2017 Colonial Athletic Association football season

The 2017 Colonial Athletic Association football season was the 11th season of football for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and part of the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

2017 CAA football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Championship
Sport	Football
Duration	August 27, 2017 – November 18, 2017
Number of teams	12

2017 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 James Madison $^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 11 Stony Brook ^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 20 Elon ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 12 New Hampshire ^		5	–	3					9	–	5
Delaware		5	–	3					7	–	4
Richmond		4	–	4					6	–	5
Towson		3	–	5					5	–	6
Villanova		3	–	5					5	–	6
Maine		3	–	5					4	–	6
Albany		2	–	6					4	–	7
Rhode Island		2	–	6					3	–	8
William & Mary		0	–	8					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

Main article: 2016 Colonial Athletic Association football season

Head coaches

Team	Coach	Season	Overall Record	Record at School	CAA Record
Albany	Greg Gattuso	4th	114–49 (.699)	17–17 (.500)	9–15 (.375)
Delaware	Danny Rocco	1st	90–42 (.682)	0–0 (–)	26–14 (.650)
Elon	Curt Cignetti	1st	53–17 (.757)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
James Madison	Mike Houston	2nd	57–20 (.740)	14–1 (.933)	8–0 (1.000)
Maine	Joe Harasymiak	2nd	6–5 (.545)	6–5 (.545)	5–3 (.625)
New Hampshire	Sean McDonnell	19th	141–83 (.629)	141–83 (.629)	90–57 (.612)
Rhode Island	Jim Fleming	4th	25–31 (.446)	4–30 (.118)	3–21 (.125)
Richmond	Russ Huesman	1st	59–37 (.615)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Stony Brook	Chuck Priore	12th	106–67 (.613)	67–58 (.536)	14–18 (.438)
Towson	Rob Ambrose	9th	50–55 (.476)	47–48 (.495)	32–34 (.485)
Villanova	Mark Ferrante	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
William & Mary	Jimmye Laycock	38th	243–180–2 (.574)	243–180–2 (.574)	109–85 (.562)

Records are from before start of 2017 season

Preseason poll results

First place votes in parentheses

Place	School
1	James Madison (21)
2	Richmond (3)
3	Villanova
4	New Hampshire
5	Delaware
6	Albany
7	William & Mary
8	Stony Brook
9	Maine
10	Towson
11	Elon
12	Rhode Island

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Rankings

Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Receiving votes

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
Albany	S	24	RV	RV	RV	19	24	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV		RV	22	RV	RV	RV
Delaware	S	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C		RV					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Elon	S				RV	23	18	16	14	10	7	7	11	15	20
	C					RV	23	20	15	11	10	9	15	17	21
James Madison	S	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
	C	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Maine	S	RV	RV	RV	RV						RV
	C
New Hampshire	S	13	12	9	15	15	13	12	18	17	21	18	16	21	12
	C	16	12	11	16	14	13	12	18	16	19	16	14	20	15
Rhode Island	S		RV
	C
Richmond	S	7	9	8	8	16	14	13	11	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	7	9	T-6	6	15	14	13	10	17	RV	RV	RV	RV
Stony Brook	S	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	22	22	14	12	10	10	11
	C				RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	21	15	12	11	11
Towson	S				RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Villanova	S	10	6	7	7	14	12	11	15	13	20	RV
	C	9	8	8	8	17	15	14	16	15	20	RV
William & Mary	S	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
CAA member won
CAA member lost
CAA teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Rankings reflect that of the STATS FCS poll for that week.

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
August 31	7:00 pm	Delaware State	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE		W 22–3	18,040	[2]
August 31	7:00 pm	Elon	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	ESPN3	L 13–47	22,104	[3]
August 31	7:00 pm	Maine	No. 13 New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH		UNH 24–23	15,854	[4]
August 31	7:00 pm	Rhode Island	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN3	L 27–30 (3OT)	16,311	[5]
September 1	7:00 pm	No. 7 Richmond	No. 3 Sam Houston State	McLane Stadium • Waco, TX	ESPN3	L 34–48	8,048	[6]
September 2	12:30 pm	No. 10 Villanova	No. 17 Lehigh	Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA		W 38–35	5,816	[7]
September 2	3:30 pm	William & Mary	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ESPN3	L 10–28	38,828	[8]
September 2	4:00 pm	Stony Brook	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN3	L 17–31	26,460	[9]
September 2	6:00 pm	No. 24 Albany	Old Dominion	Foreman Field at S. B. Ballard Stadium • Norfolk, VA	ESPN3	L 17–31	20,118	[10]
September 2	6:00 pm	No. 1 James Madison	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN3	W 34–14	40,169	[11]
September 2	6:00 pm	Morgan State	Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD		W 10–0	6,563	[12]

