Delaware–James Madison football rivalry

**Delaware – James Madison Rivalry**

Teams	Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens James Madison Dukes
First Meeting	October 29, 1983 Delaware 26, James Madison 23
Most Recent Meeting	October 1, 2016 James Madison 43, Delaware 20
Series	Delaware leads, 14–10

The rivalry^[1] between the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens and the James Madison Dukes is a matchup between two similarly sized schools in the Colonial Athletic Association. Previously, it was a divisional game in the CAA South, and conference game in the Yankee Conference and Atlantic 10 beginning with the Dukes entry in 1993. During this period, the teams have combined for two National Championships (Delaware in 2003, James Madison in 2004), two National Runners-up (Delaware in 2007 and 2010), and ten Conference Championships (Delaware in 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, and 2010, and James Madison in 1999, 2004, 2008, and 2015).

Game results

Delaware victories	James Madison victories

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 29, 1983	Harrisonburg, VA	Delaware	26–23
2	September 8, 1984	Newark, DE	Delaware	32–3
3	November 30, 1991	Newark, DE	James Madison	42–35^2OT
4	October 9, 1993	Harrisonburg, VA	James Madison	42–38
5	October 8, 1994	Newark, DE	James Madison	30–10
6	October 21, 1995	Harrisonburg, VA	Delaware	48–19
7	October 26, 1996	Newark, DE	Delaware	27–13
8	October 18, 1997	Harrisonburg, VA	Delaware	49–27
9	November 21, 1998	Newark, DE	Delaware	28–14
10	September 25, 1999	Harrisonburg, VA	James Madison	21–7
11	October 28, 2000	Newark, DE	Delaware	33–14
12	November 3, 2001	Harrisonburg, VA	Delaware	28–3
13	October 12, 2002	Newark, DE	Delaware	23–10

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
14	November 6, 2004	Harrisonburg, VA	James Madison	20–13
15	October 22, 2005	Newark, DE	Delaware	34–28
16	November 4, 2006	Harrisonburg, VA	James Madison	44–24
17	November 3, 2007	Newark, DE	Delaware	37–34
18	November 1, 2008	Harrisonburg, VA	James Madison	41–7
19	October 31, 2009	Newark, DE	James Madison	20–8
20	October 2, 2010	Harrisonburg, VA	Delaware	13–10
21	September 28, 2013	Newark, DE	Delaware	29–22
22	September 27, 2014	Harrisonburg, VA	Delaware	30–23^OT
23	November 14, 2015	Newark, DE	James Madison	24–21
24	October 1, 2016	Harrisonburg, VA	James Madison	43–20
Series: Delaware leads 14–10

References

↑ Tresolini, Kevin (September 21, 2013). "Blue Hens-Seahawks Quick Hits". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. Retrieved September 23, 2013. James Madison, traditionally one of Delaware’s primary league rivals, visits for a 7 p.m. kickoff.

Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football

Venues	Frazer Field (1913–1940) Wilmington Park (1940–1952) Delaware Stadium (1952–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Battle of the Blue (Villanova) James Madison Route 1 Rivalry (Delaware State) West Chester William & Mary

Culture & lore	YoUDee "The Delaware Fight Song" University of Delaware Marching Band Winged football helmet

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

James Madison Dukes football

Venues	Bridgeforth Stadium and Zane Showker Field (1975–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Delaware William & Mary

Culture & lore	Duke Dog Marching Royal Dukes "JMU Fight Song"

People	Mike Houston Head coaches

Seasons	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Colonial Athletic Association football rivalries

Conference	Albany–Stony Brook Battle of the Blue (Delaware–Villanova) Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket (Maine–New Hampshire) Capital Cup (Richmond–William & Mary) Delaware–James Madison Delaware–William & Mary James Madison–William & Mary

Non-conference	Brown–Rhode Island Connecticut–Rhode Island Dartmouth–New Hampshire Route 1 Rivalry (Delaware–Delaware State) Delaware–West Chester Colonial Clash (Massachusetts–New Hampshire) Richmond–VMI Mayor's Cup (Temple–Villanova) VMI–William & Mary

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