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References in the The Flat Hat, William & Mary News, and Alumni Gazette:

  • Lose to UVA, 18-16; Defeat Richmond, 32-0 FH, 10/22/71, 10.
  • Begins Spring season in match with UVA FH, 3/3/72, 7.
  • Team loses 4-0 yo UVA FH, 3/10/72, 4.
  • W&M beat Little Creek, 21-0; defeats VPI 17-0 FH, 5/5/72,7.
  • Inaugurate second season with match against Norfolk Irish FH, 9/17/72, 6.
  • Georgetown defeats Indians, 14-7 FH, 10/13/72, 7.
  • Club loses to Richmond, 21-11 FH, 10/20/1972, 7.
  • Defeats Little Creek RFC, 16-15 FH, 10/27/72, 4.
  • Ties James River RFC, 4-4, prepares to meet UVA FH, 11/3/72, 4.
  • Team loses to UVA, 27-8 FH, 11/10/72, 5.
  • Dejected team loses to Norfolk RFC, 21-6 FH, 11/17/72, 6.
  • Rugby club opens spring season FH, 3/2/73, 4.
  • Ruggers rout Little Creek FH, 3/16/73, 4.
  • Rugby team to face Richmond FH 4/6/73, 5.
  • Split 2 games FH, 4/20/73, 5.
  • Loses to Norfolk FH, 10/5/73, 15.
  • Lose to ODU FH, 10/12/73, 12.
  • Lose to John Hopkins FH, 10/19/73, 14.
  • Lose to Uva. FH, 11/9/73, 17.
  • Defeat U Richmond FH, 10/26/73, 22.
  • BSA discusses Rugby Funds FH 10/19/73, 7.
  • Club sport structure FH, 3/15/74, 14.
  • Beats Richmond FH, 2/28/75, 20.
  • Lose to Norfolk FH, 3/7/75, 24.
  • Lose 1, tie 1 FH, 3/14/75, 21.
  • Won 2 FH, 3/20/75, 10.
  • One win, one loss to Johns Hopkins FH, 4/11/75, 14.
  • 4 members get lost in D.C.; one loss to Catholic U. FH, 4/18/75, 19.
  • Rebuilds after losses in graduation FH, 9/19/75, 20.
  • Season's openers easy wins FH, 9/26/75, 19.
  • Lose in tournament; to face Tidewater team FH, 10/3/75, 16.
  • Tidewater wins 17-6 FH, 10/10/75, 19.
  • Beat Norfolk Irish FH, 10/17/75, 23.
  • Split games with Richmond FH, 10/24/75, 9.
  • Women form team FH, 10/31/75, 10.
  • Split games with ODU FH, 10/31/75, 13.
  • Lose 2 games FH, 11/7/75, 14.
  • Men's and Women's teams lose FH, 11/14/75, 15.
  • Season ends with a tie FH, 11/21/75, 12.
  • Open season with 33-3 win FH, 2/27/26, 11.
  • A&B teams beat VMI FH, 3/2/76, 11.
  • Hard practice makes season's outlook more promising FH, 3/2/76, 11.
  • Undefeated; ranked 2nd on east coast FH, 4/9/76, 15.
  • Women's team described FH, 4/16/76, 12.
  • Lose first in 10 FH, 4/23/76, 12.
  • Ends season with 9-2 record FH, 4/29/76, 13.
  • Team begins practice FH, 9/10/76, 12.
  • Lose to UVA FH, 11/19/76, 15.
  • Struggle for recognition, review of matches FH, 3/24/78, 19.
  • Two losses and a tie against Chesapeake Rugby Football Club FH, 3/31/78, 14.
  • Women win Wake Forest Invitational FH, 4/7/78, 13.
  • Defeat Western Suburbs Rugby Football Club FH, 4/14/78, 13.
  • Women place 2nd at Norfolk FH, 10/13/78, 24.
  • Defeated, FH, 10-27-79, 19.
  • Host Maryland and Hampton, FH, 11-10-78, 19.
  • Women bettered ending score, FH, 11-17-78, 15.
  • Extension of season, FH, 11-17-78, 18.
  • Clobbered in 2 contests, FH, 3-23-79, 26.
  • Opens season, FH, 3-30-79, 14.
  • 17-9 win, FH, 4/13/79,15.
  • Seasonal opener FH, 9-21-79, 14.
  • Draw with Richmond FH, 9-28-79, 19.
  • Defeats AU, FH, 3/14/80, 18.
  • Lose game, FH, 3/21/80, 18.
  • Women suffer injuries, 3/21/80, 20.
  • Fall to Cape Henry, 4/4/80, 20.
  • Men's Rugby, FH, 9/25/81, 21.
  • Rugby, FH, 10/2/81, 19.
  • Addresses of former rugby players needed AG, Dec. 1984, 19.
  • Tribe rolls over ODU FH, 4/4/1986, 14.
  • Veterans return FH, 9/5/1986, 15.
  • "A Thug's Sport" FH, 9/4/1987, 10.
  • Season begins FH, 9/21/1990, 15.
  • MW beats W&M in first game of season FH, 9/28/1990, 15.
  • Ruggers slip by CNC 12-7, crush Richmond, 32-21; still undefeated FH, 10/19/1990, 15 (picture).
  • Women take third in state FH, 11/2/1990, 15 (picture).
  • All-State Ruggers FH, 2/22/1991, 16 (picture).
  • Ruggers to tour Zimbabwe AG, May 1991, 23 (picture).
  • Rugby opens season with win FH, 9/30/1994, 19.
  • Rugby returns to top form FH, 10/20/1995, 17.
  • Women's Club confronts Mary Washington FH, 4/19/1996, 16 (picture).
  • Rugby earns bid to east regionals FH, 11/1/1996, 13, 16.
  • Rough and ready FH, 11/7/1997, 11, 15 (picture).
  • Women win again FH, 11/14/1997, 14.
  • Takes fourth at states FH, 11/6/1998, 20.

 

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