2015 James Madison Dukes football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2015 James Madison Dukes football James Madison Athletics wordmark.svg 250 Colonial Athletic Association CAA 11 11 9–3 6–2 Everett Withers 2nd Brett Elliott 1st Zak Kuhr 1st Steve Sisa 2nd Bridgeforth Stadium CAA co-champion FCS Playoffs Second Round L 38–44 vs. Colgate The 2015 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Everett Withers and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium and Zane Showker Field. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). The Dukes finished the regular season 9–2 to share the CAA championship with William & Mary and Richmond, who all finished with identical 6–2 conference records. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the second round to Colgate and finish the season 9–3. On January 6, 2016, Withers resigned to become the head coach at Texas State.https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/14518816/texas-state-hires-james-madison-everett-withers-head-coach Texas State hires JMU's Withers as head coach 7 January 2016 He finished at James Madison with a two-year record of 18–7. Schedule 2013 STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Eastern September 5 6:00 pm w y 12 Morehead State Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA http://portal.stretchinternet.com/jmu/ MZ 56–7 22,080 September 12 4:00 pm w y 13 Lehigh Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA MZ 55–17 15,949 September 19 3:00 pm w 12 Albany Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA CSN 42–28 18,659 September 26 7:00 pm w y y 9 SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX ESPN3 48–45 22,314 October 3 12:00 pm w 6 Stony Brook Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA CSN 38–20 21,653 October 10 3:00 pm w y 5 Towson Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD CSN 51–30 8,224 October 17 3:00 pm w y 5 Elon Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC 51–0 8,342 October 24 3:30 pm l y 4 Richmond 11 College Gameday, rivalry Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA CSN 49–59 26,069 October 31 4:00 pm l y 9 William & Mary 16 rivalry Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA NBCSN 41–44 9,414 November 14 3:30 pm w y 14 Delaware rivalry Delaware Stadium Newark, DE CSN 24–21 16,994 November 21 12:00 pm w 12 Villanova Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA CSN 38–29 17,028 December 5 1:00 pm l y 8 Colgate FCS Playoffs Second Round Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA ESPN3 38–44 15,045 2015 James Madison Dukes Football Schedule http://jmusports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=293&path=football James Madison University Department of Athletics February 2, 2015 Game summaries Morehead State Eagles 0 7 0 0 #12 Dukes 14 14 21 7 2015 Morehead State Eagles football team Lehigh Mountain Hawks 7 7 3 0 #13 Dukes 10 28 7 10 2015 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team Albany Great Danes 7 7 0 14 #12 Dukes 14 0 21 7 2015 Albany Great Danes football team SMU #9 Dukes 10 7 17 14 Mustangs 7 7 17 14 2015 SMU Mustangs football team Stony Brook Seawolves 7 0 0 13 #6 Dukes 21 7 10 0 2015 Stony Brook Seawolves football team Towson #5 Dukes 14 10 17 10 Tigers 6 11 6 7 2015 Towson Tigers football team Elon #5 Dukes 13 21 10 7 Phoenix 0 0 0 0 2015 Elon Phoenix football team Richmond #11 Spiders 7 21 14 17 #4 Dukes 14 14 7 14 2015 Richmond Spiders football team ESPN's College GameDay broadcast from the JMU campus for the first time. William & Mary #9 Dukes 21 6 7 7 #16 Tribe 9 14 7 14 2015 William & Mary Tribe football team Delaware #14 Dukes 7 0 7 10 Fightin' Blue Hens 7 0 14 0 2015 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team Villanova Wildcats 7 0 7 15 #12 Dukes 14 7 3 14 2015 Villanova Wildcats football team FCS Playoffs Second Round–Colgate Raiders 10 14 14 6 #8 Dukes 0 28 3 7 2015 Colgate Raiders football team Ranking movements STATS FCS 0 13 12 13 12 9 6 (4) 5 (8) 5 (12) 4 (18) 9 14 14 12 8 11 Coaches 0 13 13 11 10 8 5 (1) 5 5 (2) 3 (3) 9 14 11 10 6 11 References James Madison Category:James Madison Dukes football seasons Category:Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference champion seasons James Madison James Madison Dukes football