WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The No. 15/16 William & Mary football team will open its 2024 season when it hosts VMI at Zable Stadium on Thursday at 7 p.m. The game will be a "White Out" and the first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive a FREE white W&M t-shirt.
The in-state matchup will mark the first time since 2007 that W&M has hosted its season opener on a Thursday night.
Tickets for the game are available at
TribeAtheltics.com. William & Mary Athletics, in conjunction with the William & Mary Police Department, has implemented a clear bag policy that regulates the size and type of bag that may be carried into W&M Athletics facilities during the 2024-25 year, including Busch Field, Kaplan Arena, Martin Family Stadium, Plumeri Park, and Zable Stadium. Information as well as approved and prohibited items is available at
TribeAtheltics.com.
Information on W&M's new Game Day Parking Area Policy is available at
TribeAthletics.com, while parking info for Thursday's opener is
available here.
The game will be broadcast on
FloFootball and is available with a subscription, while fans can also listen to a live broadcast over the airwaves locally on The Tide 92.3 FM and 107.9 FM and via the Internet at
TideRadio.com.
Live stats will be available at
TribeAthletics.com, while fans can follow the action on Twitter at
@WMTribeFootball.
Ranked No. 15/16 in the preseason polls and picked to finish fourth in the CAA by the league's coaches, W&M enters the 2024 campaign posed to return to the NCAA Playoffs after reaching the quarterfinals in 2022. Led by preseason All-America standouts OL
Charles Grant and RB
Bronson Yoder, W&M returns eight offensive players who have at least 10 career starts. All-CAA safety
Marcus Barnes leads the defensive unit that features five players who earned at least four starts last season. Transfer LB
Jonathan Hammond, a four-time All-Pioneer League selection at Davidson, and Syracuse transfer DL
Ty Gordon also bolster the group.
After posting a 5-6 record last season, which included a victory against No. 14 Western Carolina, head coach Danny Rocco returns for his second year leading the Keydets. Picked to finish seventh out of the nine SoCon teams in the preseason poll, VMI is led by five standouts who earned preseason all-conference honors. Highlighting the group are three first-team selections - running back Hunter Rice, offensive lineman Tyriq Poindexter and defensive lineman Dorien Starnes.
W&M leads the all-time series, 53-33-2, and owns a 25-9 record against the Keydets at Zable Stadium. W&M has won the last 25 meetings, which ranks as the fourth-most consecutive wins in a FCS series. The teams last played in Lexington in 2011 – a 24-7 Tribe win.
This week's game notes are available below or by
clicking here.
