Your Favorite UR/JMU Memory?

[mojo-spider]

when Dirty Dukes shows up here you know this rivalry has regained some of its mojo...this thread should bring him back for more...kind of like a chicken neck draws crabs...

its going to be crazy good in Harrisonburg Saturday...

all of us who've followed Spider football since the early 80's, when JMU began playing, probably have a batch of memories, good and bad, from some of the great games...

my personal favorite was the 2009 game at JMU...we were defending National Champs, #1 ranked in FCS, undefeated and riding a very long win streak...the JMU crowd was really lathered up for the game...as the clock wound down Purple delirium was breaking out in Bridgeforth as the Dukes drove towards our goal line for the winning TD...and then it happened...



pure Spider joy and pandemonium...victory snatched from the jaws of defeat...it could happen again Saturday?

my guess is Scotty McGee will show up shortly...enjoy the banter and rivalry...it doesn't get much better

Go Spiders!

 

[urfan1]

good thread, but you picked my choice by far

 

[Ulla1]

Favorite memory was date from Madison College, farm girl, very friendly. Heard MC is coed now. Best of luck in football game. OSC

 

[DirtyDukes]

OH man, great thread!

2011, 31 - 7, man that was great.
Last year, so good! 55-20 are you kidding we almost tripled your score! You guys are bad. I remember coming on here and you guys were so downtrodden and calling for a new coach. Such a good memory.

But obviously, Scotty takes the cake. Here you go:

 

[United_In_Red]

2010 Wil Kamin hitting the game winning field goal in overtime, throwing his helmet, and sprinting down the field. 13-10 Spiders.

 

[DirtyDukes]

When's the last time you guys beat us by more than a score?

JMU Interactive stats only go back to 2004:

2004 JMU 26 - RU 20
2005 RU 18 - JMU 15
2006 JMU 27 - RU 10
2007 RU 17 - JMU 16
2008 JMU 38 - RU -31
2009 RU 21 - JMU 17
2010 JMU 10 - RU 13
2011 RU 7 - JMU 31
2012 JMU 29 - RU 35
2013 RU 31 - JMU 38
2014 JMU 55 - RU 20

So last 11 games we're 6-5. Games you've won you won by an average 3.4 points, games we've won we've won by an average 16 points.

 

[GKiller]

go back a few more years. 2000, the infamous "pudding" game. JMU player talked smack in papers about Richmond turning to pudding if you get physical with them. 21-2 Spiders. bad punt snap for the 2. 111 yards total jmu. I think that's #1 for me.

 

[RCSGA]

I might go back further to 1992, when the Spiders shocked the Dukes 49-40 in the opening game. UR had been so down my first two years, that to see them win a good game versus a established opponent gave us hope that the program could rebound. Team finished 7-4 that season, but after 4-29 the previous 3 season, wow is seemed huge.

 

[Captain Anderson]

1995 season at JMU. Dukes were ranked in the top 15 nationally and Jim Reid was at the helm for the Spiders. It was an incredibly windy afternoon and those that were there will remember a t.v./video tower being blown down behind one of the end zones. The spiders were down big in the 4th quarter and mounted a furious come back to take a 34-33 lead late in the game. Winston October tackled JMU's Macey Brooks on the 1 yard line as time expired.

One of the craziest and most exciting football games that I have ever attended.

 

[urmite]

Just to see if it prompts any more memories...

ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY


Date Site Result Series

10/03/1981 Richmond, Va. W, 24-7

11/05/1983 Richmond, Va. W, 32-0

09/01/1984 Harrisonburg, Va. W, 43-12

10/5/1985 #Norfolk, Va. W, 38-15

10/10/1987 Harrisonburg, Va. L, 3-41

11/12/1988 Richmond, Va. L, 13-25

09/16/1989 Harrisonburg, Va. L, 0-31

09/22/1990 Richmond, Va. L, 0-29

10/26/1991 Harrisonburg, Va. L, 42-47

09/12/1992 Richmond, Va. W, 49-40

09/11/1993 Harrisonburg, Va. W, 20-13

10/29/1994 Richmond, Va. L, 16-29

10/28/1995 Harrisonburg, Va. W, 34-33

10/19/1996 Richmond, Va. L, 27-31

10/25/1997 Harrisonburg, Va. W, 26-21

10/03/1998 Richmond, Va. W, 28-7

11/13/1999 Harrisonburg, Va. L, 13-31

11/11/2000 Richmond, Va. W, 21-2

10/13/2001 Harrisonburg, Va. W, 20-17

10/19/2002 Richmond, Va. W, 26-0

10/11/2003 Harrisonburg, Va. L, 14-34

10/23/2004 Richmond, Va. L, 20-26

10/29/2005 Harrisonburg, Va. W, 18-15

10/28/2006 Richmond, Va. L, 10-27

10/27/2007 Harrisonburg, Va. W, 17-16

10/11/2008 Richmond, Va. L, 31-38

10/10/2009 Harrisonburg, Va. W, 21-17

11/06/2010 Richmond, Va. W, 13-10 (OT)

