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Old Dominion Monarchs football 
First season 1930 (revived in 2009) Head coach Bobby Wilder 3rd year, 22–6 (.786) Home stadium Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium Stadium capacity 19,818[1] Stadium surface AstroTurf GameDay Grass 3D Location Norfolk, VA Conference CAA All-time record 84–25–4 (.761) Postseason bowl record – Colors Slate Blue and Silver Website odusports.cstv.com The Old Dominion Monarchs football team is the college football program for Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. The Monarchs compete at the NCAA Division I-FCS level. The university did not compete between 1941 and 2009. The team was reborn beginning in 2009, competing for two years as an independent. Beginning in the 2011 season, they joined the Colonial Athletic Association and have conference games added to their schedule.
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History
1930–1941
Old Dominion previously played football for eleven seasons (1930-1941) when the university was a two-year school, with a record of 62-19-4. The program was discontinued due to a rule against freshman players and a 10,000 USD debt.[2]
Rebirth
Old Dominion football began anew on April 11, 2009 with the spring game at Powhatan Stadium
On June 14, 2005, the Board of Visitors approved with a 14-0 vote to create a new football team to compete at the NCAA Division I level, along with university's other sports teams, and to begin play in 2009. On February 9, 2007, Athletic Director Jim Jarrett announced that Bobby Wilder, then the associate head football coach at the University of Maine, would be the head coach, and the team signed its first recruiting class in 2008. As is the case with many new football programs, all players in 2008 were redshirted. These players, along with the recruiting class of 2009 and transfer players comprised the initial 2009 roster.
Old Dominion began play in 2009 as an independent team at the Division I FCS level (formerly I-AA), and joined the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2011 season.
In 2009, their first competitive season in 68 years, the Monarchs finished 9–2. That was the best winning record ever for a first-year program in college football's modern era.[3] The Monarchs were outscored by a total of only eight points in their two losses.
Wilder's inaugural team finished the year ranked in the top ten in five FCS statistical categories, including second in sacks allowed, third in scoring offense, turnover margin and net punting. The 2009 Monarchs were ninth in rushing offense.[3]
ODU was fifth in FCS attendance in 2009, selling out all of their home games in the 19,782-seat Foreman Field.[4] Season tickets for the Monarchs' inaugural season sold out quickly and the school had to refund 1,065 orders.[5] Foreman Field, formerly the ODU field hockey and women's lacrosse teams' home venue, was renovated to accommodate the new football program. Field hockey and women's lacrosse were relocated to the Powhatan Sports Complex.
Rivalries
William and Mary - Battle for the Silver Mace
ODU played William and Mary on October 12, 2011 in the inaugural Battle for the Silver Mace. ODU won by a score of 35-31 over the Tribe in the first meeting and was presented with a replica of the Norfolk Mace.
Norfolk State - Five Mile Rivalry
ODU and Norfolk State will play for the first time on November 26, 2011 in the first round of the FCS playoffs. They will then play annually for six years starting in 2013.
See also
- 2009 Old Dominion Monarchs football team
- Tommy Scott (American football)
References
- ^ ODU Sports Stats Sheet for Opening Game of 2011
- ^ Great Moments - Fall 2005 ODU magazine
- ^ a b >Bobby Wilder Profile, odusports.com
- ^ Radford, Rich; "College Football 2010 | ODU game-by-game preview"; hamptonroads.com
- ^ "ODU football: Season ticket demand exceeds supply". Associated Press via the Richmond Times-Dispatch. 2009-07-18. http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/sports/college/college_football/article/ODUF18_20090717-221603/280672/. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
External links
- Official web site
- ODU football history
- Scratching out success, The Washington Times, July 21, 2009.
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VirginiaAcademics Programs: Arts and Letters • Business • College of Education • College of Engineering and Technology • Health Sciences • Sciences
Miscellaneous: Center for Advanced Engineering Environments • Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation CenterAthletics Colonial Athletic Association • Basketball • Big Blue (Mascot) • Bud Metheny Baseball Complex • Folkes-Stevens Indoor Tennis Center • Football • Men's soccer • Foreman Field • Monarchs • Monarch Maniacs • ODU Fieldhouse • Powhatan Sports Complex • Ted Constant Convocation Center
Grounds Libraries: Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library • F. Ludwig Diehn Composers Room • Elise N. Hofheimer Art Library • Robert M. Hughes Memorial Library
Campus: Growth • Images • Maglev system • Student Recreation Center • University VillageHistory Media The Mace & Crown • Monarch Vision • WODU
People Alumni • Faculty • John R. Broderick (President)
Student life Colonial Athletic Association football Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens • Georgia State Panthers (effective 2012) • James Madison Dukes • Maine Black Bears • New Hampshire Wildcats • Old Dominion Monarchs • Rhode Island Rams (leaving in 2013) • Richmond Spiders • Towson Tigers • UMass Minutemen (leaving in 2012) • Villanova Wildcats • William & Mary Tribe
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