James Madison·CAA

2017 — The Ten-Win Year

James Madison's 2017 season (14-1) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 14-1
Final result 14-win season
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +3.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ East Car 34-14 W vs East Sta 52-10 W vs Norf Sta 75-14 W vs Maine 28-10 W @ Delaware 20-10 W vs Villan 30-8 W @ Will Mar 46-14 W vs New Ham 21-0 W @ Rhod Isl 38-3 W vs Richmond 20-13 W @ Elon 31-3 W vs Ston Bro 26-7 W vs Webe Sta 31-28 W vs Sout Sta 51-16 Bowl L vs Nort Sta 13-17 Bowl
Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: James Madison 75, Norfolk State 14. A 61-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: James Madison 13, North Dakota State 17. A 4-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: James Madison fell to North Dakota State 13-17 in the postseason.

"Go Dukes"
— James Madison fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 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.