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
(capacity: 24,877)
2016 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
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
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pmMorehead State*No. 12
MadiZoneW 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. 11
ACCN/CSNL 28–5656,000
September 2412:00 pmat MaineNo. 11
ASNW 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. 7
ASNW 42–398,316
October 293:30 pmRhode IslanddaggerNo. 8
  • Bridgeforth Stadium
  • Harrisonburg, VA
MadiZoneW 84–723,841
November 53:30 pmat No. 6 RichmondNo. 7
CSNW 47–438,700
November 121:00 pmat No. 9 VillanovaNo. 6
NNAAW 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. 5
ESPN2W 27–1718,282
January 7, 201712:00 pmvs. No. 13 Youngstown State*No. 5
ESPN2W 28–1414,423

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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 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 Injured
  • Redshirt 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
See also: 2016 Morehead State Eagles football team

Central Connecticut
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 7 14 0 21
#12 Dukes 21 14 7 14 56
See also: 2016 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

At North Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Dukes 21 0 7 0 28
Tar Heels 14 21 14 7 56
See also: 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

At Maine
1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Dukes 7 3 7 14 31
Black Bears 0 13 7 0 20
See also: 2016 Maine Black Bears football team

Delaware
1 2 3 4 Total
Fightin' Blue Hens 0 7 0 13 20
#7 Dukes 7 19 7 10 43
See also: 2016 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team and Delaware–James Madison football rivalry

William & Mary
1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 3 7 0 14 24
#7 Dukes 10 0 7 14 31
See also: 2016 William & Mary Tribe football team and James Madison–William & Mary football rivalry

At New Hampshire
1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Dukes 7 14 7 14 42
Wildcats 0 9 3 27 39
See also: 2016 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

Rhode Island
1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 7 0 0 7
#8 Dukes 28 21 21 14 84
See also: 2016 Rhode Island Rams football team

At Richmond
1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Dukes 14 10 6 17 47
#6 Spiders 10 14 7 12 43
See also: 2016 Richmond Spiders football team

At Villanova
1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Dukes 7 0 3 10 20
#9 Wildcats 0 7 0 0 7
See also: 2016 Villanova Wildcats football team

Elon
1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 0 7 7 0 14
#6 Dukes 17 10 15 21 63
See also: 2016 Elon Phoenix football team

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

Quarterfinals–Sam Houston State
1 2 3 4 Total
#1 Bearkats 0 0 0 7 7
#5 Dukes 21 21 23 0 65
See also: 2016 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

Semifinals–North Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Dukes 7 10 0 10 27
#4 Bison 0 7 10 0 17
See also: 2016 North Dakota State Bison football team

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
See also: 2016 Youngstown State Penguins football team

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