HARRISONBURG — James Madison University avoided an upset in the first round of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs Saturday, holding on to defeat Wofford 38-35 before 12,826 fans at Bridgeforth Stadium. Advertisement The top-seeded D… more »

HARRISONBURG, Va. – Wofford College was defeated 38-35 by James Madison on Saturday afternoon at Bridgeforth Stadium-Zane Showker Field in the opening round of the NCAA Playoffs. Dane Romero had four touchdowns, but it was not enough to stop the Dukes.… more »

HARRISONBURG - Rodney Landers rushed for 166 yards Saturday afternoon, but it was the final, punishing six that made his James Madison football team a winner in the playoffs for the first time since 2004. With the top-seeded Dukes clinging to a 3-poi… more »

Wofford's potent offense a concern for the Dukes' head coach. Due to technical difficulties, coaches from Wofford and James Madison weren’t able to exchange film by computer Sunday night after it was announced they would be paired up in the NCAA Divi… more »

It was a somber postgame press conference for Maine football coach Jack Cosgrove after his team fell, 28-24, to the University of New Hampshire on Saturday. As the icy winds whipped outside the Palmer Lounge, the dispirited Black Bears began embracin… more »

HARRISONBURG - After going through the season without losing to a Division I-AA team - including an 8-0 mark in perhaps the nation's toughest conference - James Madison's football players said they had no doubt they deserved the top seed in the upcoming… more »

Jim O'Day didn't use his position on the NCAA's 10-member Football Championship Subdivision playoff selection committee to send a seed the Montana Grizzlies' way. Not that he would, but it wasn't possible anyway. “It's an interesting process,” sai… more »

William and Mary's Jimmye Laycock says his team should have been the fifth CAA team in the playoffs. WILLIAMSBURG - It didn't come as a shock that William and Mary didn't make the playoffs. The team that took the 16th and final spot, however, was som… more »

It's official: The road to Chattanooga, and the FCS national championship, goes through Harrisonburg. On Sunday, JMU was announced as the top seed in this year's FCS playoffs. They will host Wofford on Saturday in the first round of the 16-team tour… more »

HARRISONBURG - Heading into the final weekend of play, the Colonial Athletic Association has once again positioned itself to send a large contingent to the NCAA Division I-AA football playoffs. And, unlike a year ago, when the CAA had five teams in the… more »

No. 12 William and Mary won the coin toss yesterday before its Colonial Athletic Association showdown with top-ranked James Madison and deferred to the second half. Not a wise choice on this day. The decision gave JMU the ball first, and the Dukes… more »

HARRISONBURG - It might look like James Madison's football team is sitting pretty heading into this weekend's bye. The Dukes are undefeated in Division I-AA football and have won a school D-I record eight straight games since losing their opener at Duke… more »

HARRISONBURG - For three weeks, James Madison's defense had heard about how poorly it tackled in harrowing wins over Richmond and Villanova. The defense, it was being said by coaches, fans and the media, might keep the Dukes from making a deep run in th… more »

VILLANOVA, Pa. - Trailing by two points with 4.3 seconds remaining, all that was left for James Madison was football's most desperate play - the Hail Mary. Practice it all you want. Design it any way you'd like. It still comes down to how the ball de… more »

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