Game Ten Preview: Old Dominion At Coastal Carolina

NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion University Football opens up a two-game road swing this Saturday, Nov. 7 as the Monarchs travel to Conway, S.C. for a 1 p.m. Sun Belt game at Coastal Carolina.

The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and a radio broadcast can be heard on ESPN Radio 94.1.

• ODU hosted Marshall last Saturday, but fell 36-23 to the Thundering Herd on what marked Homecoming for the Monarchs.

• Coastal Carolina secured a 31-20 road victory over Georgia State last Saturday in Atlanta.

• Quarterback Jaxon Potter made his second start of the season and second as a Monarch against Marshall. He finished the game 23-of-44 with 329 yards and three interceptions.

• Linebacker Jackson Forrest led ODU with 12 tackles and one tackle for loss.

• Cornerback Brandon Crutchfield picked off an errant pass and returned it 43 yards for a pick-six, it was ODU's second defensive score this season. It's the Monarchs' third interception of the season and the fifth of Crutchfield's career for the Wake Forest, N.C. native.

• Receiver Josh Rodriguez set a new career best against the Herd with 143 yards on nine receptions. It marked his first career 100-yard receiving game.

• Running back Devin Roche caught a career-high six catches for 41 yards.

• Running back Maurki James found the endzone twice last Saturday, rushing for 30 yards on seven attempts. It marked his first career two-touchdown performance.

All-Time Series
Saturday will mark the sixth meeting in the all-time series between the Monarchs and Chanticleers, with ODU leading 3-2.

The two teams first met in 2012 with the Monarchs defeating the Chants, 63-35 in the second round of the FCS Playoffs. Taylor Heinicke, who was inducted into the ODU Sports Hall of Fame on Sept. 25 and became the first Monarch to have his jersey retired on Oct. 15, broke the single-game NCAA FCS Playoff record for total offense with 542 yards. He threw for 497 yards and tied a playoff record with six touchdown passes.

Last year's game in Norfolk, played on Oct. 4, marked Family Weekend for ODU. The Monarchs defeated CCU, 47-7 for its fourth win in a row. Old Dominion led 34-0 at halftime and outgained Coastal, 619-189, marking the largest offensive yardage differential in program history.

History at Brooks Stadium
ODU is 1-2 in games played at Coastal Carolina's Brooks Stadium. The Monarchs' first made the trip to Conway to play Tulsa in the Myrtle Beach Bowl on Dec. 20, 2021, but fell to the Golden Hurricane, 30-17.

Old Dominion returned to Brooks Stadium on Oct. 15, 2022 and snapped Coastal's nine-game winning streak with a 49-21 final. Running back Thomas DeMarco set a new school record, previously held by Thomas DeMarco, as he ran for 256 yards and three touchdowns. The 14.2 yards per carry also set an ODU record.

The last time the two teams squared off at Brooks Stadium was on Oct. 5, 2024 when the Chants came out on top, 45-37. ODU led 17-7 with just over two minutes to play in the first half, but CCU took over the game with 28 unanswered points. Colton Joseph capped off a 75-yard drive with a one-yard rushing touchdown with 29 seconds left to cut the Coastal lead to eight, but the hosts recovered an ODU onside kick attempt. Joseph completed 22-of-40 passes for 262 yards and three passing touchdowns. He also rushed 11 times for 68 yards and a score.

Four-And-Four Finishers
ODU has eight rushing touchdowns this season, all by two players: quarterback Quinn Hennicle and running back Maurki James. Hennicle has rushed for four scores with 339 yards on 87 attempts, while James has also punched the ball in four times and owns 103 yards on 33 attempts.

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