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American college football season
The 2015 James Madison Dukes football team represented
James Madison University during the
2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach
Everett Withers and played their home games at
Bridgeforth Stadium and Zane Showker Field. They were a member of the
Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). The Dukes finished the regular season 9–2 to share the CAA championship with
William & Mary and
Richmond, who all finished with identical 6–2 conference records. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the second round to
Colgate and finish the season 9–3.
On January 6, 2016, Withers resigned to become the head coach at
Texas State.
[1] He finished at James Madison with a two-year record of 18–7.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 6:00 pm |
Morehead State* | No. 12 | |
MZ | W 56–7 | 22,080 |
September 12 | 4:00 pm |
Lehigh* | No. 13 | - Bridgeforth Stadium
- Harrisonburg, VA
| MZ | W 55–17 | 15,949 |
September 19 | 3:00 pm |
Albany | No. 12 | - Bridgeforth Stadium
- Harrisonburg, VA
|
CSN | W 42–28 | 18,659 |
September 26 | 7:00 pm | at
SMU* | No. 9 | |
ESPN3 | W 48–45 | 22,314 |
October 3 | 12:00 pm |
Stony Brook | No. 6 | - Bridgeforth Stadium
- Harrisonburg, VA
| CSN | W 38–20 | 21,653 |
October 10 | 3:00 pm | at
Towson | No. 5 | | CSN | W 51–30 | 8,224 |
October 17 | 3:00 pm | at
Elon | No. 5 | | | W 51–0 | 8,342 |
October 24 | 3:30 pm | No. 11
Richmond | No. 4 | | CSN | L 49–59 | 26,069 |
October 31 | 4:00 pm | at No. 16
William & Mary | No. 9 | |
NBCSN | L 41–44 | 9,414 |
November 14 | 3:30 pm | at
Delaware | No. 14 | | CSN | W 24–21 | 16,994 |
November 21 | 12:00 pm |
Villanova | No. 12 | - Bridgeforth Stadium
- Harrisonburg, VA
| CSN | W 38–29 | 17,028 |
December 5 | 1:00 pm |
Colgate* | No. 8 | | ESPN3 | L 38–44 | 15,045 |
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Game summaries
Morehead State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Eagles
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
#12 Dukes
|
14
|
14
|
21
|
7 |
56 |
Lehigh
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Mountain Hawks
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
0 |
17 |
#13 Dukes
|
10
|
28
|
7
|
10 |
55 |
Albany
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Great Danes
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
14 |
28 |
#12 Dukes
|
14
|
0
|
21
|
7 |
42 |
SMU
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#9 Dukes
|
10
|
7
|
17
|
14 |
48 |
Mustangs
|
7
|
7
|
17
|
14 |
45 |
Stony Brook
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Seawolves
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
13 |
20 |
#6 Dukes
|
21
|
7
|
10
|
0 |
38 |
Towson
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#5 Dukes
|
14
|
10
|
17
|
10 |
51 |
Tigers
|
6
|
11
|
6
|
7 |
30 |
Elon
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#5 Dukes
|
13
|
21
|
10
|
7 |
51 |
Phoenix
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Richmond
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#11 Spiders
|
7
|
21
|
14
|
17 |
59 |
#4 Dukes
|
14
|
14
|
7
|
14 |
49 |
ESPN's
College GameDay broadcast from the JMU campus for the first time.
William & Mary
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#9 Dukes
|
21
|
6
|
7
|
7 |
41 |
#16 Tribe
|
9
|
14
|
7
|
14 |
44 |
Delaware
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#14 Dukes
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
10 |
24 |
Fightin' Blue Hens
|
7
|
0
|
14
|
0 |
21 |
Villanova
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
15 |
29 |
#12 Dukes
|
14
|
7
|
3
|
14 |
38 |
FCS Playoffs
Second Round–Colgate
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Raiders
|
10
|
14
|
14
|
6 |
44 |
#8 Dukes
|
0
|
28
|
3
|
7 |
38 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 6 (4) | 5 (8) | 5 (12) | 4 (18) | 9 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
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Coaches | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 (1) | 5 | 5 (2) | 3 (3) | 9 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
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References
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