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2021 ALL-CAA FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Greg Ross, James Madison, CB, Sr.,...Ross led the Dukes in interceptions, ranking tied for fourth in the conference with three picks. He was also fifth in passes defended, adding a team-high eight pass breakups. Ross tallied 25 total tackles in his 11 starts at cornerback. - James Madison Football

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CB Greg Ross, James Madison
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11/23/21 - Cole Johnson, rSr/2022, James Madison, 6-4, 220 (DS#16 QB) + More +

2021 CAA FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Cole Johnson, James Madison,...Johnson completed 233-of-342 passes for 2,953 yards and a school-record 32 touchdowns with only two interceptions. He also added 184 yards and 5 TD's on the ground. Johnson ranks third in the FCS in pass efficiency, fourth in completion percentage, sixth in passing touchdowns and 15th in both passing offense and total offense. A finalist for the Walter Payton Award as the nation's top offensive player, Johnson is the fourth JMU quarterback since 2015 to be chosen as the CAA Offensive Player of the Year. - CAA Football

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QB Cole Johnson, James Madison
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11/23/21 - Ethan Ratke, rSr/2022, James Madison, 5-09, 190 (DS#14 K) + More +

2021 CAA FOOTBALL SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Ethan Ratke, James Madison,...Ratke becomes just the second player to receive the Special Teams Player of the Year award in back-to-back seasons. He was 28-of-31 on field goals, breaking his own CAA single-season record and leading the nation in field goals. The senior set a new CAA single-game mark by making six field goals against William & Mary on November 13. Ratke became the NCAA's all-time leader in career field goals (100) and points by a kicker (525), and he ranks second in career points by any player in CAA history. - CAA Football

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K Ethan Ratke, James Madison
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11/23/21 - Jacob Dobbs, rSr/2025, James Madison, 5-11, 233 (DS#21 ILB) + More +

2021 PATRIOT LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Jacob Dobbs, Holy Cross, Jr., LB,...2021 Stats: 112 tackles (10.18 tackles/gm), 15.0 TFLs, 8.0 sacks, 3 pass breakups...Dobbs finished third in the Patriot League and 10th in the FCS in tackles per game (10.2) while leading the League in TFLs (15.0) and sacks (8.0)...The Buck Buchanan Award finalist led a Holy Cross defense that finished first in the League and second in the FCS in total defense (253.7), and 19th in the nation in scoring defense (19.0)...Dobbs received Stats Perform FCS National Defensive Player of the Week after finishing with 13 tackles, 4.0 TFL and 2.0 sacks in the Crusaders' win at Yale. He set a career-high with 21 tackles the following week in a win at Monmouth. - Patriot League Football

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ILB Jacob Dobbs, James Madison
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11/20/21 - Gabriel Hollingsworth, rSr/2025, James Madison, 6-2, 232 (DS#999 FB) + More +

Gabriel Hollingsworth and Bryson Canty wrapped touchdowns around a Will Allen interception early in the fourth quarter as Columbia broke open a tied game to defeat Cornell 34-26 on Saturday in the annual Empire State Bowl. The see-saw season finale was knotted at 19-19 when Hollingsworth scored on a 2-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter. Four plays later Allen intercepted a Richie Kenney pass, returning it 47 yards and setting up Canty's 6-yard TD catch from Joe Green, pushing the lead to 32-19. Allen had two of Columbia's five interceptions. Columbia (7-3, 4-3 Ivy League) intercepted Cornell's Jason Wang late in the fourth before the Big Red (2-8, 1-6) scored a final TD with 2:48 left in the game. The Lions made five interceptions of three Cornell quarterbacks. Devon Brewer rushed for 87 yards on 12 carries and a touchdown for Cornell, which saw Scott Lees kick four of four field goals. - AP College Football

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FB Gabriel Hollingsworth, James Madison
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11/20/21 - Cole Johnson, rSr/2022, James Madison, 6-4, 220 (DS#16 QB) + More +

