James Madison·CAA

2014 — The Winning Chapter

James Madison's 2014 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -3.9 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Maryland 7-52 W @ Lehigh 31-28 W vs Sain Fra 38-22 L @ Villan 31-49 L vs Delaware 23-30 W @ UAlbany 31-28 W vs Towson 62-7 W @ Charlo 48-40 W vs Will Mar 31-24 W @ Ston Bro 27-24 W @ Richmond 55-20 W vs Elon 59-27 L vs Liberty 21-26
Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: James Madison 62, Towson 7. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: James Madison 7, Maryland 52. A 45-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Dukes"
— James Madison fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for James Madison — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.