James Madison Dukes logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG
- Download PNG James Madison Dukes Logo PNG Meaning and history 1986 The very first logo for the James Madison University athletic team was introduced in 1986 and featured a funny and friendly caricature of a bulldog, standing on a stylized bold “JMU” wordmark.
- The bulldog was supposed to look scary and dangerous, but it didn’t really work, as on the logo the dog look more like it was smiling.
- As for the inscription, it was executed in an extra-bold Sans-serif typeface, with its slanted capital letters written in intense yellow and outlined in black.
- 2002 The redesign of 2002 refined and strengthened the JMU logo, adding more purple color to the background, and emboldening the contours of all elements.
- 2013 The James Madison Dukes badge was redesigned again in 2013, changing its color palette to purple and white, and keeping pale gold only for the crown, collar, and lettering.
- The whole badge was now outlined in white and purple, which created a good contrast and made the logo visible on various backgrounds now.
- 2017 – Today In 2017, the university made a more decisive step and removed Duke Dog from the emblem altogether.
- Now, the James Madison Dukes logo features only the letters “JMU” in gold with purple trim.
- James Madison Dukes basketball JMU men’s baseball team has competed in the NCAA Division I Tournament five times.
- They played in the 1976 NCAA Division II Tournament.
- The Dukes have made five appearances in the National Invitation Tournament, two appearances in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, and one appearance in the College Basketball Invitational.
- James Madison University sponsors the longest-running women’s basketball program in the US (since 1920).
- The university’s program started in 1970.
- James Madison Dukes Colors PURPLE PANTONE: 2685 HEX COLOR: #450084; RGB: (69, 0, 132) CMYK: (92, 98, 0, 0) GOLD PANTONE: 4515 HEX COLOR: #CBB677; RGB: (203, 182, 119) CMYK: (0, 9, 50, 24)
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