Cole Johnson matched his school-record of six touchdown passes and James Madison beat Towson 56-10 on Saturday as the Dukes finished in a tie for the Colonial Athletic Association title. The Dukes (10-1, 7-1), ranked No. 2 in the FCS, share the league title with Villanova, which handed the Dukes their only loss, 28-27, this season. It's the sixth conference title in seven years for JMU. Johnson's six touchdowns gave him a school single-season record of 32. Three of them went to Antwane Wells Jr., a career-best for Wells - who had nine catches for 107 yards. Kris Thornton had 116 yards on five catches, including an 83-yard score - a career-long connection for both Thornton and Johnson. Johnson finished 21 of 25 for 363 yards. Solomon Vanhorse ran back the opening kickoff for a 94-yard touchdown. Jerry Howard Jr. had 30 carries for 162 yards rushing for Towson (4-8, 3-6). - AP College Football

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QB Cole Johnson, James Madison
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11/20/21 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2026, James Madison, 6-2, 216 (DS#58 QB) + More +

Marco Siderman threw for two touchdowns and Kamryn Molton returned an interception 45 yards for a score as Holy Cross rolled past Bucknell, 45-6 on Saturday to sweep its Patriot League schedule. The Crusaders (9-2) claimed their third straight Patriot League title and advance to the FCS playoffs. Matthew Sluka got the Crusaders on the board with 6:16 left in the first quarter on a four-yard toss to Tenio Ayeni and Peter Oliver made it 14-0, punching in from the 1 on the final play of the first quarter. Siderman threw both of his touchdowns to Justin Shorter, the first a 36-yard connection to make it 20-0. Molton picked off an Ethan Grady pass with 3:30 left to go in the second quarter and Derek Ng added a 36-yard field goal before intermission. Jonathan Abrams carried 10 times for 80 yards to lead a Holy Cross ground game that rolled to 301 yards. - AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, James Madison
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11/13/21 - Ethan Ratke, rSr/2022, James Madison, 5-09, 190 (DS#14 K) + More +

Ethan Ratke kicked a school-record six field goals and set two NCAA records in James Madison's 32-22 victory over William & Mary on Saturday. Ratke reached 100 career field goals, extending his own FCS record and breaking the NCAA record of 96 held by Arizona State's Zane Gonzalez (2013-16). With the six field goals and two PATs Saturday he has 517 points, passing Oklahoma's Austin Seibert (499 points, 2015-18) on the all-time scoring list for a kicker. The Dukes built a 23-0 lead midway through the third quarter behind three Ratke field goals, Cole Johnson's 3-yard TD pass to Kris Thornton and Johnson's 2-yard run.

The Tribe (6-4, 4-3 Colonial Athletic Association) scored on a 53-yard run by Malachi Imoh and a 46-yarder by Bronson Yoder to cut the deficit to eight early in the fourth quarter but three more Ratke field goals put the game out of reach. The Dukes (9-1, 6-1), who have won five straight and are ranked second in the FCS coaches poll, are tied for first with Villanova in the CAA with one regular-season game remaining. The Dukes, who lost to Villanova 28-27, will play at Delaware in next Saturday. - AP College Football

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K Ethan Ratke, James Madison
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11/13/21 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2026, James Madison, 6-2, 216 (DS#58 QB) + More +

Matthew Sluka threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more and Holy Cross scored the last 35 points of the game to rout Fordham 52-24 on Saturday in a showdown for first place in the Patriot League. Jordan Fuller scored on a 1-yard run 15 seconds before halftime to pull the Crusaders (8-2, 5-0) into a tie at 24, and on their first possession after halftime, he added another 1-yard plunge to start the route. He ended the scoring with a 4-yard TD. Sluka scored on a 1-yard run and a 15-yard scamper and connected with Tenio Ayeni for 54 yards, and Jalen Coker for 42, as the Crusaders won their third-straight league title. Sluka was 11 of 18 for 272 yards and ran it 16 times for 104 yards. Tim Demorat threw for 223 yards and two touchdowns for the Rams (6-4, 4-1), who had their six-game winning streak end. - AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, James Madison
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11/06/21 - Cole Johnson, rSr/2022, James Madison, 6-4, 220 (DS#16 QB) + More +

