GAME 11: No. 4/4 Old Dominion at No. 13/14 James Madison

Nov. 14, 2012

GAME 11: 
Saturday, November 17, 2012 - 7 p.m. (EST)
Bridgeforth Stadium - Harrisonburg, Va.
#4/4 Old Dominion Monarchs (9-1, 6-1 CAA) at
#13/14 James Madison Dukes (7-3, 5-2 CAA)

TV: NBC Sports Network

(Todd Harris - Play-by-Play; Blaine Fowler - Color Analyst)

RADIO: ESPN Radio 94.1 FM (Hampton Roads);WZEZ-FM - EZ 100.5 FM (Richmond) 
(Ted Alexander - Play-by-Play; Andy Mashaw - Color Analyst)

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CAA WEEKLY COACHES TELECONFERENCE AUDIO: 
- Old Dominion: Bobby Wilder
- James Madison's Mickey Matthews

ODU WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE VIDEO: Available on Monarch Media

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THE QUICK HITS:

• Old Dominion Football is in its fourth season overall and final year in the Colonial Athletic 

  Association.  After falling to Villanova at homecoming, Old Dominion has won four-straight including defeating William and Mary 41-31 in the battle for the Silver Mace last Saturday.

    The Monarchs lead all FCS schools in Total Offense (556.80), and rank second in passing offense (384.50) and in scoring offense (45.10). Additionally quarterback Taylor Heinicke leads the nation in total offense at 418.80 yards a game and in passing yards per game with 380.10.  He also leads the nation with 31 touchdown passes and in passing yards at 3,801.  

    Sophomore quarterback Taylor Heinicke has received national attention following the game with New Hampshire which saw the signal caller set an NCAA All-Division record in Total Offense in a Game, a Division I record in passing yards in a game, and FCS records in Total Offense in a Half, Passing Offense in a Half, and Total Offense and Passing Yards in a Quarter.

    In the win at GSU, Heinicke became ODU's all-time leader in completions, passing yards and touchdowns, passing former Monarch Thomas DeMarco in all categories.

  Sophomore quarterback Taylor Heinicke tossed four more touchdown passes in the win over W&M, turning in his fourth four plus TD pass game of the year.  He leads the nation with 31 TD passes this season.

    For what is becoming a theme, sophomore running back Tyree Lee set a new career-high rushing yards in the win over W&M, going for 166 yards on a career-best 28 attempts.  It is the first time in school history a runner has gone over 100-yards in three-straight games.  For the season, Lee has done it four times.  He leads ODU with 740 yards and is tied with Taylor Heinicke in rushing TD's with eight.

  ODU intercepted three more passes in the win over W&M, as linebacker Craig Wilkins recorded an INT for the second-straight game. ODU has forced a combined seven turnovers in the last two games converting six of those seven turnovers into points.

COMPARE & CONTRAST:

RISING UP THE RANKS:  

It took the ODU Football Monarchs until year three and 27 games to receive its first Top 25 ranking on October 3, 2011, coming in at No. 21 in The Sports Network Poll.  Looking at other recent start-up programs, it took Coastal Carolina 32 games to achieve a national ranking when they came in at No. 24 in The Sports Network Poll in their third year on Nov. 8, 2005.  That season the Chanticleers finished 9-2 and were the Big South co-champions.  The Monarchs enter Saturday ranked No. 5 in the FCS Coaches Poll and No. 5 in The Sports Network Poll.

WELCOME TO THE TOP 25:

The Football Monarch have been a member of the Top-25 for the last 18 weeks in the The Sports Network Poll and the last 16 weeks of the FCS Coaches Poll dating back to last season.  ODU has been a member of the Top-10 for the last 13 weeks dating back to last season.

