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.
Preseason [ edit ] Award watch lists [ edit ] 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
Preseason media poll [ edit ] 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
Schedule [ edit ] 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 . Game summaries [ edit ] At Liberty [ edit ] 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
At Charlotte [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Monarchs 6 6 6 7 25 49ers 7 6 8 7 28
Virginia Tech [ edit ] 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]
At East Carolina [ edit ] 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
Marshall [ edit ] 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
Middle Tennessee [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 17 14 14 6 51 Monarchs 7 3 7 0 17
North Texas [ edit ] 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
At Rice [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Monarchs 3 3 7 0 13 Owls 6 7 7 7 27
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] References [ 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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