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  Saturday, Sep. 25 6:00pm ET
James Madison 21, Delaware 7
 
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HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) _ Curtis Keaton rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown and Mark Coates returned a fumble 94 yards for another score Saturday as James Madison beat Delaware 21-7 to win its third straight conference game.

The Dukes (3-1, 3-0 Atlantic 10) won despite finishing with just 172 offensive yards to Delaware's 352. James Madison finished with just 103 rushing yards and 69 passing yards while Delaware, ranked No.7 in I-AA, got 187 yards on the ground and 165 in the air.

Coates returned the fumble late in the first quarter as James Madison jumped ahead to a 6-0 lead. Charles Berry hit Ernest Payton with a 46-yard TD pass about two minutes later and Berry found Marc Bacote for the two-point conversion.

Keaton scored on a 23-yard run in the third quarter. Berry, 7-of-15, passed for 103 yards for the Dukes.

Delaware's only touchdown came on Chris Cummings' two-yard run in the third quarter. James O'Neal led Delaware (3-1, 2-1) with 84 yards rushing and Cummings rushed for 30 yards.

The win is James Madison's first win in five games against Delaware.

 


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