2016 James Madison Dukes football team

2016 James Madison Dukes football
NCAA Division I FCS national champion
CAA champion
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATS No. 1
FCS Coaches No. 1
2016 record 14–1 (8–0 CAA)
Head coach Mike Houston (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Donnie Kirkpatrick (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Bob Trott (1st season)
Home stadium Bridgeforth Stadium
(Capacity: 24,877)
2016 CAA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#1 James Madison $^  8 –0     14 –1  
#11 Villanova ^  6 –2     9 –4  
#17 New Hampshire ^  6 –2     8 –5  
#8 Richmond ^  5 –3     10 –4  
Maine  5 –3     6 –5  
Albany  4 –4     7 –4  
Stony Brook  4 –4     5 –6  
William & Mary  3 –5     5 –6  
Towson  3 –5     4 –7  
Delaware  2 –6     4 –7  
Elon  1 –7     2 –9  
Rhode Island  1 –7     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first year head coach Mike Houston and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium and Zane Showker Field. They were 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. They received the automatic bid to the FCS playoffs, where they defeated New Hampshire, Sam Houston State, and five-time defending champions North Dakota State to advance to the National Championship Game, where they defeated Youngstown State. This was their first national championship since 2004.

Previous season

In 2015, the Dukes finished with a record of 9–3, 6–2 in CAA play, to finish in a first-place tie with Richmond and William & Mary. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs and hosted Colgate in the second round. The Dukes lost to the Raiders, 44–38, and were eliminated from the playoffs.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 6:00 PM Morehead State* No. 12 Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA MadiZone W 80–7   23,626
September 10 4:00 PM Central Connecticut* No. 12 Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA MadiZone W 56–21   20,636
September 17 3:30 PM at North Carolina* No. 11 Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ACCRSN/CSN L 28–56   56,000
September 24 12:00 PM at Maine No. 11 Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME ASN W 31–20   8,786
October 1 1:30 PM Delaware No. 7 Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA (Rivalry) MadiZone W 43–20   25,236
October 8 3:30 PM William & Mary No. 7 Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA (Rivalry) CSN W 31–24   20,354
October 15 12:00 PM at New Hampshire No. 7 Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH ASN W 42–39   8,316
October 29 3:30 PM Rhode Islanddagger No. 8 Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA MadiZone W 84–7   23,841
November 5 3:30 PM at No. 6 Richmond No. 7 Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA CSN W 47–43   8,700
November 12 1:00 PM at No. 9 Villanova No. 6 Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA NNAA W 20–7   6,109
November 19 1:30 PM Elon No. 6 Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA MadiZone W 63–14   16,184
December 3 2:00 PM No. 22 New Hampshire* No. 5 Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 W 55–22   13,231
December 9 7:00 PM No. 1 Sam Houston State* No. 5 Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals) ESPN2 W 65–7   15,646
December 16 7:00 PM at No. 4 North Dakota State* No. 5 Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Semifinals) ESPN2 W 27–17   18,282
January 7, 2017 12:00 PM vs. No. 13 Youngstown State* No. 5 Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX (FCS National Championship Game) ESPN2 W 28–14   14,423
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Roster

