Royal Rivalry

TowneBank Royal Rivalry Challenge

James Madison Dukes Old Dominion Monarchs
Sport	Multi-sport
First meeting	October 29, 2011 (football) ODU 23 – JMU 20
Latest meeting	November 16, 2024 (football) JMU 35 – ODU 32
Stadiums	Bridgeforth Stadium, S.B. Ballard Stadium, Atlantic Union Bank Center, Chartway Arena
Trophy	Crown
Statistics
All-time series	James Madison leads, 2–0
Trophy series	Royal Rivalry Trophy
Largest victory	James Madison, 16.5–7.5 (2022–23)
Longest win streak	James Madison, 2 (2022–present)
Current win streak	James Madison, 2 (2022–present)

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Locations of James Madison and Old Dominion

The Royal Rivalry refers to the college rivalry games between the James Madison Dukes and the Old Dominion Monarchs of the Sun Belt Conference. It is an intra-conference match-up between two Div. I FBS public universities, James Madison University and Old Dominion University, in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

History

Both schools began sports competitions in the early 1970s as former Division II in-state opponents. The competitions intensified when both schools competed as full members of the Colonial Athletic Association (now known as the Coastal Athletic Association) following ODU's move to the conference in 1991. This undeclared in-state rivalry would last just over 20 years before ODU relocated to Conference USA in 2014 to become a member of the FBS. JMU remained in the CAA as a FCS member and still competed with ODU in sports outside of football. In 2022, both schools joined the Sun Belt Conference. ^[1]

Following the conference relocation for both schools, ODU and JMU announced the TowneBank-sponsored Royal Rivalry Challenge. ^[2] Starting in 2022, it would include all 20 head-to-head matchups in sports between the schools with points awarded to each school for corresponding victories in the games. ^[3] Each school is awarded one point per game won and half of a point per game tied. The yearly winner is to be awarded the Royal Rivalry Trophy, resembling a crown-shaped plaque. ^[4]

Series results

All-time results

Sport	All-time series record	Last result	Next meeting	Source
Men's Basketball	ODU leads 58–35	JMU won 68–54 on February 1, 2025	TBD	[5]
Women's Basketball	ODU leads 52–30	JMU won 85–62 on February 1, 2025	02/15/25 at JMU	[6]
Football	JMU leads 3–2	JMU won 35–32 on November 16, 2024	10/18/25 at JMU	[7]
Men's Soccer	JMU leads 20–14–8	ODU won 1–0 on November 5, 2024		[8]

Royal Rivalry results

James Madison victories

Old Dominion victories

Tie games

No.	Date	Winning team		Losing team		Series
1	2022–23	James Madison	16.5	Old Dominion	7.5	James Madison 1–0
2	2023–24	James Madison	14.5	Old Dominion	7.5	James Madison 2–0
3	2024–25

Football

The Old Dominion and James Madison football programs began competing in 2011 when ODU joined the CAA as an FCS independent after restarting football in 2009. Following ODU's departure from the CAA in 2012, the two schools took nearly a ten-year hiatus from football matchups before they both joined the Sun Belt in 2022. The football rivalry was restarted in the 2022 Div. I FBS football season where both schools competed in the 2022 Oyster Bowl, with the Dukes beating the Monarchs for the first time 37–3.

James Madison currently plays their football games at Bridgeforth Stadium; Old Dominion at S.B. Ballard Stadium.

James Madison victories

Old Dominion victories

Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team		Series
1	October 29, 2011	Foreman Field	#15 (FCS) Old Dominion	23	#9 (FCS) James Madison	20	Old Dominion 1–0
2	November 17, 2012	Bridgeforth Stadium	#4 (FCS) Old Dominion	38	#13 (FCS) James Madison	28	Old Dominion 2–0
3	November 12, 2022	S.B. Ballard Stadium	James Madison	37	Old Dominion	3	Old Dominion 2–1
4	October 28, 2023	Bridgeforth Stadium	#25 James Madison	30	Old Dominion	27	Tied 2–2
5	November 16, 2024	S.B. Ballard Stadium	James Madison	35	Old Dominion	32	James Madison 3–2
6	October 18, 2025	Bridgeforth Stadium

• Source: JMU Sports ^[9]

Basketball

Men's basketball

During their tenures in the CAA, ODU defeated JMU in 4 conference tournament championships. JMU holds their basketball games at Atlantic Union Bank Center; ODU at Chartway Arena.

