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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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