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ODU Athletic Communications Old Dominion University Football Contact: Eric Bohannon Office Number: 757-683-3374 Cell Number: 757-375-0244 Email: [email protected] Monarchs Football www.ODUSports.com GAME 10 2019 ODU Football Game Notes Old Dominion (1-8, 0-5 C-USA) vs. UTSA (3-5, 2-2 C-USA) Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019 • 2 p.m. Norfolk, Va. • Kornblau Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium (21,944) TV: ESPN+ Radio: ODU Sports Radio Network Play by Play: Ted Alexander Play by Play: Ted Alexander Color: Andy Mashaw Color: Andy Mashaw Sideline: Doug Ripley Sideline: Doug Ripley ODU Hosts UTSA > Old Dominion dropped its eighth-straight game on Saturday, falling at Florida International 24-17. UTSA lost at SEC foe Texas A&M, 45-14. > True freshman Hayden Wolff earned his first career start, playing for the first time this season. Wolff completed 19-of-35 passes for 169 yards and an interception. > Lawrence Garner finished with a game-high 10 tackles and half a tackle for loss. He recorded his sixth double-digit tackle game of the season and leads C-USA with 9.2 tackles per game. > Keion White notched a career-high nine tackles and tied his career-besst with 3.5 tackles for loss. He also recorded a pass breakup and QB hurry. White is tied for third in C-USA in tackles for loss. > Kaleb Ford-Dement registered one pass breakup, giving up 11 for the season and tying for the single-season school record. He is tied with T.J. Cowart and Brandon Addison. > Bobby Wilder is 77-52 in his 11th year as head coach at Old Dominion. 2019 ODU Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result Series Misc. Aug. 31 Norfolk State W, 24-21 4-0 Lala Davis scored from 2-yards out to lift ODU over the Spartans. Sept. 7 at Virginia Tech L, 31-17 1-2 Down 24-3, ODU stages a comeback but falls short, 31-17. Sept. 14 BYE Week 3 earliest bye in 11 years of ODU football. Sept. 21 at No. 21 Virginia L, 28-17 0-1 ODU scored first 17 points, UVA scored the final 28. Sept. 28 East Carolina L, 24-21 0-3 Blocked punt, ODU turnover at ECU one pivotal plays in loss. Oct. 5 WKU L, 20-3 1-5 WKU held ODU to 160 yards of offense, scoring 20-straight on offense. Oct. 12 at Marshall L, 31-17 1-5 Kesean Strong TD cuts MU lead to 7, but Herd pulls away for win Oct. 19 at UAB L, 38-14 0-1 Turnovers on first 2 drives put ODU in 14-0 hole and cannot recover. Oct. 26 Florida Atlantic L, 41-3 2-4 FAU jumped out to 14-0 lead and never looked back Nov. 2 at FIU L, 24-17 3-3 Hayden Wolff looked good in first start, but not enough in Miami Nov. 9 UTSA 2 p.m. 2-0 First meeting since ODU beat UTSA 33-19, in 2016 Nov. 16 BYE First time since 2014 ODU receives a double bye Nov. 23 at Middle Tennessee 4:30 p.m. 0-3 ODU looks for first win against MTSU Nov. 30 Charlotte 2 p.m. 3-1 Closest C-USA rival for ODU comes to Norfolk to close out season ODU Year-By-Year Record 2009: 9-2 Bobby Wilder 2010: 8-3 2011: 10-3, 6-2 CAA (FCS Playoffs) 2012: 11-2, 7-1 CAA (FCS Playoffs) Head Coach 2013: 8-4 2014: 6-6 2015: 5-7 2016: 10-3 (Popeyes Bahamas Bowl Champions) Maine, 1987 2017: 5-7 2018: 4-8 77-53 (11th Year) 2019: 1-8 Bobby Wilder begins his 13th season as head coach at Old Dominion quarterbacks to throw 30 or more touchdown passes and five or less University. Wilder, the only coach in program history, grew the football interceptions (Zach Terrell/Western Michigan). program from the best FCS start-up to an FBS program in just six years and an FBS bowl champion in eight years. Hired on February 13, 2007, The Monarchs made an immediate splash in their first season in Wilder led the Monarchs to a 17-5 record in the first two seasons in Conference USA, defeating the defending C-USA Champions Rice in program history, a 2012 Colonial Athletic Association Championship, a the first conference game in school history. Wilder led ODU to a 6-6 bowl championship and a win over Virginia Tech in his first 10 seasons overall record and went 4-4 in league play, including winning three- as the only head coach of the football program. straight games to end the season. Wilder is the 11th longest tenured head coach in FBS and the second Wilder led the Monarchs to a school-record 11-2 mark in 2012. longest in Conference USA (Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee). Wilder has led the Monarchs to a 76-45 