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Old Dominion Football Notes Old Dominion at NC State Saturday, Sept Old Dominion Football Notes Old Dominion at NC State Saturday, Sept. 6 Carter-Finley Stadium (57,583) Raleigh, N.C. Opening Things Up Date Opponent Time • Old Dominion travels to NC State on Saturday for its first 8/30 Hampton W, 41-28 road contest of the season to take on the 1-0 Wolfpack. 9/6 at NC State 6 p.m. • Gerard Johnson rushed for 137 yards while Taylor Heinicke 9/13 Eastern Michigan 6 p.m. passed for 281 and three touchdowns as ODU defeated 9/20 at Rice* TBA Hampton 41-28 on a hot Saturday afternoon in Norfolk. 9/26 Middle Tennessee* 8 p.m. 10/4 Marshall* TBA • Zach Pascal caught a team-high eight passes for 99 yards 10/11 at UTEP* 8 p.m. EST while Antonio Vaughn had nine catches for 79 yards. 10/25 at Western Kentucky* TBA • Just like 2013, Andre Simmons and Fellonte Misher led the 11/1 at Vanderbilt TBA defense with nine and eight tackles, respectively. Misher 11/8 FIU*! 3:30 p.m. intercepted the third pass of his career to set up an ODU 11/22 Louisiana Tech*$ 1 p.m. touchdown. 11/29 at Florida Atlantic* Noon * Conference USA Game • Junior college transfer Poncho Barnwell led a six sack effort by the defense with 1.5 sacks. Bold indicates home game ! Homecoming • ODU Head Coach Bobby Wilder is 47-14 in his five years in $Oyster Bowl Norfolk. The former Maine offensive coordinator led ODU to FCS playoff berths in 2011 and 2012 along with a CAA Follow the Monarchs Championship in 2012. TV Network: ESPN 3 • Old Dominion will play a full Conference USA schedule for Play by Play: Roy Philpott the first time in school history in just the sixth season since Color Analyst: George Wrighster it restarted football in 2009. The Monarchs are eligible for Sideline Reporter: Angela Mallen the C-USA Championship and berth in the C-USA Champi- onship game played on Saturday, Dec. 6. Radio Network: ESPN Radio 94.1 FM, Sports FM 100.5 (Rich- mond), WBRG 104.5 FM, 1050 AM (Lynchburg) • Eleven of 12 games will be televised this season, includ- Play by Play: Ted Alexander ing the season opener Aug. 30 against Hampton. Four Color Analyst: Andy Mashaw contests: vs. Hampton, at UTEP, vs. FIU and at FAU, will be Sideline Reporter: Rich Radford Pre-Game Host: Rick Kiefner broadcast by the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, which just (Pre-game show starts one hour prior to kick) signed a contract to televise Conference USA games. ODU’s game against Middle Tennessee will be broadcast nationally on Fox Sports 1 Friday, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. It is the first Friday night game in school history. Social Media: Facebook: MonarchFootball • Senior quarterback Taylor Heinicke returns for his senior Twitter: @ODUFootball, @ODUSports Instagram: ODUSports season for the Monarchs. Heinicke passed for 4,022 yards Youtube: Youtube.com/ODUSports and 33 touchdowns as a junior after winning the Walter Payton Award as the top player in the FCS as a sophomore. He is one of just 18 Division I QB’s to pass for 10,000 yards and rush for 1,000 and was the first Division I quarterback in Virginia to pass for 10,000 or more career yards. • Antonio Vaughan and Zach Pascal are the top-two return- ODU Athletic Communications ing receivers this year. Vaughan caught 60 passes for 843 Football Contact: Eric Bohannon yards and nine touchdowns while Pascal had 41 receptions Office Number: 757-683-3374 for 534 yards and six touchdowns. Cell Number: 757-375-0244 Email: [email protected] • ODU returns four of their top-five tacklers from a season ago in junior Fellonte Misher, 95 tackles, and senior captain, Andre Simmons, 78 tackles. The Monarchs also return No. 4 tackler in Richie Staton and No. 5 tackler in D.J. Simon. Bobby Wilder ODU Year-By-Year Record 2009: 9-2 Head Coach 2010: 8-3 2011: 10-3, 6-2 CAA (FCS Playoffs) Maine, 1987 2012: 11-2, 7-1 CAA (FCS Playoffs 2013: 8-4 47-14 (Five Years) 2014: 1-0 When he was hired on February 13, 2007, Bobby Wilder’s goal was The 2011 season also brought a host of accolades for the program. to “AIM HIGH” in everything he did in resurrecting the Old Dominion In addition to 11 Monarchs being honored as All-CAA student- football team from a 69-year absence. Wilder has grown the football athletes, senior defensive lineman Ronnie Cameron was named the program from the best FCS start-up program to FBS in just five years. CAA Defensive Player of the Year. Cameron and punter Jonathan ODU plays its first full season in FBS in 2014, playing 11 FBS teams for Plisco brought home numerous All-America honors and