Cole Johnson threw for four touchdowns, Kris Thornton caught four TDs and James Madison beat Campbell 51-14 on Saturday. Johnson and Thornton connected on three touchdown passes. Johnson finished with 259 yards on 11-of-21 passing while Thornton made eight catches for 142 yards. The Dukes (8-1) led 10-7 after the first quarter then scored 17 second-quarter points, two on Johnson-to-Thornton passes, to lead 26-7 at halftime. By the time Johnson added an 8-yard scoring run midway through the third quarter, the Dukes were up 36-7.

Hajj-Malik Williams was 19 of 33 for 268 yards passing and two touchdowns for the Fighting Camels (4-6), both to Caleb Snead, who had 198 yards on 11 catches, both single-game school records. Snead also set school records with single-season receptions (63) and career TD catches (25). Campbell lost three fumbles, two leading to Dukes scores. Before the game, James Madison, ranked third in the FCS coaches poll, announced it would be leaving the Colonial Athletic Association to move up to the FBS and join the Sun Belt Conference. After this season, the Dukes will go through a two-year transition to the FBS and join the Sun Belt no later than July 1, 2023. The Dukes' withdrawal from the CAA is effective June 30, 2022, the CAA said. JMU won the national FCS title in 2016 and reached the championship game twice since. - AP College Football

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QB Cole Johnson, James Madison
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10/31/21 - Dylan Morris, rSr/2025, James Madison, 6-0, 202 (DS#34 QB) + More +

Dylan Morris threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Jalen McMillan with 21 seconds remaining, lifting Washington past Stanford 20-13 on Saturday night. Sean McGrew ran for 114 yards on 19 carries to pace Washington's best game of the year running the ball. Cameron Davis added 99 yards on 18 attempts to help the Huskies (4-4, 3-2 Pac-12) pile up a season-high 229 yards on the ground. Peyton Henry matched his career-high with four field goals.

Afterward, loud music blared from Washington's locker room as the Huskies celebrated their first win in Stanford since 2007. "That feeling right there is just going to give us so much more confidence," Morris said. "That's the resilience we have on this team. We harped on all this week details and coming out with energy and starting fast. That definitely showed in this game." Stanford has lost three straight since knocking off then-No. 3 Oregon. "Not the way we wanted to come out after the bye," Stanford coach David Shaw said. "Honestly (we) played defense good the entire game but once again it comes down to two minutes and we couldn't get the stop to end the game. That's how you lose." The Cardinal (3-5, 2-4) trailed most of the game before scoring 10 points in the fourth quarter to take a brief lead. Quarterback Tanner McKee scored on a 1-yard dive and Joshua Karty kicked a 43-yard field goal that put Stanford up 13-12. The Huskies turned the ball over on downs on its ensuing possession but forced a three-and-out to get the ball back with 2:51 remaining. - Washington/AP College Football

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QB Dylan Morris, James Madison
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10/30/21 - Cole Johnson, rSr/2022, James Madison, 6-4, 220 (DS#16 QB) + More +

Cole Johnson threw a school-record six touchdown passes and James Madison beat Elon 45-21 on Saturday to take over first place in the Colonial Athletic Association. The victory gave the Dukes (7-1, 5-1) the conference lead over William & Mary and Villanova, both 4-1. The Tribe defeated the Wildcats 31-18 on Saturday. Johnson's six touchdown passes broke a school record he shared with three other Dukes. Four of his touchdown passes came in a 28-point second quarter when the Dukes went out at front 35-14 at halftime. His sixth TD, a 31-yarder to Devin Ravenel late in the third quarter made it 45-14. Johnson finished 22 of 25 for 307 yards. Antwane Wells Jr. had two of the TD catches and finished with 114 yards on eight grabs for James Madison, ranked fifth in the FCS coaches poll. Bryson Daughtry had seven catches for a career-high 112 yards and a score for the Phoenix (4-4, 3-2). - James Madison/AP College Football