Old Dominion victories

James Madison victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 January 14, 1972 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 99–68 2 December 13, 1972 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 69–55 3 February 26, 1973 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 67–49 4 January 28, 1974 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 65–55 5 January 15, 1975 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 89–54 6 January 28, 1976 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 87–83OT 7 March 11, 1976 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 86–77 8 February 26, 1977 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 97–77 9 February 8, 1978 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 74–65 10 January 24, 1979 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 75–65 11 January 29, 1980 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 52–44 12 February 9, 1980 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 82–63 13 January 21, 1981 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 65–63OT 14 February 18, 1981 Norfolk, VA James Madison 73–65 15 January 20, 1982 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 60–48 16 February 27, 1982 Norfolk, VA James Madison 43–41 17 March 6, 1982 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 58–57 18 January 15, 1983 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 63–52 19 January 31, 1983 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 58–43 20 January 11, 1984 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 61–58 21 February 1, 1984 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 68–67OT 22 December 15, 1984 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 65–57 23 January 8, 1985 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 80–68 24 December 14, 1985 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 57–50 25 February 3, 1986 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 59–53 26 December 14, 1986 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 71–69 27 December 28, 1987 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 65–58 28 January 4, 1989 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 79–77 29 December 30, 1989 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 85–81 30 January 30, 1991 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 79–75 31 January 18, 1992 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 92–76 32 February 15, 1992 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 72–71 33 March 9, 1992 Richmond, VA Old Dominion 78–73 34 January 18, 1993 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 102–89 35 February 17, 1993 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 92–88 36 January 8, 1994 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 96–88 37 February 5, 1994 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 97–81 38 March 7, 1994 Richmond, VA James Madison 77–76 39 January 25, 1995 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 79–65 40 February 4, 1995 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 95–79 41 March 6, 1995 Richmond, VA Old Dominion 80–75 42 January 24, 1996 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 58–45 43 February 10, 1996 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 76–72 44 March 2, 1996 Richmond, VA Old Dominion 75–72 45 January 25, 1997 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 84–66 46 February 24, 1997 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 72–66 47 March 3, 1997 Richmond, VA Old Dominion 62–58OT No. Date Location Winner Score 48 January 10, 1998 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 61–60 49 February 7, 1998 Norfolk, VA James Madison 51–46 50 February 27, 1998 Richmond, VA Old Dominion 60–56 51 January 6, 1999 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 60–58 52 January 27, 1999 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 69–56 53 January 12, 2000 Norfolk, VA James Madison 70–66 54 February 19, 2000 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 61–59 55 January 3, 2001 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 80–63 56 February 14, 2001 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 61–59 57 January 30, 2002 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 67–61 58 February 16, 2002 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 73–68 59 January 25, 2003 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 74–56 60 February 8, 2003 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 74–66 61 January 14, 2004 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 81–60 62 February 11, 2004 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 71–57 63 January 8, 2005 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 76–43 64 February 26, 2005 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 82–60 65 February 4, 2006 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 87–69 66 February 23, 2006 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 75–58 67 January 17, 2007 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 72–65 68 December 2, 2007 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 70–57 69 January 16, 2008 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 79–52 70 February 20, 2008 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 72–52 71 January 7, 2009 Norfolk, VA James Madison 70–62 72 January 28, 2009 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 80–74 73 March 26, 2009 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 81–43 74 January 6, 2010 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 74–72 75 February 10, 2010 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 64–44 76 January 19, 2011 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 64–58 77 February 24, 2011 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 75–59 78 January 2, 2012 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 67–61OT 79 February 2, 2012 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 80–71 80 January 2, 2013 Norfolk, VA James Madison 58–55 81 January 26, 2013 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 56–46 82 November 11, 2016 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 62–55 83 November 13, 2017 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 69–53 84 December 1, 2018 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 67–42 85 November 20, 2019 Norfolk, VA James Madison 80–78 86 November 13, 2021 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 58–53 87 February 2, 2023 Norfolk, VA James Madison 78–73 88 February 16, 2023 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 76–67 89 December 9, 2023 Norfolk, VA #18 James Madison 84–69 90 January 24, 2024 Norfolk, VA James Madison 78–62 91 February 3, 2024 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 78–63 92 January 22, 2025 Norfolk, VA James Madison 74–60 93 February 1, 2025 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 68–54 Series: Old Dominion leads 58–35

