2017 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

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.

2017 Old Dominion Monarchs football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
2017 record	5–7 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Bobby Wilder (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Scott (9th season)
Defensive coordinator	Rich Nagy (4th season)
Home stadium	Foreman Field (Capacity: 20,118)

2017 Conference USA football standings
	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

Previous season

The Monarchs finished the 2016 season 10–3, 7–1 in C-USA play to earn a share of the East Division title. Due to their loss to Western Kentucky, they did not qualify for the C-USA Championship game. They were invited to the Bahamas Bowl, their first ever bowl appearance, where they defeated Eastern Michigan for their first ever bowl victory.

Schedule and results

Old Dominion announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists six home and 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 travel to Massachusetts who is independent from a conference 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 game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:[2]

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2013	ODU, 66–10

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2016	ODU, 36–16

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2013	UNC, 80–20

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2016	ODU, 42–24

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2016	ODU, 38–14

WKU

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2016	WKU, 59–24

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2016	ODU, 52–17

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2016	ODU, 42–28

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	ODU, 45–42

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2014	MTSU, 41–29

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.