Rhode Island at James Madison Gameday Thread

[Jim Sacco]

Have the MadiZone open on one screen, and the Daily News-Record's gameday thread open on the other to talk about the Dukes as they play Rhode Island.

It goes live, right here, in two-plus hours. You in? Of course you are.

 

[Jim Sacco]

We're up and running for today's Rhode Island at James Madison football thread.
Got questions or comments from the game, post them right here.
Need your Twitter fix? You can follow JMU football writer Greg Madia at here. Or follow me here. Or give our DN-R Sports account a follow.

 

[Jim Sacco]

Per @JMUFootball, RB Abdullah's 2,723 career yards are 5th all-time at school. He's 60 shy of moving to 4th. Guessing he'll get that today.

 

[Jim Sacco]

Rhode Islands wins toss, defers. JMU will receive the opening kick for the eighth straight game. True story.

 

[Jim Sacco]

JMU game captains today: Steele, Kirsch, Davis & Wellons.

 

[Jim Sacco]

Bounce, bounce, touchdown: Abdullah. 12th rushing TD of the season, 31 of his career. Tied for 3rd all-time for @JMUFootball.

 

[Jim Sacco]

5-yard TD from Johnson, his 7th of the season, 17th of career and @JMUFootball back on the board. XP makes it 14-0 with 5:34 in the opening quarter. Eight-play, 72-yard scoring drive.

 

[Jim Sacco]

DYK: That's the sixth time @JMUFootball's Johnson and Abdullah have scored TDs in the same game.

 

[Jim Sacco]

Wide open. Over the middle. Schor connects with Davis for 58-yard scoring strike. 3-play, 69-yd, 66-second scoring drive. 21-0 JMU with 3:30 left to play in opening quarter.

 

[Jim Sacco]

Big punt return by Davis, and @JMUFootball has fantastic field position on @RhodyFootball's 36. And Johnson, 1 play later, runs it in.
So, yeah, it's 28-0 ... and there's still 2:20 left to play ... in the first quarter.

 

[Jim Sacco]

Schor completes his 12th straight pass to start the game. It’s a 5-yard TD pass to Abdullah. JMU up 35-0 w/12:49 to go in the 2nd.

 

[Jim Sacco]

Cooper returns the ensuing kickoff 99 yards and @RhodyFootball is on the board. Ties record return against JMU set in 2001 by Villanova's Brian Westbrook.

 

[Jim Sacco]

Raven Greene just INT’d Jordan Vazzano then returned it for a TD. JMU leads 42-7 w/10:10 to go in 2nd. Second INT return for a score in his JMU career. Got one on Halloween 2015 against William & Mary.

 

[Jim Sacco]

And JMU's Abdullah now fourth all-time in career rushing yards at school with 2,792. R.E. Lee-Staunton grad grad Daquan Scott with 3,332.

 

[Jim Sacco]

No surprises here, but it's getting ugly.
Bryan Schor to Dan Schiele for an 8-yard TD pass. JMU leads 49-7 w/39 seconds to go in the first half.

 

[Jim Sacco]

First-half stats:
RUSHING-Abdullah 14-74, TD; Johnson 3-44, 2 TDs.
RECEIVING-Ravenel 5-97; Davis 4-89, TD; Abdullah 3-17, TD.
PASSING-Schor 16-17-0-257, 3 TDs.

 

[Jim Sacco]

And another TD pass by Schor, who connects for the second time today with Schiele for a score. Second straight 4 TD game for Schor.

 

[Jim Sacco]

With Hunter Etheridge entering the game, @JMUFootball QB Schor heads to sideline with a 21-for-22, 309 yard, 5 TD stat line. After 3 quarters it's JMU 70, Rhode Island 7.