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QB Cole Johnson, James Madison
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10/30/21 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2026, James Madison, 6-2, 216 (DS#58 QB) + More +

Marco Siderman threw for a touchdown and ran for another in a five-minute span in the second quarter and Holy Cross beat Lehigh 31-12 on Saturday. Siderman threw a 36-yard score to Jalen Coker with 5:39 left in the first half to give the Crusaders (6-2. 3-0 Patriot League) a 7-3 lead. After Holy Cross' defense stuffed the Mountain Hawks with a three-and-out that generated no yards, Siderman led an 11-play, 63-yard drive that ended with his 1-yard scoring run with 47 seconds left before intermission. Following Tommy Lewis' blocked punt on the Crusaders' Patrick Haughney, Dante Perri threw a 9-yard score to Jalen Burbage to reduce Lehigh's deficit to 14-12. Matthew Sluka's 7-yard touchdown run with 13:52 left to play sealed it. Sluka finished with two rushing touchdowns. Perri threw for 137 yards and a touchdown. Lehigh (0-8, 0-3) has lost 15 straight. The Patriots' last win was in a 27-24 contest against Georgetown on Oct. 26, 2019. - AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, James Madison
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10/24/21 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2026, James Madison, 6-2, 216 (DS#58 QB) + More +

Matthew Sluka ran for 114 yards and two touchdowns, Peter Oliver added a career-high 153 yards rushing and a score, and Holy Cross beat Colgate 42-10 on Saturday night. Oliver scored on a 22-yard run to cap a six-play, 75-yard opening drive and after Colgate went three-and-out, Tyler Purdy ran up the middle and lunged over the goal line for a 4-yard touchdown to give Holy Cross (5-2, 3-0 Patriot League) a 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter.

Senior kicker Derek Ng attempted his first career pass late in the third quarter when he took a direct snap on a fake field goal and rolled out to his right before he hit Cullen Honohan with a 9-yard touchdown to make it 35-10. Colgate (2-6, 1-1) was limited to 170 total yards and committed four turnovers. Senior Grant Breneman completed 3 of 9 passes for 38 yards with an interception and freshman Michael Brescia - who has seen his playing time increase as the season endured - was 2-of-7 passing for 21 yards and threw two interceptions. Sluka was 7-of-12 passing for 62 yards with an interception and Marco Siderman, who shares time at quarterback, completed 7 of 11 for 42 yards for Holy Cross. - AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, James Madison
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10/23/21 - Ethan Ratke, rSr/2022, James Madison, 5-09, 190 (DS#14 K) + More +

Ethan Ratke kicked a school record five field goals to back a sturdy defense and James Madison smothered Delaware 22-10 on Saturday. Ratke had kicks of 30, 37 and 47 yards but the Dukes trailed 10-9 at the half. Ryan Coe had a 51-yard field goal for the Blue Hens and Zach Gwynn found James Collins for a 26-yard touchdown. Ratke booted another 47-yarder, which is his career long, on the initial drive of the second half and Cole Johnson scored on a 36-yard run, the longest of his career, late in the third quarter. Radke's last field goal was 42 yards and was the 90th of his career. James Madison (6-1, 4-1 Colonial Athletic Association), ranked seventh in the FCS coaches poll, held the Blue Hens (3-4, 2-3), ranked 23rd, to 109 yards of total offense, 25 in the second half. Delaware turned the ball over three times and James Madison had the ball for 11 more minutes, getting off 28 more plays. - James Madison/AP College Football

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K Ethan Ratke, James Madison
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