2004 William & Mary Tribe football team

The 2004 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. William & Mary competed as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) under head football coach Jimmye Laycock and played their home games at Zable Stadium.

2004 William & Mary Tribe football
A-10 South Division co-champion
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 3
Record11–3 (7–1 A-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorZbig Kepa (12th season)
CaptainLang Campbell, Wade Harrell
Home stadiumZable Stadium
2004 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 6 New Hampshire x^  6 2   11 3  
UMass  4 4   6 5  
Northeastern  4 4   5 6  
Hofstra  3 5   5 6  
Maine  3 5   5 6  
Rhode Island  2 6   4 7  
South Division
No. 1 James Madison x^  7 1   13 2  
No. 3 William & Mary x^  7 1   11 3  
No. 7 Delaware x^  7 1   9 4  
Villanova  3 5   6 5  
Richmond  2 6   3 8  
Towson  0 8   3 8  
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2004 Tribe football team is considered, within the William & Mary community, to be one of the two greatest teams ever assembled at the college (the other being the 2009 team). For the first time William & Mary reached the NCAA Division I-AA Semifinals. They set a single season school record for wins (11) and were A-10 Conference co-champions after going 7–1 in conference play. Many Tribe players garnered postseason awards and accolades, highlighted by quarterback Lang Campbell's selection as the 2004 Walter Payton Award winner, which is given annually to the most outstanding offensive player in the Division I FCS of college football as chosen by a nationwide panel of media and college sports information directors.

William & Mary finished the 2004 season ranked No. 3 nationally in the final Division I-AA polls. No team in school history had ever finished with a ranking that high, nor had any Tribe squad even reached #3 at any point during any season.

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