10/01/2011 Harrisonburg, Va. L, 7-31

10/20/2012 Richmond, Va. W, 35-29

10/12/2013 Harrisonburg, Va. L, 31-38

11/15/2014 Richmond, Va. L, 20-55

 

[Rivercup]

First, a win is a win. Margin does not matter. Second, the loss in 2008 might be the best memory for most of us as it prompted the Spiders to go on a tear and win the national championship. And third, all of this is history. The only thing that matters now is what happens on Saturday and all of the speculation and smack talk will have absolutely no impact on the outcome of the game. The team that plays better will win. Period.

 

[Eight Legger]

1995 season at JMU. Dukes were ranked in the top 15 nationally and Jim Reid was at the helm for the Spiders. It was an incredibly windy afternoon and those that were there will remember a t.v./video tower being blown down behind one of the end zones. The spiders were down big in the 4th quarter and mounted a furious come back to take a 34-33 lead late in the game. Winston October tackled JMU's Macey Brooks on the 1 yard line as time expired.

One of the craziest and most exciting football games that I have ever attended.

This.

I honestly can't imagine that we have ever in our history had a better comeback win than that one. The UNI game obviously was a BIGGER win and a more important win, but not a bigger comeback. It was 33-14 JMU with like 4 or 5 minutes to go in the game, and we scored three touchdowns (but missed an extra point or a two-point conversion somewhere along the way) to go up 34-33 before that final play to Brooks, who was like 6'5" or so, and somehow Winston (all of what, 5'9"?) dragged him down JUST before he crossed the goalline.

It was the most action possible in the final 5 minutes of a football game. Just truly and completely insane. I've forgotten the exact sequence of events, but I think we scored a TD, then either got a turnover right away and scored another one or converted an onsides kick and scored one, or vice versa. It all happened so quickly that JMU had maybe 30 or 40 seconds left to mount that final drive.

A friend and I were sitting in the JMU section with some JMU friends who told us, when it was 33-14, "Sorry that you guys had to drive all the way out here to watch your team lose by so much."

Whoops!

 

[I-M-UR]

When's the last time you guys beat us by more than a score?

JMU Interactive stats only go back to 2004:

2004 JMU 26 - RU 20
2005 RU 18 - JMU 15
2006 JMU 27 - RU 10
2007 RU 17 - JMU 16
2008 JMU 38 - RU -31
2009 RU 21 - JMU 17
2010 JMU 10 - RU 13
2011 RU 7 - JMU 31
2012 JMU 29 - RU 35
2013 RU 31 - JMU 38
2014 JMU 55 - RU 20

So last 11 games we're 6-5. Games you've won you won by an average 3.4 points, games we've won we've won by an average 16 points.

RU? Are you sure that isn't Radford?

 

[I-M-UR]

when Dirty Dukes shows up here you know this rivalry has regained some of its mojo...this thread should bring him back for more...kind of like a chicken neck draws crabs...

its going to be crazy good in Harrisonburg Saturday...

all of us who've followed Spider football since the early 80's, when JMU began playing, probably have a batch of memories, good and bad, from some of the great games...

my personal favorite was the 2009 game at JMU...we were defending National Champs, #1 ranked in FCS, undefeated and riding a very long win streak...the JMU crowd was really lathered up for the game...as the clock wound down Purple delirium was breaking out in Bridgeforth as the Dukes drove towards our goal line for the winning TD...and then it happened...

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pure Spider joy and pandemonium...victory snatched from the jaws of defeat...it could happen again Saturday?

my guess is Scotty McGee will show up shortly...enjoy the banter and rivalry...it doesn't get much better

Go Spiders!

that's my favorite. We sat in the Parking Lot and just savored the moment until they ran us off.

 

[urmite]

This.

I honestly can't imagine that we have ever in our history had a better comeback win than that one. The UNI game obviously was a BIGGER win and a more important win, but not a bigger comeback. It was 33-14 JMU with like 4 or 5 minutes to go in the game, and we scored three touchdowns (but missed an extra point or a two-point conversion somewhere along the way) to go up 34-33 before that final play to Brooks, who was like 6'5" or so, and somehow Winston (all of what, 5'9"?) dragged him down JUST before he crossed the goalline.

