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With the game all square at , the Mountaineers nailed a yard field goal with to play to take a lead. JMU added a field goal later in the fourth and forced WVU into a punt with 58 seconds to play, but was unable to muster a game-tying scoring drive to fall by a score.

The Dukes dominated the line of scrimmage, holding the Mountaineers to only 34 rushing yards and 1. JMU also produced eight tackles for loss, led by 2. Redshirt senior linebacker Dimitri Holloway paced the defense with 13 tackles 8 solo , while six others tallied four tackles. The Dukes ran for yards, led by redshirt freshman running back Solomon Vanhorse , who had 12 carries for 55 yards and his first college touchdown.

Redshirt senior quarterback Ben DiNucci had yards of offense, going of for yards, adding 36 more on the ground. Two receivers tied for team-high honors, with four receptions, as redshirt senior Brandon Polk had 66 yards and redshirt sophomore Kyndel Dean had 63, which included a team-long, yard grab. The Dukes got on the board first, taking a lead with left in the first on a nine-yard touchdown by Vanhorse, capping a seven-play, yard drive. The Mountaineer defense would hold JMU without an offensive touchdown as their ten points came in the second half on a field goal and fumble recovery.

Mountaineer kicker Brad Cooper would punch a 48 yarder through late in the third while Marshall and Henry linked up for another short TD.

Following this game, the two teams would go on wildly different journeys through the rest of the season. WVU stayed at number 6 the following week but were upset by a then unranked Virginia Tech team that would go on to finish tenth in the AP Poll.

The Mountaineers rattled off four straight wins in the following weeks, reaching as high as number 13 but would hit the skids down the stretch. WVU would drop a decision to Florida State and finished They would rise slowly into the Top 10 in I-AA, finishing the regular season with a stout record of This granted them a berth in the Division I-AA playoffs and a first round matchup with Lehigh who they knocked off Matched up with Montana, they would win a tightly competitive game to capture their first national championship in school history.

Bailey and Austin each hit double figures in catches and triple digits in receiving yards as the Mountaineers ran up 42 points in just over three quarters. The defense was stifling, holding the Dukes to just 12 points with two coming on a safety in addition to a field goal and garbage time touchdown.

The Mountaineers came out flaming hot that season, starting out before it all went sideways. Blowout losses to Texas Tech and Kansas State snowballed into five defeats in a row as the defense gave up Wins over Iowa State and Kansas closed the year at before a loss to Syracuse in a miserable Pinstripe Bowl left a sour taste over the entire season. What started out as one of the most promising seasons in school history, ended up as one of the most disappointing.

That JMU team would not replicate the success of their predecessors who had first faced the Mountaineers in , closing out and missing the FCS playoffs. One of those came against a JMU team that went on to win a national championship. Log into your account. Forgot your password? Create an account. Sign up. Password recovery. Recover your password. Get help. This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated by JAL. Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 of 2 total.

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