According to the NCAA records book, this is the fourth-longest rivalry in Division I-AA football, and according to I-AA.org, it's the eighth-longest all-time in all divisions.
The teams first met in 1898, and have played 114 games through 2004 (so this year's should be 115) ... The Tribe leads the Spiders in the series 59-50-5.
-- Keith, of D3football.com
In 1737, William Byrd II founded Richmond, Virginia. He named the town after Richmond, a small English town, near London. Agriculture and slave trade quickly grew in the Richmond area.
William and Mary plays Division 1-AA football in the Colonial Athletic Association.
William Heffelfinger was the first person to die playing football.
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The University of Oxford.
William Richmond - physician - died in 2010.
William Richmond - physician - was born in 1941.
Richmond William Hullett was born in 1843.
Richmond William Hullett died in 1914.
William Richmond died on 1895-08-03.
William Richmond was born on 1821-07-12.
William Blake Richmond was born in 1842.
William Blake Richmond died in 1921.
Herbert William Richmond died in 1948.
William Radenhurst Richmond Lyon died in 1854.
William Radenhurst Richmond Lyon was born in 1820.
10. Division 1-A: University of Virginia, Virginia Tech. Division 1-AA: VMI, Hampton, James Madison, Norfolk State, Old Dominion, Richmond, Liberty, William and Mary.