2020 William & Mary Tribe football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2020
| team = William & Mary Tribe
| sport = football
| image = William & Mary Athletics logo.svg
| image_size = 150
| conference = Colonial Athletic Association
| division = South Division
| short_conf = CAA
| record = 1–2
| conf_record = 1–2
| head_coach = Mike London
| hc_year = 2nd
| off_coach = Brennan Marion
| oc_year = 2nd
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Vincent Brown
| dc_year = 2nd
| def_scheme =
| captain = Tyler Crist
| captain2 = Carl Fowler
| captain3 = Ted Hefter
| captain4 = Ryan Ripley
| stadium = Zable Stadium
}}
{{2020 Colonial Athletic Association football standings}}
The 2020 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tribe, led by second-year head coach Mike London, play their home games at Zable Stadium.
On July 17, 2020, the CAA announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference allowed the option for teams to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wished to play in the fall.{{cite web |last1=Singelais |first1=Mark |title=Reports: CAA football won't play this fall |url=https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Reports-CAA-football-won-t-play-this-fall-15414291.php |website=Times Union |date=July 16, 2020 |access-date=July 17, 2020 }}
Schedule
William & Mary had games scheduled against Stanford (September 5), Colgate (September 12), and Lafayette (September 19), which were all later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.{{cite web |last1=Bromberg |first1=Nick |title=Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020 |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/pac-12-follows-big-tens-lead-and-wont-play-nonconference-games-in-2020-224542971.html|website=Yahoo News |access-date=10 July 2020}}{{cite web |title=Patriot League cancels fall sports due to virus |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29455357/source-patriot-league-cancel-fall-sports |website=ESPN.com |access-date=13 July 2020 |language=en |date=13 July 2020}} The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020.{{cite web |last1=Kelley |first1=Kevin |title=CAA releases Spring 2021 football schedule |url=https://fbschedules.com/caa-releases-spring-2021-football-schedule/ |website=FBSchedules.com |access-date=28 October 2020 |date=27 October 2020}}
{{CFB schedule
| time = y
| tv = y
| attend = y
| opprank = y
| rankyear = 2020
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = STATS
| timezone = Eastern
| March 6, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. | at | Richmond | E. Claiborne Robins Stadium | Richmond, VA (Capital Cup) | FloFootball | L 14–21 |
| March 13, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | at | No. 1 James Madison | Bridgeforth Stadium | Harrisonburg, VA (rivalry) | FloFootball | Postponed |
| March 20, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | | Elon | Zable Stadium | Williamsburg, VA | FloFootball | W 31-10 |
| March 27, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. | | No. 1 James Madison | Zable Stadium | Williamsburg, VA (rivalry) | FloFootball | L 10–38 |
| April 3, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | at | Elon | Rhodes Stadium | Elon, NC | FloFootball | Postponed |
| April 10, 2021 | 1:00 p.m. | | No. 12 Richmond | Zable Stadium | Williamsburg, VA (Capital Cup) | FloFootball | Canceled |
}}
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