Old Dominion Game Notes Old Dominion (2-1) vs. Appalachian St. (1-1) Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 • 3:30 p.m. Norfolk, Va. Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium (20,118) Follow the Monarchs KICKING OFF 2015 TV Network: ASN • Old Dominion hosts its third-straight home game on Saturday, welcom- Play by Play: Ron Thulin ing Appalachian State on Saturday. It will be the first meeting between Color Analyst: Keith Moreland the two new FBS schools. Radio Network: ESPN Radio 94.1 FM (Norfolk), Sports FM • Today’s game captains for ODU are Troy Butler, Malique Johnson, David 100.5 (Richmond), WLVA 94.1 FM, Fox Sports 580 (Lynchburg) Washington and Anthony Wilson. Junior Terrell Reid will carry the 12th Play by Play: Ted Alexander Monarch flag. Color Analyst: Andy Mashaw Sideline Reporter: Doug Ripley • The Monarchs hosted their first Power-Five opponent last week against Pregame Host: Rick Kiefner NC State, falling 38-14. (Pre-game show starts one hour prior to kick) • Ray Lawry and Jonathan Duhart caught touchdown passes but the of- fense gained a program low 148 total yards and just eight first downs. Internet: Audio: ODUSports.com •Lawry came into the contest leading the nation in rushing but gained just 15 yards on 11 carries as ODU rushed for -3 yards, the second lowest Video: ODUSports.com single-game total in school history. Livestats: ODUSports.com • The Monarch defense kept ODU in the game, holding the Wolfpack to Social Media: 28 points through three quarters. Fellonte Misher tied his career-best Facebook: MonarchFootball with 12 tackles while linebacker TJ Ricks had 10 stops. Junior linebacker Twitter: @ODUFootball, @ODUSports Shadow Williams had a career-high nine tackles and half a tackle for loss. Instagram: ODUSports Youtube: Youtube.com/ODUSports • Junior cornerback Aaron Young led the ODU defense with seven tackles. ODU Athletic Communications • Oshane Ximines recorded a sack in his second-straight game and Football Contact: Eric Bohannon notched 1.5 tackles for loss. Ximines leads the Monarchs with two sacks Office Number: 757-683-3374 and 3.5 tackles for loss. Cell Number: 757-375-0244 Email: [email protected] • Junior linebacker TJ Ricks leads ODU with 29 tackles. • Today’s game marks the 44th straight sellout since ODU restarted foot- ball in 2009. The Monarchs are 33-10 in those games and have the 12th best home winning percentage in FBS at .767. • ODU Head Coach Bobby Wilder is 54-21 in his seventh year at Old Do- minion. The former Maine offensive coordinator led ODU to FCS playoff berths in 2011 and 2012 along with a CAA Championship in 2012. 2015 ODU Schedule Date Opponent Location Time TV Result/Series Record Sept. 5 Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. 3 p.m. ESPN3 W, 38-34 Sept. 12 Norfolk State Norfolk, Va. 7 p.m. ASN W, 24-10 Sept. 19 NC State Norfolk, Va. 7 p.m. ASN L, 38-14 Sept. 26 Appalachian State Norfolk, Va. 3:30 p.m. ASN First Meeting Oct. 3 Marshall Huntington, W. Va. 3:30 p.m. ASN 0-1 Oct. 17 Charlotte Norfolk, Va. 3:30 p.m. ASN First Meeting Oct. 24 FIU Miami, Fla. 6 p.m. 1-0 Oct. 31 Western Kentucky Norfolk, Va. TBA Fox Network 0-1 Nov. 7 UTSA San Antonio, Texas 7 p.m. ASN First Meeting Nov. 14 UTEP Norfolk, Va. TBA Fox Network 0-1 Nov. 21 Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. 3:30 p.m. ASN First Meeting Nov. 28 Florida Atlantic Norfolk, Va. Noon ASN 1-0 ODU Year-By-Year Record Bobby Wilder 2009: 9-2 2010: 8-3 Head Coach 2011: 10-3, 6-2 CAA (FCS Playoffs) 2012: 11-2, 7-1 CAA (FCS Playoffs Maine, 1987 2013: 8-4 2014: 6-6 54-21 (Seven Years) 2015: 2-1 When he was hired on February 13, 2007, Bobby Wilder’s goal was fourth nationally in attendance with capacity crowds at all eight to “AIM HIGH” in everything he did in resurrecting the Old Dominion home contests and extending its streak to 35 consecutive sellouts at football team from a 69-year absence. Wilder has grown the football Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium, which is currently at 41-straight. program from the best FCS start-up to an FBS program in just six years. In 2015 Old Dominion is fully bowl eligible for the first time and will Wilder and his staff’s inaugural season of play at the Football host its first power-five school at Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium Championship Subdivision level went well beyond expectations. From when NC State comes to Norfolk on Sept. 19. the celebrated kickoff versus Chowan, to the heart pounding first FCS victory against Jacksonville, to ensuring a winning season at Savannah The Monarchs made an immediate splash in