2019 James Madison Dukes football team

The 2019 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium. They competed as a member of CAA Football. They finished the season 14–2, 8–0 in CAA play to be CAA champions. They received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Monmouth, Northern Iowa, and Weber State to advance to the FCS National Championship Game where they lost to North Dakota State.

CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Dukes were predicted to finish in first place.

Preseason All–CAA team
The Dukes had six players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

Offense

Liam Fornadel – OL

Defense

Ron'Dell Carter – DL

Dimitri Holloway – LB

Adam Smith – S

Rashad Robinson – CB

Special teams

D'Angelo Amos – PR

FCS Playoffs
The Dukes entered the postseason tournament as the number two seed, with a first-round bye.