record in nine seasons, two playoff Under Wilder’s tutelage, the Monarchs led the FCS in scoring offense, appearances and the program’s first bowl game in 2016. total offense and passing offense in 2012 as the Monarchs won the Colonial Athletic Association Championship in their final season in the In the summer of 2018, Wilder was inducted into the Maine Sports FCS. In the always tough CAA, ODU defeated four ranked opponents Hall of Fame. The induction into the hall of fame was not only due to and was ranked in the top-10 all season. Wilder’s coaching prowess, however, the 30-year coaching veteran was a multi-sport athlete in high school in Madison, Maine, earning ODU earned the No. 4 national seed in the FCS Playoffs, advanced to All-State honors in football and basketball, before starring at the the quarterfinals and ranked No. 6 in the final “The Sports Network” University of Maine. Wilder graduated as the school’s all-time leader and coaches polls. in passing. Top honors were not just awarded to Wilder’s players, as Wilder was named Wilder led the Monarchs to one of the biggest upsets in college football American Football Monthly Coach of the Year and CaptainU Coach of the Year. history, with a 49-35 triumph over Virginia Tech on Sept. 22 in Norfolk. In 2011, the Monarchs concluded the year at 10-3 overall and ranked The win was ODU’s first over a ranked FBS program and the first over No. 10 in The Sports Network/Fathead.com and FCS Coaches Final an ACC foe. Quarterback Blake LaRussa threw for 495-yards, the second Polls, the fastest climb to the top-10 of any start-up program. In the most ever allowed by a tech defense. first season of conference play in the Colonial Athletic Association, considered by many the toughest FCS conference in the nation, ODU The Monarchs made national headlines twice more in 2018, as ODU went 6-2 against league opponents. Picked to finish 10th in the CAA and WKU had a finish never seen before in college football. It involved Preseason Poll, ODU ended the year in a tie for second place in the CAA, three untimed downs, an Isaiah Harper 83-yard return on a missed field a conference which sent five teams to the post-season. The Monarchs goal and a 26-yard game-winning field goal by Nick Rice to give ODU a were among those five teams advancing to the FCS playoffs where 37-34 victory on the third and final untimed down. they defeated MEAC Champions Norfolk State in first round action and advanced to the second round of the playoffs against Georgia In the second to last game at Foreman Field, ODU fell behind North Southern in one of the most thrilling games of the Division I Football Texas 28-0, but came from behind to top the Mean Green 34-31. Championships. Travis Fulgham had 155 receiving yards and true freshman Lala Davis scored the game-winner from a yard out with 15 seconds left to lift the Wilder and his staff’s inaugural season of play at the Football Monarchs to another improbable victory. Championship Subdivision level went well beyond expectations. From the celebrated kickoff versus Chowan, to the heart pounding first For the first time in its 10-year history, the Monarchs sent players to the FCS road victory against Jacksonville, to ensuring a winning season Reese’s Senior Bowl, the nation’s premier senior all-star football game, at Savannah State, to extending the win-streak to six in the season as Oshane Ximines and Travis Fulgham played in the game. Fulgham finale at VMI, history was made every step of the way. The Monarchs and Ximines also became the first teammates to be invited to the NFL concluded the 2009 season at 9-2 overall. Scouting Combine, as ODU double their participation in the combine to four. Prior to his arrival at ODU, Wilder served on the Maine staff for 17 years and was promoted to assistant head coach and offensive coordinator ODU had five players on the All-Conference USA squad, including in 2000, before moving to associate head coach in 2001. Oshane Ximines has a back-to-back first-team All-C-USA defensive end, and Isaiah Harper as a two-time first-team kick returner. Jonathan Wilder was named the Assistant Coach of the Year by the Gridiron Duhart and Travis Fulgham earned second-team All-C-USA honors at Club of Greater Boston in 2004, which is presented annually to the top wide receiver, while Harper was named second-team punter returner, assistant coach in New England.