The 2004 James Madison Dukes football team represented

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in the

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, and completed the 32nd season of Dukes football. They were led by head coach

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and played their home games at

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. The 2004 team came off of a 6–6 record the previous season. JMU finished the season 13–2 with a record of 7–1 in

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play en route to the program's first NCAA Division I-AA national championship.

Schedule

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