In 2015, the Dukes finished with a record of 9–3, 6–2 in CAA play, to finish in a first-place tie with Richmond and William & Mary. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs and hosted Colgate in the second round. The Dukes lost to the Raiders, 44–38, and were eliminated from the playoffs.
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The 2016 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season They were led by first year head coach Mike Houston and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium and Zane Showker Field They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association CAA They finished the season 14 1 overall with an 8 0 mark in CAA play to win the conference title They received the automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated New Hampshire Sam Houston State and five time defending champions North Dakota State to advance to the National Championship Game where they defeated Youngstown State This was their first national championship since 2004 2016 James Madison Dukes footballNCAA Division I championCAA championNCAA Division I Championship Game W 28 14 vs Youngstown StateConferenceColonial Athletic AssociationRankingSTATSNo 1FCS CoachesNo 1Record14 1 8 0 CAA Head coachMike Houston 1st season Offensive coordinatorDonnie Kirkpatrick 1st season Defensive coordinatorBob Trott 1st season Home stadiumBridgeforth Stadium capacity 24 877 Seasons 20152017 2016 Colonial Athletic Association football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L No 1 James Madison 8 0 14 1 No 11 Villanova 6 2 9 4 No 17 New Hampshire 6 2 8 5 No 8 Richmond 5 3 10 4 Maine 5 3 6 5 Albany 4 4 7 4 Stony Brook 4 4 5 6 William amp Mary 3 5 5 6 Towson 3 5 4 7 Delaware 2 6 4 7 Elon 1 7 2 9 Rhode Island 1 7 2 9 Conference champion FCS playoff participantRankings from STATS Poll Contents 1 Previous season 2 Schedule 3 Roster 4 Game summaries 4 1 Morehead State 4 2 Central Connecticut 4 3 at North Carolina 4 4 at Maine 4 5 Delaware 4 6 William amp Mary 4 7 at New Hampshire 4 8 Rhode Island 4 9 at Richmond 4 10 at Villanova 4 11 Elon 5 FCS Playoffs 5 1 Second Round New Hampshire 5 2 Quarterfinals Sam Houston State 5 3 Semifinals North Dakota State 5 4 Championship Youngstown State 6 Ranking movements 7 ReferencesPrevious season EditIn 2015 the Dukes finished with a record of 9 3 6 2 in CAA play to finish in a first place tie with Richmond and William amp Mary They received an at large bid to the FCS Playoffs and hosted Colgate in the second round The Dukes lost to the Raiders 44 38 and were eliminated from the playoffs Schedule EditDateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 36 00 pmMorehead State No 12Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg VAMadiZoneW 80 723 626September 104 00 pmCentral Connecticut No 12Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg VAMadiZoneW 56 2120 636September 173 30 pmat North Carolina No 11Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill NCACCN CSNL 28 5656 000September 2412 00 pmat MaineNo 11Alfond StadiumOrono MEASNW 31 208 786October 11 30 pmDelawareNo 7Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg VA rivalry MadiZoneW 43 2025 236October 83 30 pmWilliam amp MaryNo 7Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg VA rivalry CSNW 31 2420 354October 1512 00 pmat New HampshireNo 7Wildcat StadiumDurham NHASNW 42 398 316October 293 30 pmRhode Island No 8Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg VAMadiZoneW 84 723 841November 53 30 pmat No 6 RichmondNo 7Robins StadiumRichmond VA rivalry CSNW 47 438 700November 121 00 pmat No 9 VillanovaNo 6Villanova StadiumVillanova PANNAAW 20 76 109November 191 30 pmElonNo 6Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg VAMadiZoneW 63 1416 184December 32 00 pmNo 22 New Hampshire No 5Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg VA FCS Playoffs Second Round ESPN3W 55 2213 231December 97 00 pmNo 1 Sam Houston State No 5Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg VA FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals ESPN2W 65 715 646December 167 00 pmat No 4 North Dakota State No 5FargodomeFargo ND FCS Playoffs Semifinals ESPN2W 27 1718 282January 7 201712 00 pmvs No 13 Youngstown State No 5Toyota StadiumFrisco TX FCS National Championship Game ESPN2W 28 1414 423 Non conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time 1 Roster Edit2016 James Madison Dukes football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassRB 32 Khalid Abdullah SrWR 7 Terrence Alls JrOL 67 Zaire Bethea FrOL 61 A J Bolden JrWR 12 Logan Boyd JrWR 5 Jake Brown FrOL 58 Gerren Butler FrOL 68 Tyree Chavious FrWR 42 Skyler Clark FrWR 40 Daniel Clements SoTE 86 Mark Cullen FrWR 6 Rashard Davis SrOL 55 Nick Edwards JrQB 18 Hunter Etheridge SoOL 75 Michael Faulkner FrOL 64 Matt Frank SrOL 79 Raymond Gillespie FrWR 13 Ishmael Hyman JrOL 60 Jahee Jackson FrRB 25 Cardon Johnson JrQB 12 Cole Johnson FrRB 22 Eric Kirlew FrOL 76 Mitchell Kirsch SrTE 88 Jonathan Kloosterman JrWR 84 Ryan Kluck FrWR 8 John Miller JrQB 2 Connor Mitch JrWR 81 Cory Owen FrQB 16 Neeshant Parikh SoRB 34 Simba Parker JrOL 73 Mac Patrick FrTE 82 Zach Polglase FrWR 11 Brandon Ravenel SrWR 85 Quintin Reynolds SoTE 98 Lawton Riggs FrOL 62 Kyle Rigney SrOL 78 Zach Rugg SrTE 15 Daniel Schiele SrQB 17 Bryan Schor SrRB 1 Trai Sharp SoOL 77 Robert Snead FrWR 10 Riley Stapleton FrOL 70 Aaron Stinnie JrWR 3 Domo Taylor SrOL 63 J T Timming FrQB 19 Mack Waldman SoWR 39 Robbie Walker JrWR 89 Braxton Westfield FrRB 20 Taylor Woods JrOL 71 Richard Xu So Defense Pos Name ClassDB 27 D Angelo Amos FrLB 93 Andrew Ankrah JrDL 95 Adeeb Atariwa FrLB 54 Kelvin Azanama FrCB 34 Justin Bethea JrS 21 Robert Branch SoDL 53 Jordan Brooks FrDL 84 Brandon Brown JrS 44 Jordan Brown JrLB LS 59 Daniel Caracciolo FrDL 47 Darrious Carter SoCB 36 Robert Carter Jr SoS 38 Mike Cobbs SoS 48 Reggie Collins FrDL 97 John Daka FrLB 46 David Ezeagwu JrS 5 Raven Greene JrLB 9 Kyre Hawkins JrLB 49 Brandon Hereford JrLB 2 Dimitri Holloway SoS 40 Ryan Horner FrS 35 Marcell Johnson JrLB 27 Pat Kagel SoLB 16 John Kinney FrDL 90 Rondre Knowles Tener FrLB 50 Christian Launius FrDL 92 Mike Mabry FrS 43 Bryce Maginley FrLB 51 Devin Medley FrLB 52 Nick Michalski JrCB 37 Jimmy Moreland SoCB 26 Curtis Oliver SoLB 18 Tabb Patrick FrCB 14 Taylor Reynolds SrDL 31 Kirk Robinette FrCB 22 Rashad Robinson SoDL 74 Simeyon Robinson JrDL 65 Dorrius Rodgers FrLB 10 Jacob Rosen FrLB LS 41 Brett Siegel JrS 30 Adam Smith FrLB 33 Gage Steele SrDL 91 Martez Stone SrCB 23 Charles Tutt SoDL 94 Cornell Urquhart JrLB 24 Justin Wellons SrS 28 Grant Westbrook SoDB 7 Trey Wilson FrDL 72 Gary Wortham Sr Special teams Pos Name ClassK P 42 Pat Frio JrP 69 John Gardiner FrK 45 Tyler Gray SoP 99 Gunnar Kane SrK P 57 Jeremiah McBride FrK 91 Ethan Ratke FrLS 56 Matt Wolcott So Head coachMike Houston 1st year at James Madison Alma mater Mars HillCoordinators assistant coachesDonnie Kirkpatrick Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks 1st year at James Madison Alma mater Lenoir Rhyne Bob Trott Defensive Coordinator 1st year at James Madison Alma mater North Carolina Bryan Stinespring Tight Ends Run Game Coordinator 1st year at James Madison Alma mater James Madison John Bowers Outside Linebackers 3rd year at James Madison Alma mater James Madison Byron Thweatt Inside Linebackers 1st year at James Madison Alma mater Virginia Jamal Powell Offensive Line 2nd year at James Madison Alma mater Texas Christian Jeff Hanson Defensive Line 2nd year at James Madison Alma mater Richmond Tripp Weaver Cornerbacks 1st year at James Madison Alma mater East Carolina De Rail Sims Running Backs 1st