James Madison won its sixth straight contest and took another step toward an outright Colonial Athletic Association title by beating Richmond, 47-43 at Robins Stadium on Saturday.

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- James Madison junior quarterback Bryan Schor continued his solid play. Schor threw for 285 yards and three touchdowns, in addition to rushing for 91 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries. Saturday’s contest marked the fourth game this year Schor ran for at least one touchdown and threw for at least one touchdown. In his last three games, Schor has been responsible for 14 total touchdowns.

- His backfield teammate, JMU senior running back Khalid Abdullah set a new school record for career rushing touchdowns when he scored on a four-yard carry in the final minute. Abdullah now holds the record with 33 rushing touchdowns in his career.

- When asked about how felt regarding the record, Abdullah deflected and praised his teammates instead. He said his goal is simply to help the team win and if records are part of it, “then, so be it.”

- Abdullah also surpassed the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the year. He has carried the ball 153 times for 1,074 yards this season. It’s the first time in his career that he’s run for more than 1,000 yards in a season.

- The biggest carry Abdullah had Saturday came on JMU’s go-ahead scoring drive late in the fourth quarter. Facing a fourth-and-one, JMU coach Mike Houston called for a handoff to Abdullah. The senior gained three yards to keep the chains moving. Houston said he challenged the offensive line to get Abdullah some running room. Houston added that Abdullah’s key conversion on fourth down is a play that teams must pick if the team wants to win big games. The play led to Schor’s late touchdown pass to Jonathan Kloosterman.

- Houston said the overall opinion of the win was that it was a “great college football game.” Houston added it was a huge win for the JMU program since it came on the road against the biggest rival.

- JMU’s longest touchdown drive of the game last more than five minutes, resulting in Schor’s 11-yard strike to Kloosterman. Houston said chewing off that much of the clock wasn’t by design. He said he told offensive coordinator Donnie Kirkpatrick just to find anyway for JMU to score.

- Kloosterman said the call to get him the game-winning touchdown catch was a good one. He said he could tell prior to the play, based on the way the defense was setup that the ball could come his way. He said Schor put the pass in a great spot.

- Schor and Lauletta traded parading their respective offenses up and down the field. Schor said he made sure not to get caught up in the one-on-one matchup between him and his counterpart. He said his job was to focus on the opposing defense.

- JMU is now two games ahead of Richmond in the CAA standings. The Dukes, of course, are the lone unbeaten in league play. JMU has is one-game ahead of both Villanova and New Hampshire, which each have one loss in CAA play.

- Richmond coach Danny Rocco was quick to praise JMU afterward. He said JMU has a lot going right for it this season. On JMU, he said, “Winning at Maine, winning at New Hampshire and winning at Richmond, is not an easy task.”

- Rocco also said he thought JMU’s ability to convert on third down was a big part of the game. JMU picked up eight third-down conversions. Five of the eight conversions came on pass plays of 10 yards or more. He said JMU’s receivers do an excellent job high-pointing the ball.