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2017 James Madison Dukes football
CAA champion
FCS Championship Game, L 13–17 vs. North Dakota State
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATSNo. 2
FCS CoachesNo. 2
Record14–1 (8–0 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDonnie Kirkpatrick (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBob Trott (2nd season)
Home stadiumBridgeforth Stadium
Seasons← 20162018 →
2017 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 James Madison $^   8 – 0     14 – 1  
No. 11 Stony Brook ^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 20 Elon ^   6 – 2     8 – 4  
No. 12 New Hampshire ^   5 – 3     9 – 5  
Delaware   5 – 3     7 – 4  
Richmond   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Towson   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Villanova   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Maine   3 – 5     4 – 6  
Albany   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Rhode Island   2 – 6     3 – 8  
William & Mary   0 – 8     2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Mike Houston and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium and Zane Showker Field. They are 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 and also finished undefeated in the regular season for the second time in school history (the other being 1975, before the Dukes joined the NCAA). They received an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs, where they defeated Stony Brook, Weber State, and South Dakota State to advance to the National Championship Game for the second straight season, where they were defeated 17–13 by North Dakota State.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.at East Carolina*No. 1ESPN3W 34–1440,169
September 96:00 p.m.East Tennessee State*No. 1CSN MA+, MadiZoneW 52–1024,722
September 163:30 p.m.Norfolk State*No. 1
  • Bridgeforth Stadium
  • Harrisonburg, VA
MASN2, MadiZoneW 75–1423,118
September 231:30 p.m.MaineNo. 1
  • Bridgeforth Stadium
  • Harrisonburg, VA
MASN, MadiZoneW 28–1025,330
September 303:30 p.m.at DelawareNo. 1CSN+, CSN-PW 20–1016,372
October 143:30 p.m.No. 11 VillanovaNo. 1CSL, MASN2W 30–825,993
October 213:30 p.m.at William & MaryNo. 1Cox Yurview, WHSVW 46–1413,125
October 283:30 p.m.No. 17 New HampshireNo. 1
  • Bridgeforth Stadium
  • Harrisonburg, VA
MadiZoneW 21–025,298
November 4Noonat Rhode IslandNo. 1CSLW 38–33,227
November 113:30 p.m.RichmondNo. 1
  • Bridgeforth Stadium
  • Harrisonburg, VA (rivalry)
MASN2W 20–1324,586
November 18Noonat No. 11 ElonNo. 1PAAW 31–38,662
December 22:00 p.m.No. 10 Stony Brook*No. 1ESPN3W 26–716,449
December 87:00 p.m.No. 11 Weber State*No. 1ESPN2W 31–2813,497
December 164:30 p.m.No. 6 South Dakota State*No. 1ESPNUW 51–1616,528
January 612:00 p.m.vs. No. 2 North Dakota State*No. 1ESPN2L 13–1719,090

Game summaries

At East Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Dukes 7 0 14 13 34
Pirates 0 0 7 7 14
See also: 2017 East Carolina Pirates football team

East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 7 3 0 10
No. 1 Dukes 21 7 17 7 52
See also: 2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

Norfolk State

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 7 0 7 14
No. 1 Dukes 9 35 17 14 75
See also: 2017 Norfolk State Spartans football team

Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 0 3 7 0 10
No. 1 Dukes 0 7 7 14 28
See also: 2017 Maine Black Bears football team

At Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Dukes 7 10 0 3 20
Fightin' Blue Hens 3 7 0 0 10
See also: 2017 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team and Delaware–James Madison football rivalry

Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Wildcats 0 0 0 8 8
No. 1 Dukes 3 10 3 14 30
See also: 2017 Villanova Wildcats football team

At William & Mary

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Dukes 7 12 10 17 46
Tribe 0 0 0 14 14
See also: 2017 William & Mary Tribe football team and James Madison–William & Mary football rivalry

New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
No. 1 Dukes 0 14 7 0 21
See also: 2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

At Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Dukes 0 7 17 14 38
Rams 0 3 0 0 3
See also: 2017 Rhode Island Rams football team

Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
Spiders 0 7 3 3 13
No. 1 Dukes 0 10 0 10 20
See also: 2017 Richmond Spiders football team

At Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Dukes 3 14 7 7 31
No. 11 Phoenix 0 0 0 3 3
See also: 2017 Elon Phoenix football team

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Seawolves 0 0 0 7 7
No. 1 Dukes 6 13 0 7 26
See also: 2017 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

Quarterfinals–Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Wildcats 7 0 7 14 28
No. 1 Dukes 7 3 0 21 31
See also: 2017 Weber State Wildcats football team

Semifinals–South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Jackrabbits 0 10 0 6 16
No. 1 Dukes 7 14 30 0 51
See also: 2017 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

National Championship–North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 2 Bison 7 10 0 0 17
No. 1 Dukes 3 3 7 0 13
See also: 2017 North Dakota State Bison football team

