VMI-17VMIWon 12–7 at Dartmouth+5DartmouthWon 38–7 vs. Marshall+31MarshallLost 0–27 at Navy-27NavyWon 31–19 vs. James Madison+12James MadisonLost 14–23 vs. Harvard-9HarvardWon 31–21 at East Carolina+10East CarolinaWon 35–21 vs. Richmond+14Richmond
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atTempleL 0–⁠4232%
Sep 12vsMiami (OH)L 14–⁠3337%
Sep 19atVirginia TechL 3–⁠4720%
Oct 3atVMIL 14–⁠3129%
Oct 10atDartmouthW 12–⁠727%
Oct 17vsMarshallW 38–⁠768%
Oct 24atNavyL 0–⁠2716%
Oct 31vsJames MadisonW 31–⁠1985%
Nov 7vsHarvardL 14–⁠2344%
Nov 14atEast CarolinaW 31–⁠2125%
Nov 21vsRichmondW 35–⁠2154%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Richmond 35–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
192–⁠278
Coach
Jimmye Laycock
Elo
1396 +17 this season
SP+ rating
-8.1 No. 103 of 132; offense No. 89, defense No. 101
SRS
−13.7 No. 119 of 137 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Owen Costello and Chris Garrity

Drafted in 1982

The 1982 draft
Rd 3John Cannon DETampa Bay Buccaneers