# 2014 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

The 2014 Old Dominion Monarchs football team represented Old Dominion University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Bobby Wilder and played their home games at Foreman Field at S. B. Ballard Stadium in Norfolk, Virginia. The 2014 season marked the inaugural season for the Monarchs as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), joining Conference USA and competing in the East Division. Old Dominion finished the season 6–6 (4–4 in C-USA play) to finish in a three-way tie for third place in the East Division. Despite finishing 6-6, Old Dominion was not invited to a bowl game, as they were in the second of a two-year transition period to the FBS and was ineligible for postseason competition.

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons at Old Dominion | Alma mater |
| Bobby Wilder | Head coach | 6 | University of Maine (1987) |
| Brian Scott | Associate head coach/Offensive line | 6 | University of Maine (2000) |
| Zohn Burden | Passing Game Coordinator/Wide receivers | 6 | Virginia Military Institute (2006) |
| Bill Dee | Running game coordinator/Offensive line | 4 | Mansfield (1975) |
| Darrell Perkins | Cornerbacks | 1 | University of Wyoming (1990) |
| Michael Zyskowski | Recruiting Coordinator/Running backs/Special Teams Coordinator | 7 | University of Maine (2006) |
| Kermit Buggs | Safeties | 1 | Norfolk State University (1995) |
| Jeff Comissiong | Assistant head coach/Defensive line | 1 | University of Maine (1997) |
| Rich Nagy | Defensive coordinator/linebackers | 1 | Trinity (1987) |
| Ron Whitcomb | Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks | 8 | University of Maine (2006) |
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## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 3:30 p.m. | Hampton* | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA | ASN | W 41–28 | 20,118 |
| September 6 | 6:00 p.m. | at NC State* | Carter–Finley StadiumRaleigh, NC | ESPN3 | L 34–46 | 55,390 |
| September 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Eastern Michigan* | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA | Cox 110 | W 17–3 | 20,118 |
| September 20 | 12:00 p.m. | at Rice | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | FSN | W 45–42 | 17,558 |
| September 26 | 8:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA | FS1 | L 28–41 | 20,118 |
| October 4 | 12:00 p.m. | Marshall | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA | FSN | L 14–56 | 20,118 |
| October 11 | 8:00 p.m. | at UTEP | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | ASN | L 35–42 | 25,509 |
| October 25 | 4:00 p.m. | at Western Kentucky | Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY | | L 51–66 | 17,886 |
| November 1 | 7:00 p.m. | at Vanderbilt* | Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN | ESPNU | L 28–42 | 28,966 |
| November 8 | 3:30 p.m. | FIU | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA | ASN | W 38–35 | 20,118 |
| November 22 | 1:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl) | FCS | W 30–27 $^{OT}$ | 20,118 |
| November 29 | 12:00 p.m. | at Florida Atlantic | FAU StadiumBoca Raton, FL | ASN | W 31–28 | 9,566 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### Hampton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Monarchs | 7 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 41 |

### NC State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Monarchs | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| Wolfpack | 10 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 46 |

### Eastern Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Monarchs | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |

### Rice

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Monarchs | 14 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 |
| Owls | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### Middle Tennessee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Raiders | 0 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 41 |
| Monarchs | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |

### Marshall

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thundering Herd | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 56 |
| Monarchs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### UTEP

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Monarchs | 7 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 35 |
| Miners | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |

### Western Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Monarchs | 3 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 51 |
| Hilltoppers | 21 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 66 |

### Vanderbilt

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Monarchs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Commodores | 7 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 42 |

### FIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 7 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 35 |
| Monarchs | 7 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 38 |

### Louisiana Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Monarchs | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 30 |

### Florida Atlantic

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Monarchs | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Owls | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |