American college football season
The 2019 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by first-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium . They competed as a member of CAA Football .[a] They finished the season 14–2, 8–0 in CAA play to be CAA champions. They received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Monmouth , Northern Iowa , and Weber State to advance to the FCS National Championship Game where they lost to North Dakota State .
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CAA Football Week 2 Highlights: James Madison 44, St. Francis (PA) 7
Monmouth vs James Madison Highlights | 2019 FCS Playoffs | Second Round
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Preseason
CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Dukes were predicted to finish in first place.[2]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
James Madison
238 (20)
2
Towson
217 (3)
3
Maine
201 (1)
4
Elon
164
5
Delaware
162
6
Stony Brook
151
7
New Hampshire
109
8
Rhode Island
104
9
Villanova
84
10
Richmond
62
11
William & Mary
58
12
Albany
34
Preseason All–CAA team
The Dukes had six players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[2]
Offense
Liam Fornadel – OL
Defense
Ron'Dell Carter – DL
Dimitri Holloway – LB
Adam Smith – S
Rashad Robinson – CB
Special teams
D'Angelo Amos – PR
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 2:00 p.m. at West Virginia * No. 2 AT&TSN Pitt L 13–2061,891
September 7 6:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) * No. 2 NBCS WA W 44–722,422
September 14 3:30 p.m. Morgan State * No. 2 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA NBCS WA W 63–1219,777
September 21 4:00 p.m. at Chattanooga * No. 2 ESPN+ W 37–148,795
September 28 2:00 p.m. at No. 24 Elon No. 2 FloSports W 45–1011,926
October 5 6:00 p.m. at No. 24 Stony Brook No. 2 FloSports/SNY W 45–38 OT 12,812
October 12 1:30 p.m. No. 5 Villanova No. 2 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA MASN W 38–2425,076
October 19 3:30 p.m. at William & Mary No. 2 FloSports W 38–1011,821
October 26 3:30 p.m. No. 16 Towson No. 2 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA MASN/SNY W 27–1023,983
November 9 3:30 p.m. No. 23 New Hampshire No. 2 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA MASN/SNY W 54–1619,660
November 16 3:30 p.m. Richmond No. 2 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (rivalry ) MASN/SNY W 48–621,947
November 23 12:00 p.m. at Rhode Island No. 2 FloSports W 55–212,815
December 7 1:00 p.m. No. 14 Monmouth * No. 2 ESPN3 W 66–2110,881
7:00 p.m. No. 6 Northern Iowa * No. 2 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal) ESPN2 W 17–08,741
December 21 6:30 p.m. No. 4 Weber State * No. 2 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (NCAA Division I Semifinal) ESPNU W 30–1410,487
January 11 12:00 p.m. No. 1 North Dakota State * No. 2 ABC L 20–2817,866
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[3]
Game summaries
At West Virginia
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 2 Dukes
7
0
3
3
13
Mountaineers
0
3
7
10
20
Saint Francis (PA)
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Flash
0
0
0
7
7
No. 2 Dukes
14
13
10
7
44
Morgan State
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
3
0
9
12
No. 2 Dukes
7
21
0
35
63
At Chattanooga
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 2 Dukes
14
6
10
7
37
Mocs
14
0
0
0
14
At Elon
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 2 Dukes
14
7
17
7
45
No. 24 Phoenix
7
0
0
3
10
At Stony Brook
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
No. 2 Dukes
14
14
3
7 7
45
No. 24 Seawolves
14
7
7
10 0
38
Villanova
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 5 Wildcats
0
10
14
0
24
No. 2 Dukes
7
10
0
21
38
At William & Mary
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 2 Dukes
7
14
10
7
38
Tribe
3
0
7
0
10
Towson
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 16 Tigers
0
10
0
0
10
No. 2 Dukes
7
17
3
0
27
New Hampshire
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Wildcats
10
0
6
0
16
No. 2 Dukes
10
20
14
10
54
Richmond
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
0
6
0
0
6
No. 2 Dukes
10
14
14
10
48
At Rhode Island
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 2 Dukes
10
21
7
17
55
Rams
0
0
14
7
21
FCS Playoffs
The Dukes entered the postseason tournament as the number two seed, with a first-round bye.[4]
Monmouth–Second Round
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 14 Hawks
14
7
0
0
21
No. 2 Dukes
21
17
14
14
66
Northern Iowa–Quarterfinals
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 6 Panthers
0
0
0
0
0
No. 2 Dukes
7
3
0
7
17
Weber State–Semifinals
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 4 Wildcats
0
7
0
7
14
No. 2 Dukes
10
14
3
3
30
Vs. North Dakota State–Championship
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 2 Dukes
7
3
3
7
20
No. 1 Bison
7
14
0
7
28
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final STATS FCS 2 (14) 2 (11) 2 (9) 2 (8) 2 (4) 2 (7) 2 (1) 2 (2) 2 (3) 2 (1) 2 (1) 2 2 2 2 Coaches 2 (1) 2 (1) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Players drafted into the NFL
References
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