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1971 William & Mary Tribe football team

1970 William & Mary Indians football
Southern Conference Champions
Tangerine Bowl, L 12–40, vs. #15 Toledo
Conference Southern Conference
1970 record 5–7 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach Lou Holtz (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator Bobby Ross (1st year)
Home stadium Cary Field
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
William & Mary $   3 1         5 7  
The Citadel   4 2         5 6  
Furman   3 2         8 3  
East Carolina   2 2         3 8  
Richmond   3 3         4 6  
Davidson   2 4         2 8  
VMI   1 4         1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
1971 William & Mary Indians football
Conference Southern Conference
1971 record 5–6 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach Lou Holtz (3rd year)
Home stadium Cary Field
Seasons
← 1970
1972 →
1971 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Richmond $ 5 1 0     5 6 0
William & Mary 4 1 0     5 6 0
The Citadel 4 2 0     8 3 0
East Carolina 3 2 0     4 6 1
Furman 2 3 0     5 5 1
VMI 1 4 0     1 10 0
Davidson 0 6 0     1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1972 William & Mary Indians football
Conference Southern Conference
1972 record 5–6 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach Jim Root (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Lou Tepper (1st year)
Home stadium Cary Field
Seasons
← 1971
1973 →
1972 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
East Carolina $ 6 0 0     9 2 0
Richmond 5 1 0     6 4 0
William & Mary 4 2 0     5 6 0
The Citadel 4 3 0     5 6 0
Davidson 2 3 1     3 7 1
VMI 1 5 0     2 9 0
Furman 1 6 0     2 9 0
Appalachian State 0 3 1     5 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1973 William & Mary Indians football
Conference Southern Conference
1973 record 6–5 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach Jim Root (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator Lou Tepper (2nd year)
Home stadium Cary Field
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
East Carolina $ 7 0 0     9 2 0
Richmond 5 1 0     8 2 0
William & Mary 3 2 0     6 5 0
Furman 3 3 0     7 4 0
Appalachian State 2 2 0     3 7 1
VMI 2 4 0     2 9 0
Davidson 1 6 0     2 8 0
The Citadel 1 6 0     3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1974 William & Mary Indians football
Conference Southern Conference
1974 record 4–7 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach Jim Root (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator Lou Tepper (3rd year)
Home stadium Cary Field
Seasons
← 1973
1975 →
1974 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
VMI $   5 1         7 4  
Appalachian State   4 1         6 5  
East Carolina   3 3         7 4  
Richmond   3 3         5 5  
The Citadel   3 4         4 7  
William & Mary   2 3         4 7  
Furman   2 4         5 6  
Davidson   0 3         2 7  
  • $ – Conference champion

The William & Mary Indians / Tribe football teams represented the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Now known as the William & Mary Tribe, the program was established in 1893. Their long-time football rival is the University of Richmond. Their annual meeting is dubbed the I-64 Bowl (renamed the Capital Cup starting in the 2009 season), so named for the highway connecting the two nearby schools.

The 1970s was a time of transition for the William & Mary football program. Aside from switching head coaches after the 1971 season, the Indians would also eventually switch athletic conferences and create a new nickname. Prior to the 1977 season, William & Mary left the Southern Conference after having been a member since 1936. Then, effective as of the 1978 season, the NCAA decided to split their Division I status for schools into two sub-groups: Division I-A and Division I-AA. It was also this year that William & Mary switched their long-standing nickname, the Indians, to a more politically correct Tribe.

Though the overall decade winning percentage was below .500 (49–61–1), the era started off on a strong note. Future College Football Hall of Famer Lou Holtz, in his second year as head coach, guided the Indians to be the 1970 Southern Conference Champions and make an appearance in the school's third (and final) major bowl game. Though the Indians would lose the Tangerine Bowl, 12–40, they later took solace in knowing that they lost to a Toledo Rockets team who were in their second of three straight undefeated seasons (Toledo went into the contest ranked 15th by the Associated Press and would finish #12 in the final AP Poll).


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