year at James Madison Alma mater Pikeville Drew Dudzik Wide Receivers 1st year at James Madison Alma mater James Madison Dale Steele Director of Football Administration Recruiting Coordinator 1st year at James Madison Alma mater South Carolina John Williams Director of Strength amp Conditioning Markus James Assistant Director of Strength amp Conditioning Pete Johnson Football Equipment Manager Patty Dorfer Administrative Assistant Scott Cook Associate Athletic Trainer Cal Hall Assistant Athletic TrainerLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible Injured RedshirtRoster Last update December 17 2016Game summaries EditMorehead State Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalEagles 0 7 0 0 7 12 Dukes 28 24 21 7 80See also 2016 Morehead State Eagles football team Central Connecticut Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalBlue Devils 0 7 14 0 21 12 Dukes 21 14 7 14 56See also 2016 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team at North Carolina Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 11 Dukes 21 0 7 0 28Tar Heels 14 21 14 7 56See also 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team at Maine Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 11 Dukes 7 3 7 14 31Black Bears 0 13 7 0 20See also 2016 Maine Black Bears football team Delaware Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalFightin Blue Hens 0 7 0 13 20 7 Dukes 7 19 7 10 43See also 2016 Delaware Fightin Blue Hens football team and Delaware James Madison football rivalry William amp Mary Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalTribe 3 7 0 14 24 7 Dukes 10 0 7 14 31See also 2016 William amp Mary Tribe football team and James Madison William amp Mary football rivalry at New Hampshire Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 7 Dukes 7 14 7 14 42Wildcats 0 9 3 27 39See also 2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football team Rhode Island Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalRams 0 7 0 0 7 8 Dukes 28 21 21 14 84See also 2016 Rhode Island Rams football team at Richmond Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 7 Dukes 14 10 6 17 47 6 Spiders 10 14 7 12 43See also 2016 Richmond Spiders football team at Villanova Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 6 Dukes 7 0 3 10 20 9 Wildcats 0 7 0 0 7See also 2016 Villanova Wildcats football team Elon Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalPhoenix 0 7 7 0 14 6 Dukes 17 10 15 21 63See also 2016 Elon Phoenix football teamFCS Playoffs EditSecond Round New Hampshire Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 22 Wildcats 7 0 8 7 22 5 Dukes 3 28 21 3 55 Quarterfinals Sam Houston State Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 1 Bearkats 0 0 0 7 7 5 Dukes 21 21 23 0 65See also 2016 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team Semifinals North Dakota State Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 5 Dukes 7 10 0 10 27 4 Bison 0 7 10 0 17See also 2016 North Dakota State Bison football team It was this game that ended NDSU s streak of five consecutive FCS titles Championship Youngstown State Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 13 Penguins 0 7 0 7 14 5 Dukes 14 7 7 0 28See also 2016 Youngstown State Penguins football teamRanking movements EditRanking movementsLegend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking First place votes WeekPollPre123456789101112FinalSTATS FCS12121111777887665 1 1 154 Coaches1111876665 1 5555 1 51 26 FCS PlayoffsNot released544Not releasedReferences Edit 2016 James Madison Dukes Football Schedule James Madison University Department of Athletics Retrieved December 8 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 James Madison Dukes football team amp oldid 1122717860, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
