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2004 William & Mary

10–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Atlantic 10). The season’s Wikipedia article records 11–⁠3, over 14 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

William & Mary in 2004, game by game: lost at North Carolina 38–49; won vs. New Hampshire 9–7; won vs. VMI 42–6; won vs. Northeastern 38–35; won at Liberty 37–17; won vs. Rhode Island 31–24; lost vs. Delaware 28–31; won at Towson 41–16; won vs. Villanova 37–29; won at James Madison 27–24; won vs. Richmond 38–14; won vs. Hampton 42–35+36−11Lost 38–49 at North Carolina-11North CarolinaWon 9–7 vs. New Hampshire+2New HampshireWon 42–6 vs. VMI+36VMIWon 38–35 vs. Northeastern+3NortheasternWon 37–17 at Liberty+20LibertyWon 31–24 vs. Rhode Island+7Rhode IslandLost 28–31 vs. Delaware-3DelawareWon 41–16 at Towson+25TowsonWon 37–29 vs. Villanova+8VillanovaWon 27–24 at James Madison+3James MadisonWon 38–14 vs. Richmond+24RichmondWon 42–35 vs. Hampton+7Hampton
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atNorth CarolinaL 38–⁠4929%
Sep 18vsNew HampshireW 9–⁠743%
Sep 25vsVMIW 42–⁠671%
Oct 2vsNortheasternW 38–⁠3547%
Oct 9atLibertyW 37–⁠1755%
Oct 16vsRhode IslandW 31–⁠2471%
Oct 23vsDelawareL 28–⁠3141%
Oct 30atTowsonW 41–⁠1658%
Nov 6vsVillanovaW 37–⁠2951%
Nov 13atJames MadisonW 27–⁠2440%
Nov 20vsRichmondW 38–⁠1482%
Nov 27vsHamptonIaa PlayoffsW 42–⁠3555%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hampton 42–⁠35; unranked in the final AP poll; Atlantic 10 champions.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of William & Mary’s 2004 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 4vsDelawareW 44–⁠38William & Mary’s article
Dec 10vsJames MadisonL 34–⁠48William & Mary’s article, James Madison’s article

Atlantic 10 champions7–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Delaware and James Madison

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Atlantic 10
AP final
Unranked
Points
408–⁠287
Coach
—
Elo
1465 +155 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.2 No. 5 of 118 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Zbig Kepa
Captains
Lang Campbell and Wade Harrell

2004 Atlantic 10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
James Madison7–⁠110–⁠2
William & Mary7–⁠110–⁠2
New Hampshire7–⁠211–⁠2
Delaware7–⁠29–⁠3
Massachusetts4–⁠46–⁠6
Northeastern4–⁠45–⁠6
Villanova3–⁠57–⁠5
Maine3–⁠56–⁠6
Hofstra3–⁠55–⁠6
Rhode Island2–⁠64–⁠7
Richmond2–⁠63–⁠8
Towson0–⁠83–⁠8

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