2021 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

The 2021 Old Dominion Monarchs football team will represent Old Dominion University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Monarchs will play their home games at S.B. Ballard Stadium in Norfolk, Virginia, and will compete in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). The team will be coached by second-year head coach Ricky Rahne.

2021 Old Dominion Monarchs football
Conference	Conference USA
	East Division
2021 record	0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach	Ricky Rahne (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Kirk Campbell (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Blake Seiler (2nd season)
Home stadium	S.B. Ballard Stadium (Capacity: 22,480)

2021 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Charlotte		0	–	0					0	–	0
Florida Atlantic		0	–	0					0	–	0
FIU		0	–	0					0	–	0
Marshall		0	–	0					0	–	0
Middle Tennessee		0	–	0					0	–	0
Old Dominion		0	–	0					0	–	0
Western Kentucky		0	–	0					0	–	0
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 4, 2021
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of February 2, 2021; Rankings from AP Rankings.

Previous season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Old Dominion did not play during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The last competitive season the Monarchs played, was in 2019, when they finished the 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.[1]

Schedule

Old Dominion announced its 2021 football schedule on January 27, 2021.[2][3] The 2021 schedule consisted of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result
September 3	at Wake Forest*	Truist Field Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN
September 11	Hampton*	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA
September 18	at Liberty*	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA
September 25	Buffalo*	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA
October 2	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX
October 9	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV
October 16	Western Kentucky	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA
October 30	Louisiana Tech	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA
November 6	at FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL
November 13	Florida Atlantic	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA
November 20	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN
November 27	Charlotte	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings released prior to game

Schedule Source:[2][4]

References

1. "Wilder Resigns as Old Dominion Football Coach". ODU Sports. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
2. Pain, Megan (January 27, 2021). "ODU football announces 2021 schedule". WKTR. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
3. "ODU Football Announces 2021 Schedule". Old Dominion University Department of Athletics. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
4. "2021 Old Dominion Monarchs Football Schedule". FBSchedule. Retrieved January 30, 2021.