James Madison loses second straight overtime game under Billy Napier
The James Madison Dukes football team dropped two consecutive overtime games after a seven-game winning streak to start the season.
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The James Madison Dukes football team dropped its second consecutive game in overtime, as reported by WRUF 98.1 FM and James Madison University Athletics. The losses came after the team started the season with seven straight wins under new head coach Billy Napier, Fox News reported. [1][2][3]
Fox News reported that James Madison blew large leads during both overtime losses. Following a recent loss, Napier refused to sing the school alma mater after fans left the game early, according to BroBible. [1][4]
Napier previously served as head coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 2018 to 2021 and at the University of Florida from 2022 to 2025 [7]. Fox News and Hail Florida Hail both noted that Florida Gators fans had previously warned James Madison about performance issues under Napier. [1][5][7]
The recent losses follow early season discussion of a potential College Football Playoff appearance for the program, according to Fox News. [1]
In short
- James Madison lost two consecutive football games in overtime.
- The Dukes had previously started the season with seven straight victories under head coach Billy Napier.
- Billy Napier coached the University of Florida from 2022 until 2025 before joining James Madison.
- Napier declined to sing the alma mater after fans departed during a recent loss.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]James Madison fans were warned about Billy Napier, now the chickens have come home to roostFox News, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Billy Napier’s James Madison Loses Second Straight in OvertimeWRUF 98.1 FM, 21h ago
- [3]Dukes Drop Second Straight in OT - James Madison University AthleticsJames Madison University Athletics, 1d ago
- [4]Billy Napier Refused To Sing Alma Mater After James Madison Crowd Bailed On Football Team During LossBroBible, 1d ago
- [5]JMU fans just got the Billy Napier experience Florida tried to warn them aboutHail Florida Hail, 21h ago
Background
- [6]James Madison on Wikipedia
- [7]Billy Napier on Wikipedia
- [8]James Madison on Grokipedia
- [9]Billy Napier on Grokipedia
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 9 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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