2010 James Madison

5–⁠5 (2–⁠5 Colonial Athletic Association). The season’s Wikipedia article records 6–⁠5, over 11 games to the 10 on file here.

Schedule and results

James Madison in 2010, game by game: won vs. Morehead State 48–7; won at No. 13 Virginia Tech 21–16; won vs. Liberty 10–3; lost vs. Delaware 10–13; lost vs. New Hampshire 14–28; lost at Villanova 7–14; lost vs. Massachusetts 14–21; lost vs. Richmond 10–13; won vs. William & Mary 30–24; won at Maine 14–10+41−14Won 48–7 vs. Morehead State+41Morehead StateWon 21–16 at No. 13 Virginia Tech+5No. 13 Virginia TechWon 10–3 vs. Liberty+7LibertyLost 10–13 vs. Delaware-3DelawareLost 14–28 vs. New Hampshire-14New HampshireLost 7–14 at Villanova-7VillanovaLost 14–21 vs. Massachusetts-7MassachusettsLost 10–13 vs. Richmond-3RichmondWon 30–24 vs. William & Mary+6William & MaryWon 14–10 at Maine+4Maine
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Maine 14–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Colonial Athletic Association.

In program history: The 21st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 39 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of James Madison’s 2010 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 9atTowsonW 17–⁠13Towson’s article, James Madison’s article
Record
5–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠5 9th in Colonial Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
178–⁠149
Coach
—
Elo
1414 +3 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.1 No. 9 of 124 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jeff Durden
Defensive coordinator
Kyle Gillenwater

Player leaders are hidden for this season: our source’s player stats for James Madison are missing players (they add up to less than 85% of the team’s passing or rushing yards).

2010 Colonial Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Delaware4–⁠28–⁠2
New Hampshire4–⁠27–⁠3
Richmond4–⁠26–⁠3
William & Mary4–⁠26–⁠4
Villanova4–⁠37–⁠4
Massachusetts4–⁠46–⁠5
Maine3–⁠34–⁠5
Rhode Island3–⁠34–⁠5
James Madison2–⁠55–⁠5
Towson0–⁠61–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.