Roster

2017 James Madison Dukes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 1 Trai Sharp Jr
WR 5 Jamir Hudson Fr
ATH 6 Noah Beckley Fr
WR 7 Terrence Alls  Sr
WR 8 John Miller Sr
RB 10 Jack Brigham Fr
WR 10 Riley Stapleton  So
QB 12 Cole Johnson So
WR 13 Ishmael Hyman  Sr
WR 14 Braxton Westfield  Fr
QB 15 Gage Moloney Fr
QB 16 Jesse Layne Fr
QB 17 Bryan Schor Sr
WR 18 Hunter Etheridge  Jr
WR 19 Daniel Adu Fr
WR 19 David Eldridge Jr
RB 20 Taylor Woods Sr
RB 22 Eric Kirlew  Fr
RB 25 Cardon Johnson  Sr
RB 29 Marcus Marshall Jr
RB 31 Percy Agyei-Obese Fr
WR 34 Devin Floyd Fr
TE 37 Clayton Cheatham Fr
OL 53 Joe Fishpaw  Fr
OL 55 Nick Edwards  Sr
OL 58 Gerren Butler  So
OL 60 Jahee Jackson  So
OL 61 A.J. Bolden  Sr
OL 62 Cam Kilgour Fr
OL 63 J.T. Timming  Fr
OL 67 Zaire Bethea  Fr
OL 68 Tyree Chavious  So
OL 69 Truvell Wilson So
OL 70 Aaron Stinne  Sr
OL 71 E.J. Donahue  So
OL 72 Will Clevinger Fr
OL 73 Mac Patrick So
OL 74 Pika Leota  Fr
OL 75 Michael Faulkner  Fr
OL 76 Jake Glavin Fr
OL 77 Liam Fornadel Fr
OL 79 Raymond Gillespie  Fr
OL 81 Nick Carlton So
TE/LB 82 Joe Hunt Fr
TE 82 Zach Polglase  Fr
WR/S 83 Kyndel Dean Fr
WR 83 Josh Sims Fr
WR 84 Jonathan Newman Fr
WR 85 Ezrah Archie Fr
TE 86 Mack Cullen  So
TE 88 Jonathan Kloosterman Sr
WR 89 Jake Brown  Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 2 Dimitri Holloway Jr
LB 3 Gus Little  So
S 5 Raven Greene  Sr
CB 6 Jimmy Moreland  Jr
LB 9 Kyre Hawkins  Sr
LB 11 Bryce Maginley So
LB 12 Trey Wilson  Fr
CB 14 LJ Taylor Fr
DL 15 Ron'Dell Carter  So
LB 16 John Kinney  Fr
LB 18 Tabb Patrick  Fr
S 21 Adam Smith So
CB 22 Rashad Robison Jr
CB 23 Charles Tutt Jr
S 24 D'Angelo Amos  Fr
CB 24 Sidney Wellons So
CB 26 Curtis Oliver Jr
LB 27 Pat Kagel Sr
S 28 Grant Westbrook Jr
CB 30 Wesley McCormick Fr
LB 31 Keshuan Moore Fr
S 32 MJ Hampton Fr
S 33 Sam Kidd Fr
CB 34 Justin Bethea Sr
CB 35 Taurus Carroll Fr
CB 36 Robert Carter Jr  Jr
S 38 Mike Cobbs  So
LB 40 Diamonte Tucker-Dorsey Fr
LB 41 Brett Seigel  Sr
S 42 Michael Johnson Fr
LB 42 Cade Leonard Fr
LB 43 Julian Freeze Fr
DL 43 Garrett Groulx Fr
S 44 Jordan Brown  Sr
DL 46 David Ezeagwu Sr
DL 47 Darrious Carter  Jr
S 48 Reggie Collins  Fr
LB 49 Brandon Hereford Sr
LB 49 Trey Vossler Fr
LB 51 Devin Medley  Fr
LB 52 Landan Word So
LB 54 Kevin Azanama  Fr
LB/LS 59 Daniel Caraciolo  Fr
DL 64 Mike Greene Fr
DL 74 Simeyon Robinson  Sr
DL 90 Rondre Knowles-Tener  Fr
DL 91 Semaj Sorhaindo Fr
DL 93 Andrew Ankrah  Sr
DL 94 Cornell Urquhart Sr
DL 95 Adeeb Atariwa  Fr
DL 96 Ryan Etheridge  Jr
LB 99 Isaac Ukwu Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
LS 41 Brett Seigel  Sr
K 45 Tyler Gray Jr
LS 56 Matt Wolcott Sr
P/K 57 Jeremiah McBride  Fr
P 78 Nik Nunez Fr
K 91 Ethan Ratke Fr
P 98 Harry O'Kelly Fr


Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Donnie Kirkpatrick (Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks)
  • Bob Trott (Defensive Coordinator / Safeties)
  • Bryan Stinespring (Offensive Line / Run-Game Coordinator)
  • Roy Tesh (Outside Linebacker / Special Teams Coordinator)
  • Byron Thweatt (Inside Linebackers)
  • Jeff Hanson (Defensive Line)
  • Tripp Weaver (Cornerbacks / Recruiting Coordinator)
  • De'Rail Sims (Running Backs)
  • Drew Dudzik (Outside Receivers)
  • Fontel Mines (Inside Receivers)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt


Last update: December 15, 2017

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS1 (134)1 (152)1 (148)1 (156)1 (154)1 (157)1 (160)1 (160)1 (157)1 (156)1 (162)1 (163)1 (153)2
Coaches1 (20)1 (25)1 (24)1 (25)1 (25)1 (25)1 (25)1 (26)1 (26)1 (26)1 (26)1 (26)1 (26)2 (1)

References

  1. Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS DIGITAL". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  2. "2017 James Madison Dukes Football Schedule". James Madison University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
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