ODU FOOTBALL IN THE POLLS

The Sports Network FCS Coaches

Week One: RV NR

Week Two: RV NR

Week Three: RV NR

Week Four: RV RV

Week Five: RV RV

Week Six: 21 RV

Week Seven: 18 22

Week Eight: 21 22

Week Nine: 15 16

Week Ten: 12 12

Week Eleven: 11 11

Week Twelve: 10 9

Post-Season/Final 10 10

2012 Preseason 8 6

Week Two: 7 5

Week Three: 6 4

Week Four: 5 5

Week Five: 4 4

Week Six: 4 4

Week Seven: 3 3

Week Eight: 7 8

Week Nine 6 7

Week 10 5 5

Week 11 4 4

Week 12 4 4

- Complete TSN Poll

- Complete FCS Coaches Poll

IN OPENERS:

Old Dominion improved to 3-1 all-time in season openers in week one:

Old Dominion In Season Openers:

9/5/2009 - vs. Chowan W, 36-21

9/4/2010 - vs. Jacksonville L, 25-35

9/3/2011 - vs. Campbell W, 41-14 

9/1/2012 - vs. Duquesne W, 57-23

Old Dominion is currently 4-0 all-time in road openers including the week two win at Hampton:

Old Dominion In Road Openers:

9/19/2009 - at Jacksonville W, 28-27

9/11/2010 - at Campbell W, 35-21

9/10/2011 - at Georgia State W, 40-17

9/8/2012 - at Hampton W, 45-7

Old Dominion improved to 1-1 in CAA Opener with the the week four win over New Hampshire:

Old Dominion In CAA Openers:

9/24/2011 - at #7/6 Delaware L, 17-27

9/22/2012 - vs. #18/19 New Hampshire W, 64-61

Old Dominion improved to 2-0 in CAA Home Openers with the week four win over New Hampshire:

Old Dominion In CAA Home Openers:

10/1/2011 - vs. #20 UMass W, 48-33

9/22/2012 - vs. #18/19 New Hampshire W, 64-61

Old Dominion improved to 1-1 in CAA Road Openers with the wek five win at Richmond:

Old Dominion In CAA Road Openers:

9/24/2011 - at #7/6 Delaware L, 17-27

9/29/2012 - at Richmond, W 45-37

BY THE QUARTERS:

Old Dominion is currently outscoring its opponents 451-284.  The Monarchs have outscored its opponents 124-47 in the first quarter, 104-58 in the third, 94-70 in the fourth and 129-109 in the second quarter.

ACTIVE TOUCHDOWN CAREER LEADERS:

With his 31 touchdowns on the year, sophomore Taylor Heinicke is currently 11th among active quarterbacks in career touchdowns.  Heinicke is the youngest member of the list.

Name, School: Year Career TDs

1. Mike Piatkowski, Drake Sr. 74

2. Matt Brown, Illinois St. Sr. 70

3. Zach Lewis, Morehead St. Sr. 69

4. Casey Brockman, Murray St. Sr. 68

5. DeNarius McGhee, Montana St. Jr. 68

6. Derek Carr, Tenn.-Martin Sr. 66

7. Sean Patterson, Duquesne Sr. 63

8. Brad Sorensen, Southern Utah Sr. 61

9. Jimmy Garoppolo, Eastern Ill. Jr. 61

10. Mason Mills, San Diego Jr. 58

11. Taylor Heinicke, Old Dominion So. 56

12. Jeff Sinclair, Robert Morris Sr. 55

13. Brad Attaway, Stephen F. Austin Jr. 54

14. Kurt Hess, Youngstown St. Jr. 51

15. T.J. Pryor, Eastern Ky. Sr. 51

ACTIVE TACKLE CAREER LEADERS:

Redshirt senior linebacker Craig Wilkins captured six tackles in last weekend's victory over the Tribe and is ninth on the all-time active career tackle leaders list and 12th on the all-time active career solo tackles list.  

TOTAL TACKLE CAREER LEADERS

Name, School, Pos: Year Solo Tackles

1. Matt Evans, New Hampshire, LB Sr. 437

2. Aaron Archie, Indiana St., LB Sr. 414

3. Jordan Ridley, Butler, LB Sr. 407

4. Robert McCabe, Georgetown, LB Sr. 392

5. Jacolby Washington, Indiana St., LB Sr. 377

6. Paul Worrilow, Delaware, LB Sr. 365

7. Blake Peiffer, Southeast Mo. St., LB Sr. 352

8. Keith Pough, Howard, LB Sr. 337

9. Craig Wilkins, Old Dominion Sr. 317

10. Rock Williams, Western Carolina, LB Sr. 316

11. Darius McMillan, Richmond Sr. 315

12. Jody Owens, Montana St., DB Sr. 314

ACTIVE SOLO TACKLE CAREER LEADERS:

