2020 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

The 2020 Old Dominion Monarchs football team was scheduled to represent Old Dominion University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season, until cancellation of the 2020 season on August 10, 2020.[1] The Monarchs would have played their home games at S.B. Ballard Stadium in Norfolk, Virginia, and would have competed in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). The team would have been coached by first-year head coach Ricky Rahne. Conference USA later reinstated its season; however, the Monarchs did not participate.

2020 Old Dominion Monarchs football
Conference	Conference USA
	East Division
Head coach	Ricky Rahne (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Kirk Campbell (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Blake Seiler (1st season)
Home stadium	S.B. Ballard Stadium (Capacity: 22,480)

2020 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Marshall xy		4	–	1					7	–	3
Florida Atlantic		4	–	2					5	–	4
Western Kentucky		4	–	3					5	–	7
Charlotte		2	–	2					2	–	4
Middle Tennessee		2	–	4					3	–	6
FIU		0	–	3					0	–	5
Old Dominion†			–							–
West Division
UAB xy$		3	–	1					6	–	3
UTSA		5	–	2					7	–	5
Louisiana Tech		4	–	2					5	–	4
North Texas		3	–	4					4	–	6
Rice		2	–	3					2	–	3
Southern Miss		2	–	4					3	–	7
UTEP		0	–	4					3	–	5
Championship: UAB 22, Marshall 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Note: † Due to COVID-19, Old Dominion has suspended the 2020 football season. Rankings from AP Poll.

Previous season

The Monarchs finished the 2019 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.[2]

Schedule

Old Dominion announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.[3] The 2020 schedule consisted of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. On August 10, 2020, Old Dominion University announced the cancellation of the football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][4] The following schedule below was the set schedule for the 2020 season.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 4	Wake Forest*	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA	Canceled
September 12	Hampton*	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA	Canceled
September 19	FIU	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA	Canceled
September 26	Middle Tennessee	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA	Canceled
October 3	at UConn*	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	Canceled
October 17	at UTSA	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	Canceled
October 24	Virginia*	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA	Canceled
October 31	at Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	Canceled
November 7	UAB	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA	Canceled
November 14	at Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC	Canceled
November 21	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	Canceled
November 28	Marshall	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA	Canceled
*Non-conference game

Source[5]

References

1. "Old Dominion postponing football and fall sports". The Virginian Pilot. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
2. "Wilder Resigns as Old Dominion Football Coach". ODU Sports. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
3. "ODU Announces 2020 Football Schedule". Old Dominion University Department of Athletics. January 8, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
4. "Old Dominion latest FBS team to cancel 2020 college football season amid COVID-19 concerns". CBSsports.com. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
5. "2020 Old Dominion Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.