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Dukes Finish 2019 Ranking #2 in STATS and AFCA Polls
1/13/2020 1:00:00 PM | Football
HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison finished the 2019 football season ranking #2 in both the STATS FCS Top 25 and AFCS Coaches Poll following its third national championship appearance over the past four seasons.
The Dukes wrapped up the year with a 14-2 overall record, falling just short in the national title game, 28-20, to North Dakota State. The Bison was ranked #1 after going 16-0 and winning their eighth title in nine years.
JMU won 14 straight games, the second-longest win streak in school history, on its way to winning the Colonial Athletic Association championship with an 8-0 conference record. It was JMU's third outright conference title in four years and the fourth overall conference crown since 2015.
The Dukes produced a program-record 10 All-Americans, headlined by Consensus All-American and Buck Buchanan Award runner-up Ron'Dell Carter. Other All-Americans included Liam Fornadel, John Daka, Ben DiNucci, Dimitri Holloway, Adam Smith, D'Angelo Amos, Percy Agyei-Obese, Mac Patrick and Ethan Ratke.
JMU finished the 2019 season ranking in the top five of 13 statistical categories, which included leading the FCS in total defense (270.2), first-down defense (14.56), completion percentage (.706), blocks (9) and fourth-down conversions (.889).
The Dukes also ranked second in third-down conversions (.536), third in scoring defense (15.7), scoring offense (40.0), rushing defense (74.8), third-down defense (.300) and first-down offense (24.81), fourth in pass efficiency (169.44) and fifth in team tackles for loss (8.5).
The Dukes wrapped up the year with a 14-2 overall record, falling just short in the national title game, 28-20, to North Dakota State. The Bison was ranked #1 after going 16-0 and winning their eighth title in nine years.
JMU won 14 straight games, the second-longest win streak in school history, on its way to winning the Colonial Athletic Association championship with an 8-0 conference record. It was JMU's third outright conference title in four years and the fourth overall conference crown since 2015.
The Dukes produced a program-record 10 All-Americans, headlined by Consensus All-American and Buck Buchanan Award runner-up Ron'Dell Carter. Other All-Americans included Liam Fornadel, John Daka, Ben DiNucci, Dimitri Holloway, Adam Smith, D'Angelo Amos, Percy Agyei-Obese, Mac Patrick and Ethan Ratke.
JMU finished the 2019 season ranking in the top five of 13 statistical categories, which included leading the FCS in total defense (270.2), first-down defense (14.56), completion percentage (.706), blocks (9) and fourth-down conversions (.889).
The Dukes also ranked second in third-down conversions (.536), third in scoring defense (15.7), scoring offense (40.0), rushing defense (74.8), third-down defense (.300) and first-down offense (24.81), fourth in pass efficiency (169.44) and fifth in team tackles for loss (8.5).
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