2017 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

2017 Old Dominion Monarchs football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
Record	5–7 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Bobby Wilder (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Scott (9th season)
Offensive scheme	Hurry-up spread option
Defensive coordinator	Rich Nagy (5th season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Foreman Field

2017 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Florida Atlantic x$		8	–	0					11	–	3
FIU		5	–	3					8	–	5
Marshall		4	–	4					8	–	5
Western Kentucky		4	–	4					6	–	7
Middle Tennessee		4	–	4					7	–	6
Old Dominion		3	–	5					5	–	7
Charlotte		1	–	7					1	–	11
West Division
North Texas x		7	–	1					9	–	5
UAB		6	–	2					8	–	5
Southern Miss		6	–	2					8	–	5
Louisiana Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
UTSA		3	–	5					6	–	5
Rice		1	–	7					1	–	11
UTEP		0	–	8					0	–	12
Championship: Florida Atlantic 41, North Texas 17
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Old Dominion Monarchs football team represented Old Dominion University in the 2017 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 ninth-year head coach Bobby Wilder. The Monarchs finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place.

Schedule

Old Dominion announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and six away games in the regular season.^[1] The Monarchs hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Albany from the Colonial Athletic Association and North Carolina from the Atlantic Coast Conference and traveled to Massachusetts, an independent, and Virginia Tech also from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	No. 24 (FCS) Albany*	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	ESPN3	W 31–17	20,118
September 9	3:30 p.m.	at Massachusetts*	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ELVN	W 17–7	9,028
September 16	3:30 p.m.	North Carolina*	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	Stadium	L 23–53	20,118
September 23	2:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ACCN Extra	L 0–38	65,632
October 7	6:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	Stadium	L 28–58	20,118
October 14	2:30 p.m.	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	ESPN3	L 3–35	26,097
October 20	7:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	CBSSN	L 31–35	20,118
October 28	6:30 p.m.	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	ESPN3	L 38–45	18,872
November 4	3:30 p.m.	Charlotte	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	ESPN3	W 6–0	20,118
November 11	7:00 p.m.	at FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL		W 37–30	17,127
November 18	2:00 p.m.	Rice	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)	ESPN3	W 24–21	20,118
November 25	3:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	L 10–41	10,128
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 (FCS) Great Danes	3	0	0	14	17
Monarchs	7	14	3	7	31

See also: 2017 Albany Great Danes football team

At Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	3	7	0	7	17
Minutemen	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2017 UMass Minutemen football team

North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	11	28	7	7	53
Monarchs	0	7	10	6	23

See also: 2017 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

At Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	0	0	0	0	0
No. 13 Hokies	3	14	14	7	38

See also: 2017 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	17	14	14	13	58
Monarchs	7	7	7	7	28

See also: 2017 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

At Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	0	3	0	0	3
Thundering Herd	0	7	7	21	35

See also: 2017 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

WKU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	7	14	0	14	35
Monarchs	7	7	17	0	31

See also: 2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

At North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	10	13	15	0	38
Mean Green	14	21	0	10	45

See also: 2017 North Texas Mean Green football team

Charlotte

	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	0	0	0	0	0
Monarchs	3	0	3	0	6

See also: 2017 Charlotte 49ers football team

At FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	7	17	7	6	37
Panthers	7	7	9	7	30

See also: 2017 FIU Panthers football team

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	0	0	14	21
Monarchs	7	3	7	7	24

See also: 2017 Rice Owls football team

At Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	3	0	0	7	10
Blue Raiders	3	21	7	10	41

See also: 2017 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

References

1. "ODU Football Announces 2017 Schedule" (Press release). Old Dominion University Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
2. "2017 Old Dominion Monarchs Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 29, 2017.