BOONE, N.C. - Old Dominion travels to Boone, North Carolina, to play Appalachian State on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 3:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on the American Sports Network as well as ESPN3.
• Old Dominion won its season-opening game for the third-straight season with a 54-21 win over Hampton on Sunday afternoon. The game was postponed due to Tropical Storm Hermine.
• The Monarchs begin a stretch of three-straight road contests in the state of North Carolina, traveling to Boone to play Appalachian State on Saturday.
• This will be the second meeting between the two teams. Last season, App State defeated ODU in Norfolk, 49-0. It was the first time in school history the Monarchs were shutout.
• Junior Ray Lawry led the way for ODU in the season-opening win against Hampton, rushing for 110 yards and a touchdown, and catching two passes for 60 yards and a touchdown. On the first play of the game, Lawry caught a 59-yard touchdown pass from David Washington.
• Quarterback David Washington tied his career-high with four touchdown passes in the win over Hampton. He was 10-of-18 for 187 yards before exiting midway through the third quarter.
• Senior wide receiver Zach Pascal caught a team-high five passes for 63 yards and a touchdown. Pascal has caught a pass in all 37 games he has played.
• Senior TJ Ricks led ODU with nine tackles in the win over Hampton and had one pass breakup. Last season, Ricks led Conference USA and set a single-season school record with 123 tackles.
• Sophomore defensive end Daniel Appouh recorded the first two sacks of his career. It was ODU’s first two sack game since Alex Arain had 2.5 sacks against Coastal Carolina in the 2012 FCS playoffs.
| Player | Position |
| Blake LaRussa | QB |
| Brad Davis | K |
| Akim Bundu-Fitz | CB |
| Jelani Carter | CB |
| Joey Verhaegh | TE |
| Jamshyer McUmber | CB (Special Teams) |
| Jordan Glover | CB |
| Gemonta Jackson | RB (Special Teams) |
| Joe Tillman | K |
| Mufu Taiwo | DT |
| Hunter Sosebee | OL |
| Tony Barnett | OL |
| Manny Matiarena | OL (Special Teams) |
| Darrell Brown | PR (Special Teams) |
| Adam Swann | TE (Special Teams) |
| Bailey Cate | P |
| Hasaan Patterson | WR |
| Denzel Williams | S |
| Jamez Brickhouse | CB (Special Teams) |
| Kane Miskel | S (Special Teams) |
| Nijee Cox | TE (Special Teams) |
| Devin Hannan | OL |
See Ray Run
Junior running back Ray Lawry has set single-season ODU rushing records both of his first two seasons. He rushed for 947 his freshman year and led Conference USA with 1,136 last year as a sophomore. His 2,083 is the most in a career in Monarchs history.
In 24 career games, Lawry has rushed for more than 100-yards 12 times.
| Year | Att. | Yards | TD |
| 2014 | 134 | 947 | 16 |
| 2015 | 194 | 1136 | 12 |
| 2016 | 14 | 110 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 342 | 2193 | 30 |
ODU Plays of 20 Yards Or More (7 plays)
| Hampton (7) | Yards |
| David Washington to Ray Lawry | 59 |
| Ray Lawry Run | 34 |
| Shuler Bentley to Jonathan Duhart | 34 |
| David Washington to Joey Verhaegh | 32 |
| Ray Lawry Run | 31 |
| David Washington to Zach Pascal | 28 |
| David Washington to Jonathan Duhart | 26 |