Name, School, Pos: Year Solo Tackles

1. Matt Evans, New Hampshire, LB Sr. 248

2. Darnell Taylor, Sam Houston St., DB Sr. 205

3. Keith Pough, Howard, LB Sr. 199

4. Robert McCabe, Georgetown, LB SR 184

5. Paul Worrilow, Delaware Sr. 184

6. Michael Martin, Fordham, LB Sr. 176

    Derek Rose, Northwestern St., LB Sr. 176

8. Kenneth Jenkins, Sam Houston St., DB Sr. 175

    Jody Owens, Montana St., DB Sr. 175

10. Aaron Archie, Indiana St., LB Sr. 171

     Blake Peiffer, SE Mo. State Sr. 171

12. Craig Wilkins, Old Dominion, LB Sr. 167

13. Jacolby Washington, Indiana State, LB Sr. 164

ACTIVE TACKLES FOR LOSS CAREER LEADERS:

1. Keith Pough, Howard, LB Sr. 70.5

2. Brent Russell, Ga. Southern, DL Sr. 53.0

4. Joseph Lebeau, Jackson St., DL Sr. 41.5

3. Ben Obaseki, Indiana St., DL Sr. 40.0

5. Jody Owens, Montana St., DB Sr. 37.5

6. Frank Beltre, Towson, DL Sr. 36.5

   Craig Wilkins, Old Dominion, LB Sr. 36.5

8. Anthony Brown, Eastern Kentucky, LB Jr. 35.5

9. Devan Walker, SE Louisiana Sr. 35.0

10. Preston Pemasa, Gardner-Webb, DL Jr. 34.0

      Artavious Dowdell, EIU Sr. 34.0

12. Nolan Nearhoof, Robert Morris, DL Sr. 34.0    

13. Paul Worrilow, Delaware, LB Sr. 32.5

REWRITING THE RECORD BOOKS:

Taylor Heinicke put his name all over the game passing records in the week one win over Duquesne.

- Heinicke's 492 yards passed the previous high of 407 yards by Thomas DeMarco at Monmouth on September 25, 2010 and his previous high of 373 against Richmond back on November 5, 2011.

- Heinicke's 41 completions passed the previous high of 34 which he had set against Richmond on November 5, 2011.

- Heinicke's 63 attempts replaced the previous high of 57 attempts made by Thomas DeMarco against Cal Poly in 2010 and his own previous high of 47 against Richmond on November 5, 2011.

- Henicke also set school mark with 530 yards of total offense (492 pass, 38 rush)  with a record 74 plays.  He surpasses his previous record of 421 yards of total offense against Richmond back on November 5, 2011 and the previous high of 73 plays set by former Monarch Thomas DeMarco against Cal Poly on October 9, 2010.

In week three against Campbell, Heinicke found another place to put his name.

- Heinicke reset his own school record for touchdown passes in a game with seven in the victory over Campbell. Heinicke surpassed the previous record of five TD passes in both of last year's playoff games vs. Norfolk State on Nov. 26, 2011 and at Georgia Southern on Dec. 3, 2011. 

- The quarterback's passing yards were the 10th-highest total in CAA Football history, while his seven TD-passes were one shy from equaling the league mark last done in 2004.

Then in week four against New Hampshire in the CAA Opener, the ODU, FCS, and Division I record books blew up.

PASSING YARDS IN A QUARTER: Heinicke's 293-yard fourth quarter eclipsed the FCS record of 284 set by Western Illinois' Sam Clemons in the second quarter versus Indiana State in 2001.

PASSING YARDS IN A HALF: Heinicke's 480-yard second half dismantled the FCS record of 383 set by Marshall's Michael Payton in the first half against VMI in 1991. The Division I record is 517 by Houston's Andre Ware against SMU in 1989.