Women's basketball

JMU holds their basketball games at Atlantic Union Bank Center; ODU at Chartway Arena.

Old Dominion victories

James Madison victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 December 13, 1969 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 66–39 2 January 17, 1970 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 41–21 3 December 16, 1970 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 43–37 4 January 31, 1971 Lynchburg, VA James Madison 65–44 5 January 19, 1972 Norfolk, VA James Madison 51–38 6 December 13, 1972 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 23–12 7 February 27, 1975 Lynchburg, VA James Madison 85–42 8 November 25, 1975 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 83–60 9 December 11, 1976 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 99–65 10 March 5, 1977 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 81–54 11 February 8, 1978 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 72–44 12 January 24, 1979 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 99–62 13 March 3, 1979 Blacksburg, VA Old Dominion 93–40 14 February 7, 1980 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 91–53 15 November 26, 1980 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 96–51 16 February 2, 1982 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 91–50 17 March 3, 1983 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 92–58 18 February 24, 1984 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 75–54 19 December 15, 1984 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 79–43 20 January 15, 1986 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 65–53 21 February 19, 1987 Norfolk, VA James Madison 66–62 22 February 15, 1988 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 75–69 23 February 1, 1989 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 83–51 24 January 18, 1990 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 82–66 25 January 9, 1991 Norfolk, VA James Madison 76–61 26 January 18, 1992 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 64–62 27 February 15, 1992 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 70–69 28 January 24, 1993 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 71–42 29 February 21, 1993 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 67–44 30 January 16, 1994 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 71–49 31 February 13, 1994 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 73–59 32 January 6, 1995 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 68–64 33 February 19, 1995 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 87–80 34 March 11, 1995 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 63–44 35 January 26, 1996 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 67–42 36 February 28, 1996 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 77–64 37 March 9, 1996 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 84–58 38 January 17, 1997 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 78–53 39 February 7, 1997 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 77–49 40 February 28, 1997 Richmond, VA Old Dominion 86–48 41 January 16, 1998 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 76–65 42 January 30, 1998 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 81–59 43 January 22, 1999 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 79–52 No. Date Location Winner Score 44 February 5, 1999 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 74–50 45 March 4, 1999 Richmond, VA Old Dominion 73–45 46 January 16, 2000 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 74–57 47 February 25, 2000 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 84–64 48 January 7, 2001 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 62–56 49 February 18, 2001 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 49–48 50 March 10, 2001 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 66–62 51 January 27, 2002 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 68–51 52 February 17, 2002 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 67–53 53 January 16, 2003 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 58–48 54 February 9, 2003 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 98–95OT 55 March 14, 2003 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 71–55 56 January 9, 2004 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 75–73 57 February 26, 2004 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 80–58 58 January 6, 2005 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 80–58 59 February 27, 2005 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 92–61 60 January 22, 2006 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 72–63 61 March 2, 2006 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 75–68 62 March 11, 2006 Fairfax, VA Old Dominion 58–54 63 February 1, 2007 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 79–50 64 February 25, 2007 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 62–57 65 March 11, 2007 Newark, DE Old Dominion 78–70 66 January 13, 2008 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 82–57 67 March 2, 2008 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 76–63 68 January 25, 2009 Norfolk, VA James Madison 72–67 69 March 1, 2009 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 73–57 70 January 17, 2010 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 67–58 71 February 21, 2010 Norfolk, VA James Madison 65–59 72 March 14, 2010 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 67–53 73 January 9, 2011 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 71–55 74 February 6, 2011 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 67–58 75 February 1, 2012 Norfolk, VA James Madison 57–55 76 February 26, 2012 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 63–44 77 February 12, 2013 Norfolk, VA James Madison 68–56 78 February 28, 2013 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 77–61 79 December 31, 2022 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 68–54 80 February 18, 2023 Norfolk, VA James Madison 73–68OT 81 March 5, 2023 Pensacola, FL James Madison 70–64 82 January 20, 2024 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 72–64 83 March 1, 2024 Norfolk, VA James Madison 70–58 84 February 1, 2025 Norfolk, VA James Madison 85–62 Series: Old Dominion leads 53–31