Players of the week:^[13]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Cardon Johnson	James Madison	Kyre Hawkins	James Madison	Bryce Carter	Towson	Andrew Trent	Stony Brook

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 9	noon	Towson	Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD	BTN	L 17–63	37,105	[14]
September 9	1:00 pm	Albany	Morgan State	Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD		W 26–0	3,789	[15]
September 9	1:00 pm	Elon	Furman	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC		W 34–31	6,342	[16]
September 9	1:00 pm	Stony Brook	Rhode Island	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI		SBU 35–18	5,102	[17]
September 9	1:00 pm	No. 9 Richmond	Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium • Hamilton, NY	Stadium	W 20–17	6,994	[18]
September 9	3:30 pm	Delaware	No. 18 (FBS) Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ACCN Extra	L 0–27	62,526	[19]
September 9	3:30 pm	Bryant	Maine	Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME	WVII; WFVX; WPME	W 60–12	6,313	[20]
September 9	3:30 pm	No. 6 Villanova	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN3	L 13–16	35,117	[21]
September 9	4:00 pm	No. 12 New Hampshire	Georgia Southern	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 22–12	3,387	[22]
September 9	6:00 pm	East Tennessee State	No. 1 James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA		W 52–10	24,722
September 9	6:00 pm	William & Mary	Norfolk State	William "Dick" Price Stadium • Norfolk, VA		W 20–6	7,615	[23]

Players of the week:^[24]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Josh Mack	Maine	Andrew Clyde Jae'Wuan Horton	Richmond New Hampshire	Davis Cheek	Elon	Owen Johnson	Elon

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 16	1:00 pm	Harvard	Rhode Island	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI		W 17–10	3,812	[25]
September 16	1:05 pm	No. 9 New Hampshire	Holy Cross	Fitton Field • Worcester, MA		L 26–51	7,906	[26]
September 16	2:00 pm	Howard	No. 8 Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	CSN+	W 68–21	8,217	[27]
September 16	3:30 pm	Cornell	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE		W 41–14	14,714	[28]
September 16	3:30 pm	Norfolk State	No. 1 James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA		W 75–14	23,118	[29]
September 16	6:00 pm	Sacred Heart	Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY		W 45–7	8,102	[30]
September 16	6:00 pm	Lafayette	No. 7 Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA		W 59–0	9,671	[31]
September 16	6:00 pm	Bucknell	William & Mary	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA		W 30–9	8,315	[32]
September 16	6:00 pm	No. 16 Charleston Southern	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC		W 19–17	5,248	[33]
September 16	7:00 pm	Monmouth	Albany	Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY		W 28–14	6,384	[34]
September 16	7:00 pm	Towson	Saint Francis	DeGol Field • Loretto, PA		W 16–14	2,412	[35]

Players of the week:^[36]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Kyle Lauletta	Richmond	Nate Hatalsky	Albany	Ryan Stover	Towson	Aidan O'Neill	Towson

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 23	1:30 pm	Maine	No. 1 James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	JMU 28–10	25,330	[37]
September 23	3:30 pm	Rhode Island	No. 15 New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH	UNH 28–14	22,135	[38]
September 23	6:00 pm	Elon	No. 8 Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	ELON 36–33	8,217	[39]
September 23	6:00 pm	Towson	Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	SBU 25–17	6,672	[40]
September 23	7:00 pm	No. 7 Villanova	Albany	Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY	ALB 19–10 (OT)	6,866

Players of the week:^[41]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Malcolm Summers Trevor Knight	Elon New Hampshire	Eli Mencer	Albany	Ezrah Archie	James Madison	Alex Lucansky	Stony Brook

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 30	12:30 pm	Rhode Island	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI		L 21–24	3,191	[42]
September 30	2:00 pm	No. 19 Albany	No. 23 Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC		ELON 6–0	5,024	[43]
September 30	3:30 pm	No. 1 James Madison	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE		JMU 20–10	16,372	[44]
September 30	6:00 pm	Bryant	No. 15 New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH		W 45–17	7,951	[45]
September 30	6:00 pm	Stony Brook	William & Mary	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA		SBU 21–18	8,082	[46]
September 30	6:00 pm	No. 14 Villanova	Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD		NOVA 24–9	5,017	[47]

