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American college football season

2018 Old Dominion Monarchs football
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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
Seasons← 20172019 →
2018 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
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 Nick Clarke C SR
Chuck Bednarik Award Oshane Ximines DE SR
Doak Walker Award Jeremy Cox RB SR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy Oshane Ximines DE SR
Ray Guy Award Bailey Cate P JR
Paul Hornung Award Isaiah Harper WR/KR SR
Wuerffel Trophy Oshane Ximines DE SR
Ted Hendricks Award 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.

Defense

Oshane Ximines – DL

Special teams

Isaiah Harper – KR

Darrell Brown – PR

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.

East Division
Predicted finish Team
1 Florida Atlantic
2 Marshall
3 Middle Tennessee
4 FIU
5 Western Kentucky
6 Old Dominion
7 Charlotte

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 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 scheduled to be played in Blacksburg, but inclement weather pushed it to Norfolk.

Game summaries

At Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 3 7 0 0 10
Flames 14 0 10 28 52
See also: 2018 Liberty Flames football team

FIU

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 14 14 0 28
Monarchs 7 13 0 0 20
See also: 2018 FIU Panthers football team

At Charlotte

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 6 6 6 7 25
49ers 7 6 8 7 28
See also: 2018 Charlotte 49ers football team

Virginia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Hokies 7 7 14 7 35
Monarchs 7 7 7 28 49
See also: 2018 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

This marked Old Dominion's first win over a Power Five program in their FBS history.

At East Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 14 6 7 8 35
Pirates 14 7 7 9 37
See also: 2018 East Carolina Pirates football team

At Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 0 7 14 12 33
Owls 6 20 6 20 52
See also: 2018 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

Marshall

1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 0 14 7 21 42
Monarchs 0 3 7 10 20
See also: 2018 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

At Western Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 14 3 2 18 37
Hilltoppers 7 17 3 7 34
See also: 2018 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

Middle Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 17 14 14 6 51
Monarchs 7 3 7 0 17
See also: 2018 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 14 14 3 0 31
Monarchs 0 10 14 10 34
See also: 2018 North Texas Mean Green football team

VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0 0 14 0 14
Monarchs 21 28 14 14 77
See also: 2018 VMI Keydets football team

At Rice

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 3 3 7 0 13
Owls 6 7 7 7 27
See also: 2018 Rice Owls football team

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2019 NFL draft
Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
3 95 Oshane Ximines DE New York Giants
6 184 Travis Fulgham WR Detroit 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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