Soccer

Men's soccer

James Madison leads the all-time series in soccer 20–14–8.

Old Dominion victories

James Madison victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 October 28, 1972 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 8–1 2 October 21, 1973 Norfolk, VA James Madison 4–0 3 October 3, 1975 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 3–2 4 November 20, 1975 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 2–1 5 October 30, 1976 Norfolk, VA James Madison 5–4 6 October 28, 1977 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 2–0 7 October 3, 1983 Norfolk, VA Tie 0–0 8 September 30, 1984 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 1–0 9 October 22, 1986 Norfolk, VA James Madison 2–1OT 10 October 24, 1987 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 1–0 11 October 20, 1988 Norfolk, VA Tie 0–0 12 October 18, 1989 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 1–0 13 September 14, 1991 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 3–0 14 November 10, 1991 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 1–0 15 October 14, 1992 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 1–0 16 October 9, 1993 Norfolk, VA James Madison 1–0OT 17 November 7, 1993 Richmond, VA James Madison 3–0 18 October 15, 1994 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 5–0 19 November 11, 1994 Williamsburg, VA Tie 1–1 20 October 7, 1995 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 1–0 21 November 6, 1996 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 4–0 22 November 14, 1996 Wilmington, NC James Madison 5–0 No. Date Location Winner Score 23 October 11, 1997 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 1–02OT 24 October 17, 1998 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 2–0 25 October 9, 1999 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 1–0 26 October 28, 2000 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 3–0 27 October 27, 2001 Norfolk, VA Tie 0–0 28 October 30, 2002 Norfolk, VA Tie 1–1 29 October 31, 2003 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 3–2 30 October 22, 2004 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 1–0 31 November 12, 2004 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 3–1 32 October 23, 2005 Norfolk, VA James Madison 2–1OT 33 October 8, 2006 Harrisonburg, VA Tie 1–1 34 October 14, 2007 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 2–0 35 October 22, 2008 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 2–1 36 October 21, 2009 Harrisonburg, VA Old Dominion 1–0 37 October 27, 2010 Norfolk, VA James Madison 2–0 38 October 26, 2011 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 3–2 39 October 3, 2012 Norfolk, VA Tie 0–0 40 September 25, 2022 Norfolk, VA Tie 0–0 41 October 18, 2023 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison 3–1 42 November 5, 2024 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion 1–0 Series: James Madison leads 20–14–8

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. "JMU officially joins ODU in Sun Belt Conference". The Virginian-Pilot. November 6, 2021. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
2. "'Royal Rivalry': ODU and JMU create new challenge — with trophy on the line". WAVY.com. October 26, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
3. "TowneBank Royal Rivalry Challenge". jmusports.com. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
4. "Year One ✅ As the Dukes get set to battle for another Royal Rivalry point tonight, we're excited to unveil the official trophy, all set to spend the year (or more 😉) in Harrisonburg!". X.com. October 28, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
5. "2022–23 Mens Basketball Prospectus (PDF)" (PDF). James Madison University Athletics. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
6. "Women's Basketball Archives". Old Dominion University. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
7. "2021 ODU Football Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). Old Dominion University. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
8. "Men's Soccer History vs Old Dominion University from Oct 28, 1972 – Sep 25, 2022". James Madison University . Retrieved November 26, 2022.
9. "Football History vs Old Dominion". James Madison University Athletics. Retrieved November 14, 2022.

External links

• James Madison Dukes
• Old Dominion Monarchs