2016 James Madison Dukes football team

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.

2016 James Madison Dukes football
NCAA Division I champion
CAA champion
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATSNo. 1
FCS CoachesNo. 1
Record14–1 (8–0 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDonnie Kirkpatrick (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBob Trott (1st season)
Home stadiumBridgeforth Stadium
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 James Madison $^   8 0     14 1  
No. 11 Villanova ^   6 2     9 4  
No. 17 New Hampshire ^   6 2     8 5  
No. 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 Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pmMorehead State*No. 12MadiZoneW 80–723,626
September 104:00 pmCentral Connecticut*No. 12
  • Bridgeforth Stadium
  • Harrisonburg, VA
MadiZoneW 56–2120,636
September 173:30 pmat North Carolina*No. 11ACCN/CSNL 28–5656,000
September 2412:00 pmat MaineNo. 11ASNW 31–208,786
October 11:30 pmDelawareNo. 7
  • Bridgeforth Stadium
  • Harrisonburg, VA (rivalry)
MadiZoneW 43–2025,236
October 83:30 pmWilliam & MaryNo. 7
  • Bridgeforth Stadium
  • Harrisonburg, VA (rivalry)
CSNW 31–2420,354
October 1512:00 pmat New HampshireNo. 7ASNW 42–398,316
October 293:30 pmRhode Island No. 8
  • Bridgeforth Stadium
  • Harrisonburg, VA
MadiZoneW 84–723,841
November 53:30 pmat No. 6 RichmondNo. 7CSNW 47–438,700
November 121:00 pmat No. 9 VillanovaNo. 6NNAAW 20–76,109
November 191:30 pmElonNo. 6
  • Bridgeforth Stadium
  • Harrisonburg, VA
MadiZoneW 63–1416,184
December 32:00 pmNo. 22 New Hampshire*No. 5
ESPN3W 55–2213,231
December 97:00 pmNo. 1 Sam Houston State*No. 5
ESPN2W 65–715,646
December 167:00 pmat No. 4 North Dakota State*No. 5ESPN2W 27–1718,282
January 7, 201712:00 pmvs. No. 13 Youngstown State*No. 5ESPN2W 28–1414,423

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Roster

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2016 James Madison Dukes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
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. # Name Class
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. # Name Class
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 and conditioning
  • Markus James
       Assistant Director of strength and 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

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Morehead State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 7 0 0 7
#12 Dukes 28 24 21 7 80

Central Connecticut

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1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 7 14 0 21
#12 Dukes 21 14 7 14 56

At North Carolina

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1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Dukes 21 0 7 0 28
Tar Heels 14 21 14 7 56

At Maine

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1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Dukes 7 3 7 14 31
Black Bears 0 13 7 0 20

Delaware

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1 2 3 4 Total
Fightin' Blue Hens 0 7 0 13 20
#7 Dukes 7 19 7 10 43

William & Mary

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1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 3 7 0 14 24
#7 Dukes 10 0 7 14 31

At New Hampshire

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1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Dukes 7 14 7 14 42
Wildcats 0 9 3 27 39

Rhode Island

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1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 7 0 0 7
#8 Dukes 28 21 21 14 84

At Richmond

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1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Dukes 14 10 6 17 47
#6 Spiders 10 14 7 12 43

At Villanova

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1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Dukes 7 0 3 10 20
#9 Wildcats 0 7 0 0 7

Elon

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1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 0 7 7 0 14
#6 Dukes 17 10 15 21 63

FCS Playoffs

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Second Round–New Hampshire

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1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Wildcats 7 0 8 7 22
#5 Dukes 3 28 21 3 55

Quarterfinals–Sam Houston State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#1 Bearkats 0 0 0 7 7
#5 Dukes 21 21 23 0 65

Semifinals–North Dakota State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Dukes 7 10 0 10 27
#4 Bison 0 7 10 0 17

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

Championship–Youngstown State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Penguins 0 7 0 7 14
#5 Dukes 14 7 7 0 28

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS12121111777887665 (1)1 (154)
Coaches1111876665 (1)5555 (1)51 (26)
FCS PlayoffsNot released544Not released

References

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