The 2024 season's largest margin: James Madison 63, Ball State 7. A 56-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2024 — The Winning Chapter
James Madison's 2024 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Alonza BarnettQB2,596 passing yards
- George PettawayRB976 rushing yards
- Wayne KnightRB449 rushing yards
- Jobi MalaryRB269 rushing yards
- Omarion DollisonWR633 receiving yards
- Yamir KnightWR605 receiving yards
- Taylor ThompsonTE448 receiving yards
- Jacob ThomasS73 tackles
- Khairi MannsDL70 tackles
- Jacob DobbsLB69 tackles
- Eric O'NeillDL13 sacks
- Trent HendrickLB3 sacks
- Immanuel BushDL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2024.
The season's deepest loss: James Madison 14, Georgia Southern 28. A 14-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: James Madison beat Western Kentucky 27-17 in the postseason.
"Go Dukes"
2024 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.