# 2018 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

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.

### 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

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Liberty* | Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA | ESPN3 | L 10–52 | 20,425 |
| September 8 | 7:30 p.m. | FIU | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA | beIN | L 20–28 | 19,243 |
| September 13 | 4:00 p.m. | at Charlotte | Jerry Richardson StadiumCharlotte, NC | ESPN3 | L 25–28 | 8,204 |
| September 22 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 13 Virginia Tech* | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA* | CBSSN | W 49–35 | 20,532 |
| September 29 | 3:30 p.m. | at East Carolina* | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | ESPN3 | L 35–37 | 35,047 |
| October 6 | 5:00 p.m. | at Florida Atlantic | FAU StadiumBoca Raton, FL | Stadium | L 33–52 | 18,204 |
| October 13 | 3:30 p.m. | Marshall | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA | Stadium | L 20–42 | 20,118 |
| October 20 | 7:30 p.m. | at Western Kentucky | Houchens–Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY | ESPN+ | W 37–34 | 13,269 |
| October 27 | 3:30 p.m. | Middle Tennessee | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA | ESPN+ | L 17–51 | 19,725 |
| November 10 | 3:30 p.m. | North Texas | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA | ESPN3 | W 34–31 | 18,062 |
| November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | VMI* | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl) | ESPN+ | W 77–14 | 20,118 |
| November 24 | 1:00 p.m. | at Rice | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | ESPN+ | L 13–27 | 18,083 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll 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 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 |

### 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.

### 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 |
| 3 | 95 | Oshane Ximines | DE | New York Giants |
| 6 | 184 | Travis Fulgham | WR | Detroit Lions |