HARRISONBURG — After the clock hit zero, but before heading their separate ways, James Madison senior quarterback Bryan Schor and Richmond senior quarterback Kyle Lauletta made time to find each other.

The two signal-callers were mainstays for the JMU-Richmond rivalry over the past few years. They both graduate after this season.

“I just told him that if there was another guy that I would want to go on and win the league and win the national championship, it’s him,” Lauletta said.

Lauletta threw for 304 yards and a touchdown in the contest. His second-quarter, 18-yard pass to running back Gordon Collins pushed him over the 10,000-yard passing mark for his career.

Schor threw for 229 yards and completed a pass to sophomore wide receiver Riley Stapleton for a first down during the Dukes’ game-winning drive in the final minutes.

“He’s a great player and I enjoy watching him,” Schor said. “I said to him, ‘Some of our defensive backs are a pain, aren’t they? I know because I play them during the week.’ He said they were good. It’s a mutual respect.”

Last year at Robins Stadium in Richmond, Schor’s Dukes came out on top too after a back-and-forth shootout versus Lauletta. The two combined for nine total touchdowns and Schor’s 9-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jonathan Kloosterman catapulted the Dukes ahead with 1:36 to play.

The year before Lauletta led the Spiders to a 59-49 win in Harrisonburg while throwing for 415 yards and two scores. Schor saw the first significant action of his college career that day, in relief of injured JMU starter Vad Lee.

“I’ve watched him develop through the years with me being at JMU and him being at Richmond,” Schor said. “And I have a lot of respect for him because he’s a talented player.”

With its win over Richmond, James Madison clinched at least a share of the Colonial Athletic Association title for a third-straight year.

It’s the first time in JMU program history the school has won the conference championship in three consecutive seasons.

The Dukes can win the league outright for a second-straight year with a victory over Elon this Saturday, which would also give the team an unblemished and perfect 11-0 regular season.

“Looking at it, it’s a big deal,” Schor said. “Because if we win next week that’s what we become.

“And that’s been our focus since day one. We focus on the next week and I think at times, it’s hard to believe that one group could be that focused on the one game that week and not look ahead, but I think that’s what makes our team special. It’s something this team does really well.”

JMU’s Division I-best 22-game winning streak is tied for the fourth-longest winning streak in FCS history tying Harvard, which won 22 in a row from 2013 to 2015.

Second-year JMU coach Mike Houston said junior running back Trai Sharp was the best choice at the position for the final series of the game.

The coaching staff decided he best fit the offense for that situation. Up until the final series, Sharp, junior running back Marcus Marshall and senior running back Taylor Woods had split carries.

Sharp took the first carry of the game-winning drive for 11 yards.

“Trai had just a different energy about him there,” Houston said.

He continued plowing ahead after each handoff, racking up 54 yards on seven carries before scoring the game-winning touchdown on a 7-yard run with 44 seconds to play.

“It was obvious that our o-line was juiced up right there and knocking them off the ball,” Houston said. “I think we got some momentum and tempo going on that drive.”

With one regular-season game left, both JMU senior linebacker Kyre Hawkins and senior defensive end Andrew Ankrah will receive consideration for CAA Defensive Player of the Year.

Hawkins and Ankrah combine to anchor the nation’s top scoring defense and total defense.

Hawkins has racked up a team-leading 67 tackles. He’s also recorded 10 tackles for loss, eight pass breakups and seven sacks. He’s also been tabbed as the league’s Defensive Player of the Week twice.

Ankrah has a team-best 7.5 sacks and 13.5 tackles for loss to go along with two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. His 23-yard scoop-and-score touchdown at Delaware on Sept. 30 helped the Dukes beat the Blue Hens 20-10.