Royal Rivalry

TowneBank Royal Rivalry Challenge
SportMulti-sport
First meetingOctober 29, 2011 (football)
ODU 23 – JMU 20
Latest meetingNovember 16, 2024 (football)
JMU 35 – ODU 32
StadiumsBridgeforth Stadium, S.B. Ballard Stadium, Atlantic Union Bank Center, Chartway Arena
TrophyCrown
Statistics
All-time seriesJames Madison leads, 2–0
Trophy seriesRoyal Rivalry Trophy
Largest victoryJames Madison, 16.5–7.5 (2022–23)
Longest win streakJames Madison, 2 (2022–present)
Current win streakJames Madison, 2 (2022–present)
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.