2016 James Madison Dukes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 32 Khalid Abdullah Sr
WR 7 Terrence Alls  Jr
OL 67 Zaire Bethea Fr
OL 61 A.J. Bolden  Jr
WR 12 Logan Boyd  Jr
WR 5 Jake Brown Fr
OL 58 Gerren Butler  Fr
OL 68 Tyree Chavious  Fr
WR 42 Skyler Clark Fr
WR 40 Daniel Clements So
TE 86 Mark Cullen  Fr
WR 6 Rashard Davis Sr
OL 55 Nick Edwards  Jr
QB 18 Hunter Etheridge  So
OL 75 Michael Faulkner Fr
OL 64 Matt Frank  Sr
OL 79 Raymond Gillespie Fr
WR 13 Ishmael Hyman  Jr
OL 60 Jahee Jackson  Fr
RB 25 Cardon Johnson  Jr
QB 12 Cole Johnson Fr
RB 22 Eric Kirlew Fr
OL 76 Mitchell Kirsch  Sr
TE 88 Jonathan Kloosterman Jr
WR 84 Ryan Kluck Fr
WR 8 John Miller Jr
QB 2 Connor Mitch  Jr
WR 81 Cory Owen  Fr
QB 16 Neeshant Parikh  So
RB 34 Simba Parker  Jr
OL 73 Mac Patrick Fr
TE 82 Zach Polglase Fr
WR 11 Brandon Ravenel Sr
WR 85 Quintin Reynolds  So
TE 98 Lawton Riggs Fr
OL 62 Kyle Rigney  Sr
OL 78 Zach Rugg  Sr
TE 15 Daniel Schiele Sr
QB 17 Bryan Schor Sr
RB 1 Trai Sharp So
OL 77 Robert Snead Fr
WR 10 Riley Stapleton  Fr
OL 70 Aaron Stinnie  Jr
WR 3 Domo Taylor Sr
OL 63 J.T. Timming Fr
QB 19 Mack Waldman  So
WR 39 Robbie Walker Jr
WR 89 Braxton Westfield Fr
RB 20 Taylor Woods Jr
OL 71 Richard Xu  So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 27 D'Angelo Amos Fr
LB 93 Andrew Ankrah  Jr
DL 95 Adeeb Atariwa Fr
LB 54 Kelvin Azanama Fr
CB 34 Justin Bethea Jr
S 21 Robert Branch So
DL 53 Jordan Brooks  Fr
DL 84 Brandon Brown  Jr
S 44 Jordan Brown  Jr
LB/LS 59 Daniel Caracciolo Fr
DL 47 Darrious Carter  So
CB 36 Robert Carter Jr.  So
S 38 Mike Cobbs So
S 48 Reggie Collins Fr
DL 97 John Daka Fr
LB 46 David Ezeagwu Jr
S 5 Raven Greene  Jr
LB 9 Kyre Hawkins  Jr
LB 49 Brandon Hereford  Jr
LB 2 Dimitri Holloway So
S 40 Ryan Horner Fr
S 35 Marcell Johnson Jr
LB 27 Pat Kagel  So
LB 16 John Kinney Fr
DL 90 Rondre Knowles-Tener Fr
LB 50 Christian Launius Fr
DL 92 Mike Mabry Fr
S 43 Bryce Maginley Fr
LB 51 Devin Medley Fr
LB 52 Nick Michalski  Jr
CB 37 Jimmy Moreland  So
CB 26 Curtis Oliver So
LB 18 Tabb Patrick Fr
CB 14 Taylor Reynolds  Sr
DL 31 Kirk Robinette  Fr
CB 22 Rashad Robinson So
DL 74 Simeyon Robinson  Jr
DL 65 Dorrius Rodgers Fr
LB 10 Jacob Rosen Fr
LB/LS 41 Brett Siegel  Jr
S 30 Adam Smith Fr
LB 33 Gage Steele  Sr
DL 91 Martez Stone  Sr
CB 23 Charles Tutt So
DL 94 Cornell Urquhart Jr
LB 24 Justin Wellons  Sr
S 28 Grant Westbrook So
DB 7 Trey Wilson Fr
DL 72 Gary Wortham  Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K/P 42 Pat Frio Jr
P 69 John Gardiner Fr
K 45 Tyler Gray So
P 99 Gunnar Kane  Sr
K/P 57 Jeremiah McBride Fr
K 91 Ethan Ratke Fr
LS 56 Matt Wolcott  So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Donnie Kirkpatrick
       Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
       1st year at James Madison
       Alma mater: Lenoir-Rhyne
  • Bob Trott
       Defensive Coordinator
       1st year at James Madison
       Alma mater: North Carolina
  • Bryan Stinespring
       Tight Ends/Run-Game Coordinator
       1st year at James Madison
       Alma mater: James Madison
  • John Bowers
       Outside Linebackers
       3rd year at James Madison
       Alma mater: James Madison
  • Byron Thweatt
       Inside Linebackers
       1st year at James Madison
       Alma mater: Virginia
  • Jamal Powell
       Offensive Line
       2nd year at James Madison
       Alma mater: Texas Christian
  • Jeff Hanson
       Defensive Line
       2nd year at James Madison
       Alma mater: Richmond
  • Tripp Weaver
       Cornerbacks
       1st year at James Madison
       Alma mater: East Carolina
  • De'Rail Sims
       Running Backs
       1st year at James Madison
       Alma mater: Pikeville
  • Drew Dudzik
       Wide Receivers
       1st year at James Madison
       Alma mater: James Madison
  • Dale Steele
       Director of Football Administration/Recruiting Coordinator
       1st year at James Madison
       Alma mater: South Carolina
  • John Williams
       Director of Strength & Conditioning
  • Markus James
       Assistant Director of Strength & Conditioning
  • Pete Johnson
       Football Equipment Manager
  • Patty Dorfer
       Administrative Assistant
  • Scott Cook
       Associate Athletic Trainer
  • Cal Hall
       Assistant Athletic Trainer
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 17, 2016

Game summaries

Morehead State

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 7 0 0 7
#12 Dukes 28 24 21 7 80
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–2 2015 W 56–7

Central Connecticut

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 7 14 0 21
#12 Dukes 21 14 7 14 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2013 W 38–14

at North Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Dukes 21 0 7 0 28
Tar Heels 14 21 14 7 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2011 L 10–42

at Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Dukes 7 3 7 14 31
Black Bears 0 13 7 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–5 2012 W 31–7

Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Fightin' Blue Hens 0 7 0 13 20
#7 Dukes 7 19 7 10 43
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–14 2015 W 24–21

William & Mary

1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 3 7 0 14 24
#7 Dukes 10 0 7 14 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–17 2015 L 41–44

at New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Dukes 7 14 7 14 42
Wildcats 0 9 3 27 39
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–8 2013 L 17–33

Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 7 0 0 7
#8 Dukes 28 21 21 14 84
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–3 2012 W 32–7

at Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Dukes 14 10 6 17 47
#6 Spiders 10 14 7 12 43
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–18 2015 L 49–59

at Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Dukes 7 0 3 10 20
#9 Wildcats 0 7 0 0 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–12 2015 W 38–29

Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 0 7 7 0 14
#6 Dukes 17 10 15 21 63
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–0 2015 W 51–0

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Wildcats 7 0 8 7 22
#5 Dukes 3 28 21 3 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–8 10/15/16 W 42–39

Quarterfinals–Sam Houston State

1 2 3 4 Total
#1 Bearkats 0 0 0 7 7
#5 Dukes 21 21 23 0 65
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Semifinals–North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Dukes 7 10 0 10 27
#4 Bison 0 7 10 0 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2011 FCS Playoffs L 14–26

It was this game that ended NDSU's streak of five consecutive FCS titles.

Championship–Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Penguins 0 7 0 7 14
#5 Dukes 14 7 7 0 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2006 FCS Playoffs L 31–35

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 12 12 11 11 7 7 7 8 8 7 6 6 5 (1) 1 (154) 
Coaches 11 11 8 7 6 6 6 5 (1) 5 5 5 5 (1) 5 1 (26) 
FCS Playoffs Not released 5 4 4 Not released

References

  1. ↑ "2016 James Madison Dukes Football Schedule". James Madison University Department of Athletics. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
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