(04-09-2024 10:04 AM)Tribe32 Wrote: Time for new rivals. 50 years ago we played teams like VA Tech, ECU, and Rutgers at home. ODU had no team and JMU was DIII. Things change. Time to move along.
In this vein - Elon is a great example of above, a new, budding rivalry for W&M. Nice academics, within 4 hours and so many similarities. It shows at the gate as well - below rundown on our match-up’s since 2014, their first year in the league:
2014: @W&M, 9,512. Tribe 17-7.
2015: @Elon, 6,285, Tribe 34-13
2016: @W&M, 10,021. Elon 27-10
2017: @Elon, 10,137. Elon 25-17
2018: DNP
2019: @Elon, 9,216, Tribe 31-29 OT
2020: Covid
2021: @Elon, 11,897. Tribe 34-31.
2022: @W&M, 10,803. Elon 35-31
2023: @Elon, 12,705. Elon 14-6
Average attendance over 10,000 per game. And the games have lived up to the rivalry.
We host this year in early November which will again be one of our biggest home games for 2024. I’m assuming (and hoping) the CAA has us on an annual scheduling rotation. It appears so