It was the most action possible in the final 5 minutes of a football game. Just truly and completely insane. I've forgotten the exact sequence of events, but I think we scored a TD, then either got a turnover right away and scored another one or converted an onsides kick and scored one, or vice versa. It all happened so quickly that JMU had maybe 30 or 40 seconds left to mount that final drive.

A friend and I were sitting in the JMU section with some JMU friends who told us, when it was 33-14, "Sorry that you guys had to drive all the way out here to watch your team lose by so much."

Whoops!

Don't want to get sidetracked but wasn't the Northeastern 2OT win with Antoine Lee that same season? Another one where we were way behind with 4 minutes left...

 

[WebSpinner]

Captain, Eight, was that the game where Jim Reid shaved his head after the victory?

 

[Go spiders]

2009 was my favorite. 2011 was my least. that was the worst college game i ever went to.

 

[Stonewall D]

Nm

 

[paward]

My favorite JMU memory involved a girl I visited one weekend in Harrisonburg. I stayed through Sunday night, got up monday morning and drove back to class at UR. I never saw her again. She was more emotionally invested than I was...

So you were Stonewalling way back?

 

[Eight Legger]

Captain, Eight, was that the game where Jim Reid shaved his head after the victory?

It was either that one or the one out there two years later, but I think you are right.

 

[Captain Anderson]

It was either that one or the one out there two years later, but I think you are right.

It was indeed. We got a little press on Sportscenter with some footage of Coach getting his head shaved in the locker room after the game. What made that game even more amazing was how we scored so many points late in the 4th quarter with an offense that was not known for it's explosive ability. Those were the days of 16-10 type defensive struggles.

 

[mcspider]

That game at JMU in 1995 is my favorite too. If memory serves that game had a bit of everything. There was a punter stepping out of the back of the end zone because of a bobbled/bad snap. Fake punt pass to Shawn Barber (can't remember whether or not he scored on it). JMU calling timeout seemingly when we needed the clock to stop more. But then we ended up scoring too quickly and left about a minute on the clock for the potential gut punch by JMU that was saved by Winston October. It is still one of my all time great football memories.

 

[Ferrum Spider]

The 95 game was my second spider game as a kid and remember my parents making us leave before the game was over and I told them we're gonna come back and win, too bad I wasn't there.

My favorite had to be beating eliminating JMU from playoff consideration in 2005 the year after they won the national championship. Can't remember the score or how exactly it ended other then I knew our D was on the field, but I remember a spider parent holding up an eliminated sign and the riot that almost ensued between our fans and theirs...good times.

 

[MooreHall73]

My favorite memory is the 2015 game. Dukes all pumped up. Everyone on Game Day predicting a Dukes win. The football team so confident they are parading around on Game Day. Lee Corso dressed as James Madison himself. And then the EPIC FAIL of the Dukes getting creamed along both the O and D lines. Thinking they were FBS worthy and finding out they weren't CAA worthy.
That is a classic for all time. No other game will ever surpass that in my mind.

 

[spider23]

1995 season at JMU. Dukes were ranked in the top 15 nationally and Jim Reid was at the helm for the Spiders. It was an incredibly windy afternoon and those that were there will remember a t.v./video tower being blown down behind one of the end zones. The spiders were down big in the 4th quarter and mounted a furious come back to take a 34-33 lead late in the game. Winston October tackled JMU's Macey Brooks on the 1 yard line as time expired.

One of the craziest and most exciting football games that I have ever attended.

Was at that game. crazy game and last play was unbelivable. Great time to be a Spider! College gameday and all the hype and beat them for their homecoming game, dropping a double nickel +4. Great Stuff!

 

[Ulla1]

Don't have memories of JMU as it was Madison College during my days as a Spider. However, recall a truck stop in Harrisonburg on I-81 in those days that had great meatloaf. OSC

 

[whampas]

Too easy Ulla. Harrisonburg is a truck stop.

 

[Ferrum Spider]

Noticed during halftime when the guys were in the booth were speaking and there she was...I81 and all of its lovely tucks, what an ugly backdrop, JMU needs to work on that.

 

[urfan1]

when they complete their stadium to seat 100K + you will be able to see or hear I81

 

[paward]

I am moving on, trust me. My favorite JMU memory is 2015 the day our Spiders put the cap on the bottle by beating JMU on the day the whole college world was tuned in. Watching that weird Corso play out that skit will be etched in my mind forever. He is always wrong.