DUKES ROLL TO 55-34 FOOTBALL WIN OVER TRIBE

Saturday, November 10

Williamsburg, Va.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

7-3 , 5-2

William and Mary

4-6 , 2-5

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
James Madison	21	17	10	7	55
William & Mary	7	7	13	7	34

11/11/2007 5:00:00 AM | Football

Box Score

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Nov. 10, 2007 – The James Madison football team scored on its first nine offensive series of the game and beat William & Mary 55-34 in Colonial Athletic Association play Saturday.

The Dukes got rushing scores on each of their first five series – three from redshirt freshman tailback Griff Yancey (Glen Allen, Va./Hermitage) – and added a field goal late during the second quarter to lead 38-14 at halftime.

They then upped the lead to 45-14 three plays after getting a 66-yard kickoff return to the William & Mary 11 to start the second half and added a field goal and touchdown the next two times their offense took the field.

The victory raised JMU's overall record to 7-3 and its CAA mark to 5-2, and the Dukes beat William & Mary for the fourth-straight time. William & Mary fell to 4-6 overall and to 2-5 in the CAA.

Yancey, who finished with 132 rushing yards and three scores on 25 carries, had touchdown runs of one yard on JMU's first two drives and a 10-yard carry for a score the third time the Dukes had the ball.

He capped a 57-yard march on JMU's first series to pull the Dukes into a 7-7 tie, gave JMU a 14-7 lead at the end of a 58-yard drive on their second possession and raised the lead to 21-7 by the end of the initial period with his 10-yard carry to cap a 64-yard series.

Senior tailback Antoinne Bolton (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) upped the JMU margin to 28-7 with 13:02 left in the second period on 10-yard run two plays after Dukes redshirt freshman wide receiver Marcus Turner (Berlin, N.J./Eastern) had his first of two blocked punts to give JMU the ball at the Tribe 24.

Dukes junior quarterback Rodney Landers (Virginia Beach, Va./Tallwood) got JMU's fifth touchdown of the opening half on a 10-yard run at the end of a 90-yard, 11-play drive, and junior Dave Stannard (Midlothian, Va./Clover Hill) kicked a 29-yard field goal at 0:16 of the second period for JMU's 24-point halftime lead.

Junior cornerback Scotty McGee (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) returned the second-half kickoff to the William & Mary 11, and Landers scored from the one three plays later. The Dukes increased their margin to 48-14 on their next series on a 31-yard Stannard field goal, and Landers threw a six-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Rockeed McCarter (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic) with 9:35 left in the game for JMU's final points.

JMU punted only once in the game, and the Dukes had only one turnover – a fumble on a William & Mary kickoff after the Tribe scored to get to within 48-21 late in the third quarter.

JMU finished with 460 yards of total offense, including 371 rushing yards, to William & Mary's 355 total yards.

Landers had 171 rushing yards and set JMU's game record for rushing yards by a quarterback for the second time this season. He ran 18 times and surpassed his previous quarterback game mark of 166 yards, set Oct. 6 at Rhode Island. He also hit on nine of 15 passes for 89 yards.

Bolton added 66 rushing yards on 17 carries for the Dukes.

Senior free safety Tony LeZotte (Augusta, Ga./Westside) led a balanced JMU defense with seven tackles, including five unassisted stops.

William & Mary quarterback Jake Phillips threw for 253 yards and three touchdowns, including a 52-yard scoring toss to Elliott Mack on the game's first series to give the Tribe a 7-0 lead.

JMU closes its regular season next Saturday (Nov. 17) in a 1:30 p.m. home game against CAA foe Towson.

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