List of James Madison Dukes football seasons
This is a list of seasons completed by the James Madison Dukes football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing James Madison University in the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. James Madison has played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium (formerly Madison Stadium) in Harrisonburg, Virginia since 1975.[1]
Seasons
[edit]| National Champions † | Conference Champions * | Division Champions ^ | Postseason Appearance/Bowl Berth ‡ |
| Season | Head coach | Conference affiliation | Season results | Playoff or bowl result | Final ranking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference finish | W-L-T record | Conference record | ||||||||
| Madison Dukes | ||||||||||
| 1972 | Challace McMillin | Independent | 0–4–1 | |||||||
| 1973 | 4–5 | |||||||||
| 1974 | Virginia Collegiate Athletic Association (VCAA) | 5th | 6–4 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 1975 | 1st | 9–0–1 | 5–0 | |||||||
| 1976 | DII Independent | 7–4 | ||||||||
| James Madison Dukes | ||||||||||
| 1977 | Challace McMillin | DIII Independent | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1978 | 8–2 | |||||||||
| 1979 | DII Independent | 4–6 | ||||||||
| James Madison moved to Division I-AA (1979–2005); Division I FCS (2006–2021) | ||||||||||
| 1980 | Challace McMillin | DI-AA Independent | 4–6 | |||||||
| 1981 | 3–8 | |||||||||
| 1982 | 8–3 | |||||||||
| 1983 | 3–8 | |||||||||
| 1984 | 6–5 | |||||||||
| 1985 | Joe Purzycki | 5–6 | ||||||||
| 1986 | 5–5–1 | |||||||||
| 1987 | 9–3 | Lost NCAA FCS First Round | #8 | |||||||
| 1988 | 5–6 | |||||||||
| 1989 | 5–4–1 | |||||||||
| 1990 | 5–6 | |||||||||
| 1991 | Rip Scherer | 9–4 | Lost NCAA FCS Quarterfinals | #16 | ||||||
| 1992 | 4–7 | |||||||||
| 1993 | Yankee | 3rd (Mid-Atlantic) | 6–5 | 4–4 | ||||||
| 1994 | 1st (Mid-Atlantic) | 10–3 | 6–2 | Lost NCAA FCS Quarterfinals | #13 | |||||
| 1995 | Alex Wood | 2nd (Mid-Atlantic) | 8–4 | 6–2 | Lost NCAA FCS First Round | #13 | ||||
| 1996 | 4th (Mid-Atlantic) | 7–4 | 5–3 | #23 | ||||||
| 1997 | Atlantic 10 (A-10) | 6th (Mid-Atlantic) | 5–6 | 3–5 | ||||||
| 1998 | 6th (Mid-Atlantic) | 3–8 | 2–6 | |||||||
| 1999 | Mickey Matthews | T-1st | 8–4 | 7–1 | Lost NCAA FCS First Round | #13 | ||||
| 2000 | 4th | 6–5 | 4–4 | |||||||
| 2001 | 11th | 2–9 | 0–9 | |||||||
| 2002 | 9th | 5–7 | 3–6 | |||||||
| 2003 | 7th | 6–6 | 4–5 | |||||||
| 2004 | T-1st | 13–2 | 7–1 | Won NCAA Division I Championship | #1 | |||||
| 2005 | 2nd (South) | 7–4 | 5–3 | #25 | ||||||
| 2006 | 1st (South) | 9–3 | 7–1 | Lost NCAA FCS First Round | #9 | |||||
| 2007 | Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) | 2nd (South) | 8–4 | 6–2 | Lost NCAA FCS First Round | #12 | ||||
| 2008 | 1st | 12–2 | 8–0 | Lost NCAA FCS Semifinals | #3 | |||||
| 2009 | 5th (South) | 6–5 | 4–4 | |||||||
| 2010 | 8th | 6–5 | 3–5 | |||||||
| 2011 | 6th | 8–5 | 5–3 | Lost NCAA FCS Second Round | #15 | |||||
| 2012 | 6th | 7–4 | 5–3 | |||||||
| 2013 | 8th | 6–6 | 3–5 | |||||||
| 2014 | Everett Withers | 3rd | 9–4 | 6–2 | Lost NCAA FCS First Round | #18 | ||||
| 2015 | T-1st | 9–3 | 6–2 | Lost NCAA FCS Second Round | #11 | |||||
| 2016 | Mike Houston | 1st | 14–1 | 8–0 | Won NCAA Division I Championship | #1 | ||||
| 2017 | 1st | 14–1 | 8–0 | Lost NCAA FCS Championship | #2 | |||||
| 2018 | 2nd | 9–4 | 6–2 | Lost NCAA FCS Second Round | #9 | |||||
| 2019 | Curt Cignetti | 1st | 14–2 | 8–0 | Lost NCAA FCS Championship | #2 | ||||
| 2020 | 1st (South) | 7–1 | 3–0 | Lost NCAA FCS Semifinals | #3 | |||||
| 2021 | T-1st | 12–2 | 7–1 | Lost NCAA FCS Semifinals | #3 | |||||
| James Madison moved to Division I FBS (2022–present) | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Curt Cignetti | Sun Belt | T-1st (East) | 8–3 | 6–2 | Ineligible | ||||
| 2023 | 1st (East) | 11–2 | 7–1 | Lost Armed Forces Bowl | RV | |||||
| 2024 | Bob Chesney | 3rd (East) | 8-4 | 4-4 | TBD Boca Raton Bowl | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "2024 JMU Football Media Guide". James Madison University Athletics. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
- ^ "James Madison University Athletics - Official Athletics Website".