Players of the week:^[48]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Trai Sharp	James Madison	Tyler Campbell John Haggart	Elon Stony Brook	Nate Evans	William & Mary	John Hinchen	Villanova

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 7	1:00 pm	Maine	No. 12 Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	NOVA 31–0	4,505	[49]
October 7	2:00 pm	William & Mary	No. 18 Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC	ELON 25–17	10,137	[50]
October 7	3:00 pm	No. 24 Albany	No. 14 Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	RICH 41–38 (2OT)	8,217	[51]
October 7	6:00 pm	Delaware	No. 23 Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	DEL 24–20	7,694	[52]

Players of the week:^[53]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Kyle Lauletta	Richmond	Troy Reeder	Delaware	Jaquan Amos	Villanova	Frank Raggo	Delaware

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 14	3:30 pm	William & Mary	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE		DEL 17–0	18,721	[54]
October 14	3:30 pm	No. 11 Villanova	No. 1 James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA		JMU 30–8	25,933	[55]
October 14	3:30 pm	Rhode Island	Maine	Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME	WVII; WFVX; WPME	MAINE 51–27	9,205	[56]
October 14	4:00 pm	No. 13 Richmond	Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD		RICH 23–3	5,768	[57]
October 14	6:00 pm	No. 12 New Hampshire	Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY		SBU 38–24	12,311	[58]

Players of the week:^[59]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Josh Mack	Maine	Kyre Hawkins	James Madison	Chris Ferguson	Maine	Donald Liotine	Stony Brook

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 21	noon	No. 14 Elon	Rhode Island	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI	ELON 35–34	7,221	[60]
October 21	2:00 pm	Towson	No. 18 New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH	UNH 40–17	10,522	[61]
October 21	3:30 pm	Maine	Albany	Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY	MAINE 12–10	8,919	[62]
October 21	3:30 pm	No. 11 Richmond	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE	DEL 42–35 (2OT)	15,710	[63]
October 21	3:30 pm	No. 1 James Madison	William & Mary	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA	JMU 46–14	13,125	[64]

Players of the week:^[65]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Jamie Jarmon	Delaware	Nasir Adderley	Delaware	DeUnte Chatman Davis Cheek	New Hampshire Elon	Matt Pires	Rhode Island

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 28	noon	William & Mary	Maine	Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME	WVII; WFVX; WPME	MAINE 23–6	6,579	[66]
October 28	1:00 pm	Rhode Island	Albany	Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY		URI 31–14	3,383	[67]
October 28	3:00 pm	No. 22 Stony Brook	No. 19 Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA		SBU 27–24	8.217	[68]
October 28	3:30 pm	No. 10 Elon	No. 13 Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA		ELON 19–14	5,451	[69]
October 28	3:30 pm	No. 17 New Hampshire	No. 1 James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA		JMU 21–0	25,298	[70]
October 28	4:00 pm	No. 23 Delaware	Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD		TOWS 18–17	6,402	[71]

Players of the week:^[72]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Davis Cheek	Elon	Brandon Ginnetti Rashad Robinson	Rhode Island James Madison	Kortez Weeks Ryan Stover	Elon Towson	Brandon Briggs	Maine

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 4	noon	No. 1 James Madison	Rhode Island	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI	JMU 38–3	3,227	[73]
November 4	1:00 pm	Albany	No. 14 Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	SBU 28–21 (OT)	7,106	[74]
November 4	1:00 pm	Richmond	No. 20 Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	RICH 22–0	3,508	[75]
November 4	2:00 pm	Delaware	Maine	Fitzpatrick Stadium • Portland, ME	DEL 31–17	7,212	[76]
November 4	2:00 pm	Towson	No. 7 Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC	ELON 33–30 (2OT)	10,113	[77]
November 4	2:00 pm	No. 21 New Hampshire	William & Mary	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA	UNH 35–16	5,426	[78]

Players of the week:^[79]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Trevor Knight	New Hampshire	Troy Reeder	Delaware	Brelynd Cyphers	Elon	Owen Johnson	Elon

Week Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 11	noon	Villanova	Rhode Island	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI		URI 20–6	2,877	[80]
November 11	1:00 pm	Wagner	No. 12 Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY		W 38–10	5,471	[81]
November 11	2:00 pm	No. 7 Elon	No. 18 New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH		UNH 16–6	7,294	[82]
November 11	2:00 pm	Towson	William & Mary	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA		TOW 26–14	6,234	[83]
November 11	3:30 pm	Albany	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE		DEL 22–3	16,333	[84]
November 11	3:30 pm	Richmond	No. 1 James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA		JMU 20–13	24,586	[85]
November 11	4:00 pm	Maine	Massachusetts	Fenway Park • Boston, MA	NESNPlus	L 31–44	12,794	[86]