PASSING YARDS IN A GAME: As noted Saturday, Heinicke's 730 yards bests the Division I record of Houston's David Klingler, who threw for 716 against Arizona State in 1990, but just misses the all-division record of 736 by Sam Durley of Eureka College (DII) in a 62-55 comeback win over Knox College earlier this season. The FCS record was 624 by Weber State's Jamie Martin against Idaho State in 1991.   

PASSES IN A GAME WITHOUT AN INTERCEPTION: Heinicke's 79 breaks the all-division record of 77 set by Justin Peery of Division III Westminster of Missouri against MacMurray in 1998. The Division I record of 76 was shared by Eastern Michigan's Andy Schmitt (versus Temple in 2008) and Houston's Case Keenum (against UTEP in 2009).

TOTAL OFFENSE IN A QUARTER: Heinicke's 293 yards in the fourth, all through the air, breaks the FCS record of 278 set by Mississippi Valley State's Willie Totten in the second quarter against Kentucky State in 1984.

TOTAL OFFENSE IN A HALF: Heinicke had 496 after intermission (480 passing, 16 rushing), lapping the FCS record of 404 set by Stephen F. Austin's Todd Hammel in the first quarter against Louisiana-Monroe in 1989.

TOTAL OFFENSE IN A GAME: Also as noted Saturday, Heinicke's 791 yards (730 passing, 61 rushing) are an NCAA record, besting Klingler's 732 (716 passing, 16 rushing) versus Arizona State in 1990. The FCS record was 668 by Jackson State's Robert Kent (595 passing, 73 rushing) against Alabama State in 2001.

Keeping Pace: If the season were to end today, Heinicke would finish third on the all-time single-season FCS charts for passing yards per game with 390.00 and in total offense per game with 428.22

BLOCK THAT KICK:

Special teams has 25 blocks to its credit in its four seasons, including a pair of blocked PATs this season.

The first of the 2012 campaign was a blocked PAT by senior Erik Saylor in the season opener with Duquesne.  It was Saylor's second blocked PAT of his career.

Chris Burnette captured a blocked extra point attempt at Richmond in week five mid-way through the fourth quarter.  It was the first blocked PAT for Burnette who previously had denied five field goal attemps during his Monarch career.

OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN:

The captains for the Football Monarchs for the 2012 season are senior linebacker Craig Wilkins, senior defensive lineman Chris Burnette, and sophomore quarterback Taylor Heinicke. A fourth captain will be named each week during the season selected based on his leadership skills displayed leading up to each game.

Game One - Duquesne - Alex Arain
Game Two - Hampton - Devon Simmons
Game Three - Campbell - Nick Mayers
Game Four - New Hampshire - Robbie Duncan
Game Five - Richmond - none
Game Six - Villanova - Carvin Powell
Game Seven - Towson - Erik Saylor
Game Eight - Delaware - Kai Blanco
Game Nine - Georgia State - Fred Credle 
Game 10 - William and Mary - Michael Colbert 

12th MONARCH MOMENTS:

There may be 11 Monarchs on the field, but the 12th Monarch is in the stands. Thanks to all the noise of being "Loud and Proud" from the 12th Monarchs at Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium, the opposition was charged with 15 penalties so far this season, 58 in 2011, 51 in 2010, and 41 in 2009 for a total of 165 penalties.

2012 12th Monarch Stats:

Duquesne: Six Penalties
Campbell: Three Penalties
New Hampshire: Six Penalties
Villanova: Three Penalties
Delaware: Four Penalties 
William and Mary: Five Penalties 

2011 12th Monarch Stats:

Campbell: Six Penalties
Hampton: Ten Penalties
UMass: Eleven Penalties
Towson: Three Penalties

James Madison: Six Penalties
Richmond: Four Penalties
Norfolk State: Eighteen Penalties

2010 12th Monarch Stats:
Jacksonville: Seven Penalties
William & Mary: Eight Penalties 
Gardner-Webb: Five Penalties
Cal Poly: Seven Penalties
Georgia State: Nine Penalties

2009 12th Monarch Stats:
Chowan: Seven Penalties
Virginia Union: Eight Penalties
Monmouth: Three Penalties
Presbyterian: Four Penalties
Campbell: Eight Penalties
Georgetown: Five Penalties
N.C. Central: Six Penalties