HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison football has announced a four-game, home-and-home series with Delaware between the 2027 and 2032 seasons.

The Dukes will travel to Newark, Del., to take on the Blue Hens on Sept. 18, 2027, and Sept. 13, 2031. JMU will host UD at Bridgeforth Stadium on Sept. 9, 2028, and Sept. 18, 2032.

JMU, which enters its third season in the Sun Belt Conference in 2024, has completed its reclassification to the Football Bowl Subdivision, while Delaware will join Conference USA and begin its reclassification next season.

The Dukes are no strangers with the Blue Hens, as the two teams have met 27 times previously. Delaware leads the all-time series 14-13, though JMU won five straight and seven of the last 10 matchups while both teams were FCS conference members in the Colonial Athletic Association.

To date, JMU has now announced 24 future non-conference games scheduled between 2024 and 2034.

Since moving up to FBS, JMU has gone 19-5, which included an 11-2 mark this past season. The Dukes have finished atop the Sun Belt East Division standings each season and competed in their first bowl game to cap off the 2023 campaign at the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.

James Madison Football Future Non-Conference Games
2024 Season
Aug. 31 – at Charlotte – Charlotte, N.C.
Sept. 7 – Gardner-Webb – Bridgeforth Stadium
Sept. 21 – at North Carolina – Chapel Hill, N.C.
Sept. 28 – Ball State – Bridgeforth Stadium

2025 Season
Aug. 30 – Tennessee Tech – Bridgeforth Stadium
Sept. 6 – at Louisville – Louisville, Ky.
Sept. 13 – Utah State – Bridgeforth Stadium

2026 Season
Sept. 19 – at Virginia Tech – Blacksburg, Va.
Nov. 14 – at UConn – Storrs, Conn.

2027 Season
Sept. 4 – at Maryland – College Park, Md.
Sept. 18 – at Delaware – Newark, Del.

2028 Season
Sept. 9 – Delaware – Bridgeforth Stadium
Sept. 16 – at Miami (Ohio) – Oxford, Ohio
Sept. 23 – at North Carolina – Chapel Hill, N.C.

2029 Season
Sept. 8 – at UCF – Orlando, Fla.
Sept. 15 – at Akron – Akron, Ohio
Sept. 22 – Charlotte – Bridgeforth Stadium

2030 Season
Sept. 14 – Akron – Bridgeforth Stadium
Sept. 21 – Norfolk State – Bridgeforth Stadium

2031 Season
Sept. 13 – at Delaware – Newark, Del.
Sept. 20 – Miami (Ohio) – Bridgeforth Stadium

2032 Season
Sept. 18 – Delaware – Bridgeforth Stadium

2033 Season
Sept. 17 – at Liberty – Lynchburg, Va.

2034 Season
Sept. 16 – Liberty – Bridgeforth Stadium

— JMU Athletics —