William & Mary Tribe football, 1970–79
# Year Round Pick Overall Name Team Position
1 1971 15 19 383 Andy Giles Oakland Raiders Defensive end
2 1972 14 20 358 Dennis Cambal Oakland Raiders Running back
3 1972 15 25 389 Bill Davis Miami Dolphins Defensive tackle
4 1973 11 12 272 David Knight New York Jets Wide receiver
5 1974 16 15 405 Barry Beers Kansas City Chiefs Guard
6 1975 12 12 298 Richard Pawlewicz Philadelphia Eagles Running back
7 1976 16 16 447 Craig McCurdy Detroit Lions Linebacker
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).