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2004 & 2016 National Champions • Eight Conference Championships • 17th Playoff Appearance • 31st Winning Season 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS #1 JAMES MADISON AT #4 SAM HOUSTON SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2021 • 2:30 PM ET • HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS • ELLIOTT T. BOWERS STADIUM Overall: 7-0 | CAA: 3-0 JAMES MADISON (7-0) SAM HOUSTON (8-0) Home: 5-0 | Away: 2-0 | Streak: W6 Stats / AFCA / Seed #1 / #1 / No. 3 Stats / AFCA / Seed #4 / #4 / No. 2 Head Coach Curt Cignetti Head Coach K.C. Keeler DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Career Record (Season) 88-28 (10th) Career Record (Season) 241-95-1 (27th) Record at JMU 21-2 (2nd) Record at SH 67-22 (7th) Feb. 20 MOREHEAD STATE W, 52-0 Off. Coordinator Shane Montgomery Off. Coordinator Ryan Carty Feb. 27 ROBERT MORRIS W, 36-16 Def. Coordinator Corey Hetherman Def. Coordinator Clayton Carlin Mar. 6 at Elon * W, 20-17 Mar. 27 at William & Mary * W, 38-10 Apr. 17 #11 RICHMOND * W, 23-6 DUKES BATTLE BEARKATS IN NATIONAL SEMIFINALS • JMU hits the road for Huntsville, Texas, to face off with Sam Houston on Saturday, May 8 with a spot in the Apr. 24 #11 VMI % W, 31-24 national championship game on the line. May 2 #7 NORTH DAKOTA % W, 34-21 • The semifinal matchup kicks off at 2:30 p.m. (1:30 CT) and will be nationally televised on ABC. May 8 at #4 Sam Houston % 2:30 PM • It’s the second straight season JMU will appear on ABC, as it was on Jan. 11, 2020 in the last title bout. May 16 FCS National Championship 2 PM • Pregame radio coverage on the JMU Glo Fiber Radio Network begins an hour prior to kick at 1:30 p.m. • JMU’s run through the FCS Playoffs is sponsored by Excel Heating and Cooling. Home games in BOLD CAPS Rankings are STATS poll FRISCO ON THE LINE * CAA Game % - FCS Playoffs • JMU and Sam Houston will fight for the right to head back to Frisco for the national title game. • This is the teams’ second meeting all-time, as JMU won the inaugural meeting 65-7 on Dec. 9, 2016 in the FCS quarterfinals. It was JMU’s largest margin of victory in postseason history and is one point shy of its single- ABC game record for most points in a playoff game. • Play-by-Play ......................Dave Pasch • The Dukes have appeared in four national championship games, winning in the 2004 and 2016 seasons. They • Analyst ...........................Andre Ware were also runner-up in both the 2017 and 2019 campaigns. • Sam Houston has earned a pair of title-game berths, finishing runner-up back-to-back in both 2011 and 2012. • Sideline ..........................Kris Budden • Online: espn.com/watch JMU’S POSTSEASON HISTORY • Digital: Watch ESPN, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku • JMU is in its 17th appearance in the FCS playoffs and for a program-record seventh straight year. • The Dukes are 22-14 all-time in the postseason and have won two national championships (2004, 2016). • JMU is 6-8 in true road games in the playoffs. GLO FIBER BROADCAST NETWORK • Last week’s win was JMU’s 11th straight home playoff victory, dating back to 2016. • Play-by-Play ....................Dave Thomas • JMU is a national seed for the sixth time in history and for the second straight playoff. • Color Commentary .................Clint Estes • It was also the No. 1 seed in 2008 and 2017, No. 2 in 2019, No. 4 in 2016 and No. 5 in 2015. • In Harrisonburg: WSVA 550 AM | 92.1 FM • The Dukes have won a playoff game in each of the past seasons and have multiple playoff wins in six playoff • Online: WSVAOnline.com appearances with its win over North Dakota last week. • They went 4-0 in both national-title runs, 3-1 in its 2017 and 2019 runner-up finishes and 2-1 in 2008. LIVE STATS • Statbroadcast ............www.jmustats.com TALE OF THE TAPE James Madison Sam Houston 33.4 Scoring Offense 39.2 13.4 Scoring Defense 17.5 +20.0 Scoring Margin +21.7 206.9 Passing Offense 298.5 JMU Football Communications 164.3 Passing Defense 278.4 243.9 Rushing Offense 166.2 66.4 Rushing Defense 68.9 450.7 Total Offense 464.8 Chris Brooks, Football SID 230.7 Total Defense 347.2 Office Phone: 540-568-3702 51% (55/107) 3rd Down Offense 44% (51/115) 32% (30/94) 3rd Down Defense 36% (48/134) Email: [email protected] 85% (11/13) 4th Down Offense 55% (6/11) 86% (6/7) 4th Down Defense 38% (10/26) Twitter: @CBrooksSID 88% (30/34) Red Zone Scoring 87% (33/38) 18 / 10 / 1 Sacks / Interceptions / Fumble Recoveries 32 / 7 / 13 2020-21 JMU GAME NOTES QUARTERFINAL SCHEDULE INSIDE THE POLLS JMU QUICK FACTS MONDAY, MAY 3 Stats Perform FCS Top-25 GENERAL April 19, 2021 Location ..................................Harrisonburg, Va. None Founded ..............................................1908 Enrollment .........................................21,889 1 James Madison (30) 7-0 968 Affiliation ..............................NCAA Division I FCS 2 South Dakota State (7) 7-1 953 TUESDAY, MAY 4 Conference ...................Colonial Athletic Association 3 Weber State 5-1 900 Nickname / Mascot .....................Dukes / Duke Dog 11:30 AM O’Neill’s ZOOM Press Luncheon 4 Sam Houston State (3) 8-0 896 Colors .....................................Purple and Gold 5 Delaware 7-0 808 Stadium (Capacity) ..........Bridgeforth Stadium (24,877) Head Coach Curt Cignetti 6 North Dakota State 7-3 803 President ...................................Jonathan Alger 7 North Dakota 5-2 788 Director of Athletics ........................... Jeff Bourne 8 Jacksonville State 10-3 700 4 PM Practice 9 Eastern Washington 5-2 697 HISTORY First Season as a Program ............................1972 10 Monmouth 3-1 590 First Year of NCAA Varsity .............................1974 11 VMI 6-2 532 First Year of NCAA Division I ..........................1980 6 PM Post-Practice ZOOM Availability 12 Missouri State 5-5 509 All-Time Record ........... 338-217-4 (.608) / 559 games Percy Agyei-Obese & Mike Greene 13 UC Davis 3-2 471 Division I Record .......... 299-193-2 (.607) / 494 games 14 Southern Illinois 6-4 463 Conference Titles / Last .......................Eight / 2019 15 Richmond 3-1 439 NCAA Playoff Appearances / Last ............ 17 / 2020-21 WEDNESDAY, MAY 5 16 Villanova 2-2 423 Last Postseason Opponent ......... North Dakota (5/2/21) 17 Kennesaw State 4-1 383 Round ...................................FCS Quarterfinals 3:30 PM Practice 18 Rhode Island 2-1 260 Result .....................................JMU 34, UND 21 19 Murray State 5-2 256 2020-21 TEAM INFO 20 Southeastern Louisiana 4-3 237 Overall Record (CAA Record) ................7-0 (3-0 CAA) THURSDAY, MAY 6 21 Austin Peay 4-5 175 Home Record ..........................................5-0 22 ETSU 4-2 150 3:30 PM Practice Away Record ...........................................2-0 23 Nicholls 4-3 141 Neutral Record .........................................0-0 24 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4-0 92 Passing Leader .......................Cole Johnson (1,362) 25 Northern Iowa 3-4 74 FRIDAY, MAY 7 Rushing Leader ..................Percy Agyei-Obese (619) Receptions Leader .................Antwane Wells Jr. (26) Travel to Huntsville, Texas Others receiving votes (listed on 2 or more ballots): Sa- Receiving Leader .................. Antwane Wells Jr. (514) cred Heart 73, Southern 37, Alabama A&M 34, Samford 25, Tackles Leader ....................... Kelvin Azanama (47) Duquesne 23, Holy Cross 22, Mercer 15, Davidson 13, UIW 11, Sacks Leader ...........................Three players (3.0) Northern Arizona 8, Maine 7. SATURDAY, MAY 8 Interceptions Leader ...............Wesley McCormick (3) Fumble Recoveries Leader ................MJ Hampton (1) AFCA FCS Coaches Poll 2:30 PM ET Kickoff April 20, 2021 COACHING STAFF Elliott T. Bowers Stadium Head Coach .................................. Curt Cignetti 1 James Madison (18) 7-0 545 Record at JMU / Years ......................21-2 / Second 2 South Dakota State (3) 7-1 516 Career Record / Years ........................88-28 / 10th 3 Weber State 5-1 513 POSTGAME Postgame ZOOM Interviews Football Office Phone .......................540-568-6517 4 Sam Houston State 8-0 460 Def. Coordinator/Defensive Ends ........Corey Hetherman Head Coach Curt Cignetti 5 Delaware 7-0 441 Off. Coordinator/Quarterbacks ........Shane Montgomery 6 North Dakota 5-2 430 Select Student-Athletes Offensive Line/Asst. Head Coach ......Damian Wroblewski 7 North Dakota State 7-3 408 Cornerbacks ..................................Matt Birkett 8 Eastern Washington 5-2 401 Special Teams/Tight Ends .......................Grant Cain 9 Jacksonville State 10-3 397 Linebackers/Co-Def. Coordinator ...........Bryant Haines 10 Monmouth 3-1 325 Wide Receivers .............................Mike Shanahan 11 VMI 6-2 317 Defensive Tackles ...................... Marcus Hall-Oliver 12 UC Davis 3-2 287 Safeties ...................................Eddie Whitley Jr. 13 Richmond 3-1 281 Running Backs .................................John Miller 14 Southern Illinois 6-4 260 Football Operations ......................James Ferguson 15 Kennesaw State 4-1 243 Strength & Conditioning ..................... Derek Owings 16 Villanova 2-2 228 17 Missouri State 5-5 201 CAA STANDINGS 18 Murray State 5-2 154 CAA South Overall 19 Southern (1) 5-1 141 #1 James Madison 3-0 1.000 7-0 1.000 20 Nicholls 4-3 122 #15 Richmond 3-1 .750 3-1 .750 21 Southeastern Louisiana 4-3 121 William & Mary 1-2 .333 1-2 .500 22 Alabama A&M 4-0 81 Elon 0-4 .000 1-5 .167 23 ETSU 4-2 76 CAA North Overall 24 Northern Iowa 3-4 57 #5 Delaware 4-0 1.000 7-0 1.000 25 Arkansas Pine-Bluff 4-0 32 #18 Rhode Island 2-1 .667 2-1 .667 Maine 2-2 .500 2-2 .500 Others receiving votes: UIW 24, Austin Peay 23, Holy Cross #16 Villanova 2-2 .500 2-2 .500 15, Sacred Heart 14, Duquesne 8, Mercer 5, Northern Arizona Albany 1-3 .250 1-3 .250 5, Tarleton State 5, Charleston Southern 4, Samford 4, Stony Brook 1-3 .250 1-3 .250 Davidson 3, South Carolina State 3.