Players of the week:^[87]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
JaJuan Lawson	Rhode Island	Jared Kuehl	New Hampshire	Coby Tippett	Towson	Earnest Edwards	Maine

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 18	noon	No. 1 James Madison	No. 11 Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC	JMU 31–3	8,662	[88]
November 18	noon	No. 10 Stony Brook	Maine	Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME	SBU 20–19	4,983	[89]
November 18	1:00 pm	No. 16 New Hampshire	Albany	Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY	ALB 15–0	3,459	[90]
November 18	1:00 pm	Delaware	Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	NOVA 28–7	5,109	[91]
November 18	2:00 pm	Rhode Island	Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD	TOW 29–10	3,134	[92]
November 18	3:00 pm	William & Mary	Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	RICH 27–20	8,057	[93]

Players of the week:^[94]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Bryan Schor	James Madison	Jeff Steeb	Villanova	Ryan Stover	Towson	D'Angelo Amos	James Madison

FCS Playoffs

Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season § NCAA FCS Playoff bracket

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Round	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 25	1:00 pm	No. 22 Furman	No. 15 Elon	First Round	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC	ESPN3	L 27–28	2,934	[95]
November 25	2:00 pm	Central Connecticut	No. 21 New Hampshire	First Round	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH	ESPN3	W 14–0	2,385	[96]
November 25	2:00 pm	Lehigh	No. 10 Stony Brook	First Round	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	ESPN3	W 59–29	4,131	[97]
December 2	2:00 pm	No. 10 Stony Brook	No. 1 James Madison	Second Round	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	ESPN3	JMU 26–7	16,449	[98]
December 2	3:00 pm	No. 21 New Hampshire	No. 3 Central Arkansas	Second Round	Estes Stadium • Conway, AR	ESPN3	W 21–15	6,243	[99]
December 8	7:00 pm	No. 11 Weber State	No. 1 James Madison	Quarterfinals	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	ESPN2	W 31–28	13,490	[100]
December 9	3:00 pm	No. 21 New Hampshire	No. 6 South Dakota State	Quarterfinals	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN3	L 14–56	5,583	[101]
December 16	4:30 pm	No. 6 South Dakota State	No. 1 James Madison	Semifinals	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	ESPNU	W 51–16	16,528	[102]
January 6	noon	No. 2 North Dakota State	No. 1 James Madison	Championship	Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX	ESPN2	L 13–17	19,090	[103]

Postseason Awards

^[104]

• Coach of the Year – Curt Cignetti (Elon)
• Offensive Player of the Year – Kyle Lauletta, SR, QB (Richmond)
• Defensive Player of the Year – Andrew Ankrah, SR, DL (James Madison)
• Special Teams Player of the Year – John Miller, SR, PR (James Madison)
• Offensive Rookie of the Year – Davis Cheek, FR, QB (Elon)
• Defensive Rookie of the Year – Colby Reeder, FR, LB (Delaware)
• Chuck Boone Leadership Award – Bryan Schor, SR, QB (James Madison)

