2018 Old Dominion Monarchs football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
Record4–8 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Scott (10th season)
Offensive schemeHurry-up spread option
Defensive coordinatorRich Nagy (6th season)
Base defense3–3–5
Home stadiumForeman Field
2018 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Middle Tennessee x  7 –1   8 –6  
Marshall  6 –2   9 –4  
FIU  6 –2   9 –4  
Charlotte  4 –4   5 –7  
Florida Atlantic  3 –5   5 –7  
Old Dominion  2 –6   4 –8  
Western Kentucky  2 –6   3 –9  
West Division
UAB x$  7 –1   11 –3  
North Texas  5 –3   9 –4  
Louisiana Tech  5 –3   8 –5  
Southern Miss  5 –3   6 –5  
UTSA  2 –6   3 –9  
UTEP  1 –7   1 –11  
Rice  1 –7   2 –11  
Championship: UAB 27, Middle Tennessee 25
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions

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

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Rimington Trophy[1] Nick Clarke C SR
Chuck Bednarik Award[2] Oshane Ximines DE SR
Doak Walker Award[3] Jeremy Cox RB SR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[4] Oshane Ximines DE SR
Ray Guy Award[5] Bailey Cate P JR
Paul Hornung Award[6] Isaiah Harper WR/KR SR
Wuerffel Trophy[7] Oshane Ximines DE SR
Ted Hendricks Award[8] Oshane Ximines DE SR

Preseason All-CUSA team

Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Monarchs having three players selected.[9]

Preseason media poll

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
1Florida Atlantic
2Marshall
3Middle Tennessee
4FIU
5Western Kentucky
6Old Dominion
7Charlotte

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
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
September 13[lower-alpha 1] 4:00 p.m. at Charlotte
ESPN3 L 25–28 8,204
September 22 3:30 p.m. No. 13 Virginia Tech*
  • Foreman Field
  • Norfolk, VA
 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
  • Foreman Field
  • Norfolk, VA
 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
  • Foreman Field
  • Norfolk, VA
 ESPN+ L 17–51 19,725
November 10 3:30 p.m. North Texas
  • Foreman Field
  • Norfolk, VA
 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
  1. ↑ This game was originally scheduled for September 15. It was moved up two days in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

At Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 3 7 0 0 10
Flames 14 0 10 28 52

FIU

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 14 14 0 28
Monarchs 7 13 0 0 20

At Charlotte

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 6 6 6 7 25
49ers 7 6 8 7 28

Virginia Tech

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 14 6 7 8 35
Pirates 14 7 7 9 37

At Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 0 7 14 12 33
Owls 6 20 6 20 52

Marshall

1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 0 14 7 21 42
Monarchs 0 3 7 10 20

At Western Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 14 3 2 18 37
Hilltoppers 7 17 3 7 34

Middle Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 17 14 14 6 51
Monarchs 7 3 7 0 17

North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 14 14 3 0 31
Monarchs 0 10 14 10 34

VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0 0 14 0 14
Monarchs 21 28 14 14 77

At Rice

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 3 3 7 0 13
Owls 6 7 7 7 27

Players drafted into the NFL

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
395Oshane XiminesDENew York Giants
6184Travis FulghamWRDetroit Lions

References

  1. ↑ "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ "2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates". July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ray Guy Award preseason watch list unveiled". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "FB: 2018 Preseason Awards".
  10. ↑ "FB: Preseason Media Poll".
  11. ↑ "Virginia Tech vs. Old Dominion score: Monarchs shock No. 13 Hokes in massive upset win".


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