American college football season
The 2018 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by third-year head coach Mike Houston and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium . They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Delaware in the first round before losing to Colgate in the second round.
On December 7, 2018, Mike Houston was formally announced and hired as the next coach of East Carolina , alongside nine staff members.[1]
Preseason [ edit ] CAA Poll [ edit ] In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Dukes were predicted to win the CAA championship.[2]
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 James Madison 241 (21) 2 New Hampshire 206 (2) 3 Delaware 182 4 Stony Brook 169 5 Elon 168 (1) 6 Villanova 164 7 Richmond 127 8 Maine 81 9 Albany 78 10 Towson 74 11 William & Mary 55 12 Rhode Island 39
Preseason All-CAA Team [ edit ] The Dukes had six players selected to the preseason all-CAA team, including cornerback Rashad Robinson being selected as preseason defensive player of the year.
Offense
Marcus Marshall – RB
Jahee Jackson – OL
Defense
Darrious Carter – DL
Jimmy Moreland – DB
Rashad Robinson – DB
Special teams
Harry O'Kelly – P
Award watch lists [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 12:00 p.m. at NC State * No. 2 ESPNU L 13–2456,073 September 8 6:00 p.m. at Norfolk State * No. 2 ESPN3 W 17–0[a] 6,482 7:30 p.m.[b] Robert Morris * No. 2 NBCS WA+ W 73–718,112 September 22 3:30 p.m. William & Mary No. 2 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (rivalry ) NBCS WA+ W 51–025,130 September 29 3:00 p.m. at Richmond No. 2 NBCS WA+ W 63–108,217 October 6 1:30 p.m. No. 10 Elon No. 2 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA MASN /SNY L 24–2725,484 October 13 1:00 p.m. at Villanova No. 6 FCS /FSGO W 37–05,219 October 27 3:30 p.m. No. 15 Stony Brook No. 3 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA MASN/SNY W 13–1025,244 November 3 1:00 p.m. at New Hampshire No. 3 FCS L 24–357,741 November 10 2:00 p.m. Rhode Island No. 9 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA MASN/SNY W 48–3124,199 November 17 2:00 p.m at No. 15 Towson No. 7 CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveW 38–177,208 November 24 3:00 p.m. No. 21 Delaware * No. 6 ESPN3 W 20–67,297 December 1 1:00 p.m. at No. 9 Colgate * No. 6 ESPN3 L 20–236,418 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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^ The JMU–Norfolk State game was mutually ended after first quarter due to inclement weather. ^ Moved from Saturday at 6:00 p.m. in anticipation of Hurricane Florence . Game summaries [ edit ] At NC State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 2 Dukes 7 0 3 3 13 Wolfpack 0 17 0 7 24
At Norfolk State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 2 Dukes 17 17 Spartans 0 0
Due to inclement weather, the JMU–Norfolk State game was mutually ended after the first quarter.
Robert Morris [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Colonials 0 0 0 7 7 No. 2 Dukes 21 31 14 7 73
William & Mary [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tribe 0 0 0 0 0 No. 2 Dukes 7 10 21 13 51
At Richmond [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 2 Dukes 7 28 21 7 63 Spiders 3 7 0 0 10
1 2 3 4 Total No. 10 Phoenix 0 7 3 17 27 No. 2 Dukes 3 6 3 12 24
At Villanova [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 6 Dukes 10 6 14 7 37 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
Stony Brook [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 15 Seawolves 0 10 0 0 10 No. 3 Dukes 7 0 0 6 13
At New Hampshire [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 3 Dukes 3 0 7 14 24 Wildcats 14 7 7 7 35
Rhode Island [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Rams 7 7 10 7 31 No. 9 Dukes 14 13 7 14 48
At Towson [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 7 Dukes 7 17 7 7 38 No. 15 Tigers 7 3 0 7 17
FCS Playoffs [ edit ] Delaware–First Round [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 21 Fightin' Blue Hens 0 3 3 0 6 No. 6 Dukes 3 9 8 0 20
At Colgate–Second Round [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 6 Dukes 7 3 3 7 20 No. 9 Raiders 3 3 14 3 23
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 2 (6) 2 (1) 2 (2) 2 (2) 2 (3) 2 (3) 6–T 4 3 3 9 7 6 9 Coaches 2 (3) 2 2 (1) 2 2 2 8 5 3 3 10 8 6 10
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] References [ edit ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold