FOOTBALL DUKES VISIT WILLIAM & MARY SATURDAY (GAME NOTES)

HARRISONBURG, Va., Nov. 5, 2007 – The James Madison football team goes on the road for the second-straight week when it plays a 7 p.m. Colonial Athletic Association game at William & Mary Saturday (Nov. 10).

The Dukes will take a 6-3 overall record and a 4-2 CAA mark into the contest after falling 37-34 in CAA play at Delaware last Saturday (Nov. 3). William & Mary is 4-5 overall and 2-4 in the CAA after losing 38-14 at league foe Hofstra last Saturday.

JMU leads the series with the Tribe 15-14 and has won the teams' last three meetings. The Dukes won 31-17 last season in Harrisonburg, 30-29 two years ago at William & Mary, and 48-34 at William & Mary in the semifinals of the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. JMU has played William & Mary more often than any other team.

JMU will enter play Saturday ranked 16th in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision poll by The Sports Network. The Dukes had been 12th in the poll the previous week.

JMU got a 403-yard rushing effort at Delaware but couldn't overcome four turnovers. The Dukes had 442 yards overall to Delaware's 418, but the host Blue Hens didn't have a turnover.

Senior tailback Antoinne Bolton (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) ran for 172 yards and two touchdowns and redshirt freshman tailback Griff Yancey (Glen Allen, Va./Hermitage) for 171 yards and two scores for the Dukes. Yancey also returned seven kickoffs for 152 yards and earned CAA rookie of the week honors for his efforts.

Defensively, JMU was led by junior safety Marcus Haywood (Williamsburg, Va./Bruton), who had a career-high 15 tackles, including 10 unassisted stops.

William & Mary scored the game's first points last Saturday at Hofstra but didn't get its second touchdown until the final period.

After facing William & Mary, JMU will return home for a 1:30 p.m. game Nov. 17 against CAA opponent Towson.

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