2011 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

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Ranking
Sports Network	No. 10
FCS Coaches	No. 10

2011 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 9 Towson $^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 10 Old Dominion ^		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 8 Maine ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 11 New Hampshire ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 17 Delaware		5	–	3					7	–	4
No. 15 James Madison ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
William & Mary		3	–	5					5	–	6
Rhode Island		2	–	6					3	–	8
Villanova		1	–	7					2	–	9
Richmond		0	–	8					3	–	8
UMass *		0	–	0					5	–	6
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * – UMass' conference record was 0–0 because they were transitioning to FBS. Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2011 Old Dominion Monarchs football team represented Old Dominion University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Monarchs were led by third-year head coach Bobby Wilder and played their home games at Foreman Field at S. B. Ballard Stadium. They were in their first year as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in CAA play, to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs, their first ever playoff berth, where they defeated Norfolk State in the first round before falling to Georgia Southern in the second round.

Schedule

September 36:00 PMCampbell*

• Foreman Field
• Norfolk, VA

W 41–14 19,818 September 1012:00 PMat Georgia State*

• Georgia Dome
• Atlanta, GA

CSNW 40–17 11,701 September 176:00 PMHampton*

• Foreman Field
• Norfolk, VA

CSNW 45–42 19,818 September 2412:00 PMat No. 7 Delaware

• Delaware Stadium
• Newark, DE

TCNL 17–27 16,789 October 17:00 PMNo. 20 Massachusetts

• Foreman Field
• Norfolk, VA

TCNW 48–33 19,818 October 81:00 PMat Rhode IslandNo. 21

• Meade Stadium
• Kingston, RI

W 31–23 4,026 October 153:30 PMNo. 17 TowsonNo. 18

• Foreman Field
• Norfolk, VA

L 35–39 19,818 October 223:30 PMat VillanovaNo. 21

• Villanova Stadium
• Villanova, PA

W 37–14 7,471 October 2912:00 PMNo. 9 James MadisonNo. 15

• Foreman Field
• Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)

CSNW 23–20 19,818 November 52:00 PMRichmondNo. 12

• Foreman Field
• Norfolk, VA

W 42–28 19,818 November 1212:00 PMat William & MaryNo. 11

• Zable Stadium
• Williamsburg, VA (Battle for the Silver Mace)

CSNW 35–31 12,259 November 261:30 PMNo. 19 Norfolk State*No. 10

• Foreman Field
• Norfolk, VA (FCS Playoffs First Round)

ESPN3W 35–18 19,818 December 31:00 PMat No. 3 Georgia Southern*No. 10

• Paulson Stadium
• Statesboro, GA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)

ESPN3L 48–55 13,226

Post season awards

• All-CAA 1st team Offense - WR Nick Mayers
• All-CAA 1st team Defense - DL Ronnie Cameron, LB Craig Wilkins, P Jonathan Plisco

• All-CAA 2nd team Defense - CB Eriq Lewis

• All-CAA 3rd team Offense - QB Taylor Heinicke, WR & PR Reid Evans, OL Jeremy Hensley, PK Jarod Brown
• All-CAA 3rd team Defense - DL Chris Burnette

• Ronnie Cameron - CAA Defensive Player of the Year, seven total All-American Awards (three first team selections, fourth second team selections), 2011 CFPA Elite Defensive Tackle Award
• Jonathan Plisco - six All-American Awards
• Taylor Heinicke - National Freshman Performer of the Year