freshman the first time in school history. quarterback Taylor Heinicke was the runner-up for The Sport Network’s Jerry Rice Award as the FCS’ top freshman and was honored as the ODU will play its first Conference USA season in 2014 and when the College Football Performance Awards’ National Performer of the Year. Monarchs host Eastern Michigan on Sept. 13, it will mark the first FBS home game in school history. Continuing the theme of firsts, the Additionally, Wilder was named College Sports Madness’ National Monarchs will host Middle Tennessee on national TV Friday, Sept. 26, Coach of the Year and he finished third in voting forthe Eddie Robinson the first ODU game not played on a Saturday. National Coach of the Year Award. In 2013, the Monarchs began their transition to FBS and Conference Prior to his arrival at ODU, Wilder served on the Maine staff for the USA, playing five FBS opponents, the first five in school history. ODU past 17 years and was promoted to assistant head coach and offensive finished the season 8-4, completing its first unbeaten season at home coordinator in 2000 before moving to associate head coach in 2001. going 6-0, and defeating Idaho 59-38 to deliver the programs first victory over an FBS school. For the second-straight season, the ODU As coordinator, Wilder orchestrated a balanced attack. The Black Bears offense averaged more than 40 points a game, averaging 42.3 points averaged 29.1 points per game in 2004, and scored 29 or more in seven per game, which would have ranked seventh among FBS schools. of 11 games. Wilder helped tutor running back Marcus Williams, who Since restarting its football team in 2009, Old Dominion has compiled rushed for 1,077 yards during his senior season, which moved him into a four-year total of 38 wins and only 10 losses while twice advancing first place in school history for career rushing yards. Maine also threw to the FCS Playoffs. the ball a lot during the campaign as eight different receivers each had double-digit receptions. Ron Whitcomb was at the head of the Wilder led the Monarchs to a school-record 11-2 record in 2012. passing attack as his completions (213) and attempts (350) were the fourth most in a single season since 1950. His 22 touchdown tosses Under Wilder’s tutelage, the Monarchs led the FCS in scoring offense, were tied for third most since 1950. Overall, the offense averaged an total offense and passing offense in 2012 as the Monarchs won the impressive 5.2 yards per play. Colonial Athletic Association Championship in its final season in the FCS. In the always tough CAA, ODU defeated four ranked opponents Wilder was named the Assistant Coach of the Year by the Gridiron and was ranked in the top-10 all season. Club of Greater Boston in 2004, which is presented annually to the top assistant coach in New England. ODU earned the No. 4 national seed in the FCS Playoffs, advanced to the quarterfinals and ranked No. 6 in the final The Sports Network and In 2003, the Black Bears had over 2,000 yards rushing and passing with coaches polls. 4,142 total yards. The ground game was anchored by Williams and the passing game was in the hands of then-freshman Ron Whitcomb, who Old Dominion featured 10 student-athletes on the CAA All-Conference was named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year as he posted 2,428 yards team including the Offensive Player of the Year in quarterback Taylor - the fifth most in a season at Maine. Heinicke. Heinicke’s honors continued to roll in, earning six All-America honors, while also winning the Dudley Award given to the top division A 1987 graduate of Maine with a degree in physical education, Wilder I player in Virginia and the Walter Payton Award for the top player in the FCS. captained the Black Bears to the Yankee Conference Championship his senior year. An All-New England quarterback in 1985, he left Maine as Top honors were not just awarded to Wilder’s players, as Wilder was the school’s all-time leading passer with 4,493 yards, and is currently named American Football Monthly Coach of the Year and also the sixth behind Mike Buck, Emilio Colon, Fein, Eaton and Whitcomb on CaptainU Coach of the Year. the career passing list. A 1982 graduate of Madison High School in Madison, Maine, Wilder was a highly recruited quarterback his senior In 2011, the Monarchs concluded the year at 10-3 overall and ranked year. He opted to attend Maine and in his sophomore year and led the No. 10 in The Sports Network/Fathead.com and FCS Coaches Final Black Bears to their first of five consecutive winning seasons.
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