Then in 2022, JMU climbed to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and Group of 5 conference level — still looking up at the power-conference penthouse, but at least in the building — and thrived.

The Dukes began summer workouts shortly after Memorial Day. Head coach Bob Chesney says this time of year includes a lot of ...

Bourne and the JMU administration had been thinking about a move to FBS as far back as 15 years. In 2012, they commissioned a study to weigh how feasible such a move might be.

(© razihusin – stock.adobe.com) Liberty and JMU announced Friday that they have added four future dates to their respective schedules, with the first game of the series set for the 2025 season ...

Game times and network designations for James Madison’s first two football games and its Thursday night home game in October were announced by ESPN and the Sun Belt Conference.

The James Madison football team is undefeated but ineligible to play in the postseason. It’s long past time for the NCAA to fix that.

— JMU Football (@JMUFootball) September 9, 2023. But JMU was uniquely ready. It was one of the best football programs in the FCS, with five top-three finishes from 2016 through 2021 and an ...

JMU football rose two spots in the latest AP Top 25 rankings to No. 23 this week after posting its 11th straight victory, a 30-27 win over Old Dominion.

James Madison University has named Bob Chesney, who guided the Holy Cross football team to a record five straight Patriot League championships in his six seasons at HC, its new coach.

At 9-0 in their second year of a two-year transition period from FCS to FBS, James Madison again appealed to the NCAA for relief that would allow the Dukes to play in the postseason.