MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Some 232 years after James Madison helped pen the Constitution, the football team named in his honor will attempt re-writing the record book.
West Virginia has never lost to an FCS (Division I-AA) program. The Mountaineers are also one of 14 Power Five programs yet to lose to a non-Power Five program in the playoff era. But those distinctions will be put to the test when the Dukes visit Milan Puskar Stadium to open the 2019 season Saturday afternoon.
James Madison is the only program not named North Dakota State to win an FCS national championship in the past eight years, and that success has carried over when the Dukes play up a level.