Matthews gained his 100th career victory on October 6, 2012 in a 13–10 win over the Towson Tigers.

They were led by third-year head coach Mike Houston and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium. JMU won the National Championship in decisive fashion, with a score of 28–14 (Youngstown State scored a meaningless touchdown with seconds left in the game) on a cold, 15 °F afternoon in Frisco, Texas, On January 7, 2017 JMU faced the Youngstown State Penguins football for the 2016 FCS National Championship at Toyota Stadium (Texas) in Frisco, Texas. He served as the head football coach at James Madison University (JMU) from 1999 to 2013, compiling a record of 109–71. Q. I've always put a big premium, as I've learned as a head coach, to try to keep your guys healthy so they can make it to game day. Two players, Madison Hall of Fame quarterback Les Branich and offensive guard Jeff Adams, played on both the Dukes' only winless season in 1972 and its only undefeated season in 1975. But we'll be ready. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. ), NCAA Tournament:

Youngstown State battled back to score just before halftime to make it a 21-7 game at the half. [32], The Dukes entered the 2019 season with 19 starters returning and a preseason ranking of #1 but not a consensus #1 as NDSU once again entered the season at #1 throughout most FCS polls. Bridgeforth's official seating capacity is approximately 24,877, and is designed so it may be expanded to seat over 40,000. Curt Cignetti is an American football coach who is currently the head coach for the James Madison Dukes football team of NCAA Division I Football Championship (FCS).

In 1975, the Dukes had their first undefeated season and won the Virginia College Athletic Association title.

You're expected to make a deep run into the playoffs. Obviously your first year as a head coach at James Madison. They'll roll two D lines the whole game. Both you and Matt are first-year head coaches and both have done pretty well for both of you obviously. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. A lot of plays in a short amount of time.

And we opened up the job in the spring, and we have three good quarterbacks here.

They're very well-coached in all three phases and they're multiple on defense. And the player -- play like it's nothing-nothing, never too high, never too low.

The Dukes made the NCAA playoffs in former head coach Mickey Matthews' first year with the team and in 2004, the Dukes won the Division I-AA (now FCS) National Championship behind quarterback Justin Rascati and running back Raymond Hines. Q.

They were the first and only team to win three games on the road to advance to the National Championship Game. They received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Monmouth, Northern Iowa, and Weber State to advance to the FCS National Championship Game where they lost to North Dakota State.

COACH CIGNETTI: I hope we have a different result than he had. But I knew that day one.

So I snuck a peek at that game early in the year when I had a chance.

However, throughout the team, based on the feedback we were getting early on and throughout the season, but I do think it's probably an advantage to have one guy for your five years here, without a doubt. They were led by first year head coach Mike Houston and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium and Zane Showker Field. Q. They're just really fast and up tempo. So a lot of shifts, a lot of motions, a lot of different looks, a lot more quarterback run, quarterback-read type stuff probably than we do. And we've done the things you have to do to be successful in season, which has put us in the position we're in today. Michael Glenn Houston is an American football coach who currently serves as head coach at East Carolina University. They will be led by second-year head coach Curt Cignetti and play their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium. On January 18, 2016, James Madison named Mike Houston as head coach of the Dukes football program.