2020 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

The 2020 Old Dominion Monarchs football team represented Old Dominion University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season until the cancellation of the 2020 season on August 10, 2020.[1] The Monarchs would had played their home games at S.B. Ballard Stadium in Norfolk, Virginia and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They would had been coached by first-year head coach Ricky Rahne.

2020 Old Dominion Monarchs football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
Head coachRicky Rahne (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorKirk Campbell (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBlake Seiler (1st season)
Home stadiumS.B. Ballard Stadium
(Capacity: 22,480)
2020 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Charlotte  0 –0     0 –0  
FIU  0 –0     0 –0  
Florida Atlantic  0 –0     0 –0  
Marshall  0 –0     0 –0  
Middle Tennessee  0 –0     0 –0  
Western Kentucky  0 –0     0 –0  
Old Dominion†   –      –  
West Division
Louisiana Tech  0 –0     0 –0  
North Texas  0 –0     0 –0  
Rice  0 –0     0 –0  
Southern Miss  0 –0     0 –0  
UAB  0 –0     0 –0  
UTEP  0 –0     0 –0  
UTSA  0 –0     0 –0  
Championship: December 5, 2020
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Note: † Due to COVID-19, Old Dominion has suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 18, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Monarchs finished the 2019 regular season 1–11, 0–8 in CUSA which they placed last (7th place) in the East division. They were not invited to play in any post season bowl game. Bobby Wilder resigned in December 2019, two days after losing to Charlotte.[2]

Schedule

Old Dominion announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.[3] The 2020 schedule consisted of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. On August 10, 2020, Old Dominion University announced the cancellation of the football season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.[1][4] The following schedule below was the set schedule for the 2020 season.

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 4 Wake Forest*
Canceled
September 12 Hampton*
  • S.B. Ballard Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
Canceled
September 19 FIU
  • S.B. Ballard Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
Canceled
September 26 Middle Tennessee
  • S.B. Ballard Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
Canceled
October 3 at UConn*
Canceled
October 17 at UTSA
Canceled
October 24 Virginia*
  • S.B. Ballard Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
Canceled
October 31 at Western Kentucky
Canceled
November 7 UAB
  • S.B. Ballard Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
Canceled
November 14 at Charlotte
Canceled
November 21 at Florida Atlantic
Canceled
November 28 Marshall
  • S.B. Ballard Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
Canceled
  • *Non-conference game

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References
  1. "Old Dominion postponing football and fall sports". The Virginian Pilot. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  2. "Wilder Resigns as Old Dominion Football Coach". ODU Sports. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. "ODU Announces 2020 Football Schedule". Old Dominion University Department of Athletics. January 8, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  4. "Old Dominion latest FBS team to cancel 2020 college football season amid COVID-19 concerns". CBSsports.com. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  5. "2020 Old Dominion Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
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