The 2021 Old Dominion Monarchs football team represented

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during the

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. The Monarchs played their home games at S.B. Ballard Stadium in

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, and competed in the East Division of

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(C-USA). The team was coached by second-year head coach

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. On October 27, 2021, Old Dominion announced that this would be the last season for the team in C-USA, and they would join the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2022.

2020 season

On August 10, 2020, Old Dominion announced that they would cancel their 2020 FBS football season due to health, safety, and travel concerns for the

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. Since head coach Ricky Rahne was hired in December 2019, the 2021 season would be considered his second season as head coach due to team practices resuming in 2020, despite the cancellation of the season.

Schedule

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

Roster

Game summaries

At Wake Forest

Hampton

At Liberty

Buffalo

At UTEP

At Marshall

Western Kentucky

Louisiana Tech

At FIU

Florida Atlantic

At Middle Tennessee

Charlotte

*Sources:

Vs. Tulsa (Myrtle Beach Bowl)

Statistics

References

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Old Dominion Monarchs football The Old Dominion Monarchs football program represents Old Dominion University in college football, U.S. college football. The first iteration of the team created in 1930 was known as the William & Mary Norfolk Division Braves. Founded in 2009, the ...