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Athletic Association
  • NAA
  • NCAA
Athletic Division NCAA Division I-AA
Athletic Conferences Football: Colonial Athletic Association
Basketball: Colonial Athletic Association
School Colors Purple and gold
School Nickname Duke Dog
Men Playing Varsity Sports 260 - 4%
Women Playing Varsity Sports 247 - 2%
Students Receiving Athletic Financial Aid Football: 82
Basketball: 28
Baseball: 30
Cross Country/Track: 37
Other Sports: 116
Graduation Rates of Athletic Financial Aid Recipients Football: 70%
Basketball: 60%
Baseball: 33%
Cross Country/Track: 78%
Other Sports: 74%

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

JMU athletics aren't known worldwide for its talent and success. However, students agree that they can still have school spirit without a winning team. Homecoming at JMU is a riot and a source of plenty of purple and gold pride, even if the home football team may score more bruises than points. Older students take a bittersweet trip down memory lane, remembering the days when the football team was worth writing home about. Younger students, however, have developed a grudging fondness for their win-challenged Duke Dogs.

If you really need to root for a team that wins once in a while, follow water polo, archery, or one of the other surprisingly talented but less-mainstream teams at JMU. Or better yet, form your own team. JMU has the facilities, the manpower, and the fan base to create a largely popular and successful intramural infrastructure. So hop on the bandwagon. You could even give your soon-to-be-wildly-successful team a more ferocious name than the Duke Dogs. Maybe something large that clobbers or claws, instead of a small canine that runs around and growls.

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Athletics at James Madison University

ohmydarling1

Nursing '15

4.6
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Team Spirit

Basketball and especially football are the most popular on campus to go watch. The support is amazing with tickets getting sold out every football game for students. The stands are always full of purple and gold spirit every game.

Mar 10, 2012

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morty18

Computer Systems '15

3.5
B

Football Football Football

WE just built a massive Division I sized stadium for our hopeful future Division I football team. We spend most of our money on that because we are terrible at basketball and soccer which we are good at doesn't cost that much money.

Mar 09, 2012

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johansla

Biotechnology '15

4.2
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Not the Best, but Fun

Our football team has been doing better, but we're not going to be in a Bowl. Our men's basketball team is a joke; go see the women's, they do amazing.

We're crazy at games--everyone "purples out" and is coated in rally beaads and banners. They suoply streamers at the games for touchdowns, and we go nuts. It's a great time, and student tix are free!

The stadium is great, newly renovated. Not as big as other schools, but it works for us. The facilities are great- UREC is amazing. IM and club sports are huge, and we've got a wide variety.

Mar 09, 2012

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User rating for James Madison University - Athletics is 4.6 out of 5 based on 33 user reviews.

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Facts

Men's Varsity Sports
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Tennis
Women's Varsity Sports
  • Basketball
  • Field hockey
  • Golf
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming and diving
  • Tennis
  • Track and field
  • Volleyball
Intramurals
  • Basketball
  • Dodgeball
  • Field hockey
  • Flag football
  • Floor hockey
  • Inner tube water polo
  • Racquetball
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Street hockey
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Whiffleball
Club Sports
  • Archery
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Bhangra
  • Boarderline
  • Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
  • Caving
  • Cheerleading
  • Crew
  • Cross country
  • Cycling
  • Equestrian
  • Fencing
  • Field hockey
  • Gymnastics
  • Ice hockey
  • Lacrosse
  • Madison dance
  • Paintball
  • Roller hockey
  • Rugby
  • Skiing
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Swing dance
  • Table tennis
  • Tae Kwon Do
  • Tennis
  • Track
  • Triathalon
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Volleyball
  • Water polo
  • Wrestling
Athletic Fields & Facilities
  • Bridgeforth Stadium
  • Convocation Center
  • Godwin Hall
  • Marilyn Crawford Fitness Center in Godwin
  • The Robert & Frances Plecker Athletic Performance Center
  • UREC

Most Popular Sports

Aside from the usual basketball, football, and soccer, the rugby and intramural teams are popular to watch or participate in.

Most Overlooked Teams

Archery and water polo

School Spirit

Plenty of students boast T-shirts reading, “I Bleed Purple,” “JMU Dukes,” or “Madison.” These paraphernalia signify that, although JMU's football team may not always win and its status will never be akin to that of Yale or Harvard, JMU students are proud to be Madison students. Walking on campus, you can feel that students are proud to be one of nearly 15,000 who call JMU home. Turnout at football games, regardless of the scores, is impressive; clubs and organizations are added to the roster every year, in addition to countless more intramural teams. Students come to mingle and to socialize. Madison is a friendly school where students are involved in their campus and community. Whether it is politically, musically, journalistically, athletically, or socially, the bottom line is that JMU kids want to be associated with their University. Each year, competition for admission to James Madison University becomes more intense and more competitive because the school radiates a positive energy that is hard to ignore.

Getting Tickets

Hop over to the Athletic Ticket Office to snag tickets for your favorite JMU sports. The ticket office is located in the D entrance of the JMU Convocation Center and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Worry, but not too much, about getting tickets for football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, or soccer. Admission to all other home sporting events is free for students.

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The Arboretum

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