their first season in State, to extending the win-streak to six in the season finale at VMI, Conference USA, defeating the defending C-USA Champions Rice in history was made every step of the way. The Monarchs concluded the the first conference game in school history. Wilder led ODU to a 6-6 2009 season at 9-2 overall. overall record and went 4-4 in league play, including winning three- straight games to end the season. The Monarchs finished the year ranked in the top-10 in five statistical categories as a team, including second in sacks allowed, third in Quarterback Taylor Heinicke became the first Monarch to play in the scoring offense, turnover margin, net punting and ninth in rushing prestigious East-West Shrine Game. He leaves ODU ranked in the top- offense. Individually, ODU had its first football All-Americans named five in Division I in passing yards, total offense, touchdown passes and in punter Jonathan Plisco and long snapper Dustin Phillips, with Plisco total touchdowns. leading the nation in punt yardage averaging 44.84 yards per contest. Quarterback Thomas DeMarco was also ranked in the top -10 in In their first season of C-USA play, the Monarchs had seven players earn scoring and was the second leading FCS signal caller in rushing. all-conference accolades, including Antonio Vaughan and Josh Mann with first-team honors. Five freshman earned league all-freshmen Wilder meanwhile received the Tom Fergusson Memorial Award at the honors including Ray Lawry, Darius Garcia, Bunmi Rotimi, Christian 65th Norfolk Sports Club Jamboree named as the Metropolitan Person Byrum and Jarrett Cervi, while Lawry was named C-USA Freshman of of the Year in Sports. the Year. In addition to his recruiting efforts, Wilder has also been an essential The six wins in 2014 is tied for the seventh most for a first-year FBS part in the planning and development of what are among the top member school in the last 20 years and the second most for a start- football facilities in the country including the state-of-the-art $17 up program, behind only the eight wins that UTSA registered in 2012. million L.R. Hill Sports Complex that houses the ODU football offices, athletic and strength training areas, locker rooms and two practice In 2013, the Monarchs began their transition to FBS and Conference fields with artificial surface. The $24.8 million Foreman Field Football USA, playing five FBS opponents, the first five in school history. ODU Complex, includes the Ainslie Game Day Building, Astoturf GameDay finished the season 8-4, completing its first unbeaten season at home, Grass 3D field surface, scoreboard, sound system, field enclosure and a going 6-0 and defeating Idaho 59-38 to deliver the programs first contiguous parking garage. victory over an FBS school. For the second-straight season, the ODU offense averaged more than 40 points a game, averaging 42.3 points Prior to his arrival at ODU, Wilder served on the Maine staff for 17 years per game, which would have ranked seventh among FBS schools. and was promoted to assistant head coach and offensive coordinator in 2000, before moving to associate head coach in 2001. Wilder led the Monarchs to a school-record 11-2 mark in 2012. A 1987 graduate of Maine with a degree in physical education, Wilder Under Wilder’s tutelage, the Monarchs led the FCS in scoring offense, captained the Black Bears to the Yankee Conference Championship his total offense and passing offense in 2012 as the Monarchs won the senior year. An All-New England quarterback in 1985, he left Maine as Colonial Athletic Association Championship in their final season in the the school’s all-time leading passer with 4,493 yards, and is currently FCS. In the always tough CAA, ODU defeated four ranked opponents sixth behind Mike Buck, Emilio Colon, Fein, Eaton and Whitcomb on and was ranked in the top-10 all season. the career passing list. Wilder coached four of those former players and played with the fifth. A 1982 graduate of Madison High School in ODU earned the No. 4 national seed in the FCS Playoffs, advanced to Madison, Maine, Wilder was a highly recruited quarterback his senior the quarterfinals and ranked No. 6 in the final “The Sports Network” year. and coaches polls. Old Dominion featured 10 student-athletes on the CAA All-Conference Upon graduation, Wilder served as a graduate assistant coach for two team including the Offensive Player of the Year in quarterback Taylor seasons under Jack Bicknell at Boston College, where he earned his Heinicke. Heinicke’s honors continued to roll in, earning six All-America master’s degree in educational administration in 1990.