American college football season
The 2018 Old Dominion Monarchs football team represented Old Dominion University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Monarchs played their home games at the Foreman Field in Norfolk, Virginia as members of the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by tenth-year head coach Bobby Wilder . They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the East Division. ODU's streak of home sell-outs (59 total games) ended with the FIU game. ODU had sold out every home game since they restarted the football program in 2009.
Listed in the order that they were released
Preseason All-CUSA team [ edit ] Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Monarchs having three players selected.[9]
Defense
Oshane Ximines – DL
Special teams
Isaiah Harper – KR
Darrell Brown – PR
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Monarchs predicted to finish in sixth place in the East Division.[10]
East Division Predicted finish Team 1 Florida Atlantic 2 Marshall 3 Middle Tennessee 4 FIU 5 Western Kentucky 6 Old Dominion 7 Charlotte
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 p.m. at Liberty * ESPN3 L 10–52 20,425 September 8 7:30 p.m. FIU beIN L 20–28 19,243 [a] 4:00 p.m. at Charlotte ESPN3 L 25–28 8,204 September 22 3:30 p.m. No. 13 Virginia Tech * CBSSN W 49–35 20,532 September 29 3:30 p.m. at East Carolina * ESPN3 L 35–37 35,047 October 6 5:00 p.m. at Florida Atlantic Stadium L 33–52 18,204 October 13 3:30 p.m. Marshall Stadium L 20–42 20,118 October 20 7:30 p.m. at Western Kentucky ESPN+ W 37–34 13,269 October 27 3:30 p.m. Middle Tennessee ESPN+ L 17–51 19,725 November 10 3:30 p.m. North Texas ESPN3 W 34–31 18,062 November 17 2:00 p.m. VMI * ESPN+ W 77–14 20,118 November 24 1:00 p.m. at Rice ESPN+ L 13–27 18,083 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
^ This game was originally scheduled for September 15. It was moved up two days in anticipation of Hurricane Florence . 1 2 3 4 Total Monarchs 3 7 0 0 10 Flames 14 0 10 28 52
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 0 14 14 0 28 Monarchs 7 13 0 0 20
1 2 3 4 Total Monarchs 6 6 6 7 25 49ers 7 6 8 7 28
1 2 3 4 Total No. 13 Hokies 7 7 14 7 35 Monarchs 7 7 7 28 49
This marked Old Dominion's first win over a Power Five program in their FBS history.[11]
1 2 3 4 Total Monarchs 14 6 7 8 35 Pirates 14 7 7 9 37
At Florida Atlantic [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Monarchs 0 7 14 12 33 Owls 6 20 6 20 52
1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 0 14 7 21 42 Monarchs 0 3 7 10 20
At Western Kentucky [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Monarchs 14 3 2 18 37 Hilltoppers 7 17 3 7 34
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 17 14 14 6 51 Monarchs 7 3 7 0 17
1 2 3 4 Total Mean Green 14 14 3 0 31 Monarchs 0 10 14 10 34
1 2 3 4 Total Keydets 0 0 14 0 14 Monarchs 21 28 14 14 77
1 2 3 4 Total Monarchs 3 3 7 0 13 Owls 6 7 7 7 27
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] ^ "Rimington Trophy Press Release" . May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018 . ^ "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List" . July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018 . ^ "2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates" . July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018 . ^ "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List" . July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018 . ^ "Ray Guy Award preseason watch list unveiled" . July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018 . ^ "43 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2018 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST" . July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018 . ^ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List" . July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018 . ^ "Preseason Watch List - 2018 edition of the Ted Hendricks Award" (PDF) . August 14, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018 . ^ "FB: 2018 Preseason Awards" . ^ "FB: Preseason Media Poll" . ^ "Virginia Tech vs. Old Dominion score: Monarchs shock No. 13 Hokes in massive upset win" .
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