All–Conference Teams

Position	First Team		Second Team		Third Team
	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
QB	Kyle Lauletta, SR	Richmond	Bryan Schor, SR	James Madison	Trevor Knight, JR	New Hampshire
RB	Stacey Bedell, SR Josh Mack, SO	Stony Brook Maine	Harold Cooper, SR Malcolm Summers, JR	Rhode Island Elon	Kani Kane, JR Trai Sharp, JR	Delaware James Madison
FB	Cal Daniels, JR	Stony Brook	Anthony Manzo-Lewis, SR	Albany	Tyler Crist, FR	William & Mary
WR	Ray Bolden, SR Dejon Brissett, JR Neil O'Connor, JR	Stony Brook Richmond New Hampshire	Aaron Parker, SO Cortrelle Simpson, SO Tyler Wilkins, JR	Rhode Island Richmond Richmond	Terrence Alls, SR Marven Beauvais, JR Kortez Weeks, FR	James Madison Rhode Island Elon
TE	Garrett Hudson, SR	Richmond	Charles Scarff, JR	Delaware	Andrew Caskin, SR	William & Mary
OL	Jamil Demby, SR Connor Hilland, SR Brody Kern, SR Alex Light, SR Timon Parris, SR Aaron Stinnie, SR	Maine William & Mary Delaware Richmond Stony Brook James Madison	Ethan Greenidge, JR Jade Jackson, SO Jake Kennedy, SR CJ Toogood, JR Jake Trump, SR	Villanova James Madison New Hampshire Elon Delaware	Dino Boyd, JR Isaiah Brooks, SR Chris Durant, SR Ikenna Nwokeji, SR John Yarbrough, JR	Rhode Island Maine William & Mary Elon Richmond
PK	Griffin Trau, JR	Richmond	Frank Raggo, JR	Delaware	Aidan O'Neill, SO	Towson
KR	Earnest Edwards, SO	Maine	Rodney Dorsey, FR	Towson	Harold Cooper, SR	Rhode Island
PR	John Miller, SR	James Madison	Donovan McDonald, SO	Albany	Matt Pires, FR	Rhode Island
DL	Andrew Ankrah, SR Andrew Clyde, JR Malachi Hoskins, SR Bilal Nichols, SR Simeyon Robinson, SR	James Madison Richmond Albany Delaware James Madison	Kanyia Anderson, SR Ousmane Camara, SR Rick Holt, SR Blaine Woodson, SR	Towson Stony Brook New Hampshire Delaware	Darrious Carter, JR Brandon Ginnetti, SO Isaiah Stephens, SR Brandon Waller, SR Kayon Whitaker, SO	James Madison Rhode Island William & Mary Richmond Maine
LB	Kyre Hawkins, SR Warren Messer, JR Troy Reeder, JR Ed Shockley, SR	James Madison Elon Delaware Villanova	Quinlen Dean, SO Nate Hatalsky, SR Shayne Lawless, JR Sterling Sheffield, JR	New Hampshire Albany Stony Brook Maine	Nate Atkins, SO Tyrice Beverette, JR Brandon Hereford, SR Justin Rubin, JR	William & Mary Stony Brook James Madison Richmond
CB	Jimmy Moreland, JR Rashad Robinson, JR	James Madison James Madison	Manny Patterson, SO Malik Reaves, SR	Maine Villanova	Travon Reid-Segure, SR Prince Smith, Jr., SO	Stony Brook New Hampshire
S	Nasir Adderley, JR Raven Greene, SR	Delaware James Madison	Jordan Brown, SR Chris Cooper, SR	James Madison Stony Brook	Chris Blair, SR Corey Parker, SO Darin Peart, SR	Elon William & Mary Stony Brook
P	John Hinchen, SR	Villanova	Harry O’Kelly, FR	James Madison	Nick Pritchard, SO	Delaware
SPEC	Mozai Nelson, JR	Maine	Isaiah White, JR	Stony Brook	Eli Mencer, SO	Albany

Records against other conferences

Conference	Record
ACC	0–2
American	1–2
Big 10	0–1
Big Sky	1–0
Big South	2–0
C–USA	0–1
Independent	0–1
Ivy League	2–1
MAC	0–2
MEAC	6–0
MVFC	1–2
NEC	6–0
Patriot	5–1
Southern	2–1
Southland	1–1
Sun Belt	1–0
FBS Total	2–9
FCS Total	26–6
Total	28–15

Attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Albany	Bob Ford Field	8,500	6,384	6,866	8,919	3,383	3,459		30,011	6,002	71%
Delaware	Delaware Stadium	22,000	18,040	14,714	16,372	18,721	15,710	16,333	99,890	16,648	76%
Elon	Rhodes Stadium	11,250	5,248	5,024	10,137	10,113	8,662		39,184	7,837	70%
James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium	24,877	24,722	23,118	25,330	25,993	25,298	24,586	149,047	24,841	100%
Maine	Alfond Stadium	10,000	6,313	9,205	6,579	7,212	4,983		34,292	6,858	69%
New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium	11,015	15,854	22,135	7,951	10,522	7,294		63,756	12,751	116%
Rhode Island	Meade Stadium	6,555	5,102	3,812	7,221	3,227	2,877		22,240	4,448	68%
Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium	8,217	8,217	8,217	8,217	8,217	8,057		40,925	8,185	100%
Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium	12,300	8,102	6,672	7,694	12,311	7,106	5,471	47,356	7,893	64%
Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium	11,198	6,563	5,017	5,768	6,402	3,134		26,884	5,377	48%
Villanova	Villanova Stadium	12,500	9,671	4,505	5,451	3,508	5,109		28,244	5,649	45%
William & Mary	Zable Stadium	12,672	8,315	8,082	13,125	5,426	6,234		41,128	8,236	65%

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