Coastal Carolina vs. James Madison

Coastal Carolina and James Madison first met in 2005 and have played 6 times; James Madison leads the series 5–⁠1. Over the last 6 meetings it’s James Madison 5–⁠1, and James Madison has won the last 5.

Coastal Carolina wins
1
James Madison wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
2005
Longest streak
5 James Madison
Current streak
5 James Madison
Last 10 meetings
James Madison 5–⁠1
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s1–⁠1
2020s0–⁠4
Average margin
33.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Coastal Carolina
1–⁠2 Coastal Carolina’s record at home
At James Madison
3–⁠0 James Madison’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Coastal Carolina’s biggest win2005: Coastal Carolina 31, James Madison 27by 4 points
  2. James Madison’s biggest win2025: James Madison 59, Coastal Carolina 10by 49 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Coastal Carolina and James Madison, 2005 on13001500170020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

On television

2025ESPNU0.0 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Nov 28, 2026Coastal Carolina at James Madison upcomingat James Madison
Nov 29, 202520James Madison 59, Coastal Carolina 10at Coastal Carolina
Oct 10, 2024James Madison 39, Coastal Carolina 7at James Madison
Nov 25, 202324James Madison 56, Coastal Carolina 14at Coastal Carolina
Nov 26, 2022James Madison 47, 23Coastal Carolina 7at James Madison
Sep 22, 2007James Madison 45, Coastal Carolina 10at James Madison
Sep 10, 2005Coastal Carolina 31, James Madison 27at Coastal Carolina

Every game is listed as played on the field.