2015 — The Winning Chapter

James Madison's 2015 season (9-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-3
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.0 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs More Sta 56-7 W vs Lehigh 55-17 W vs UAlbany 42-28 W @ SMU 48-45 W vs Ston Bro 38-20 W @ Towson 51-30 W @ Elon 51-0 L vs Richmond 49-59 L @ Will Mar 41-44 W @ Delaware 24-21 W vs Villan 38-29 L vs Colgate 38-44
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: James Madison 51, Elon 0. A 51-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: James Madison 49, Richmond 59. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Dukes"
— James Madison fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What It Meant

2015 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.