2017 Old Dominion Monarchs football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
Record	5–7 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Bobby Wilder (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Scott (9th season)
Offensive scheme	Hurry-up spread option
Defensive coordinator	Rich Nagy (5th season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Foreman Field
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Florida Atlantic x$		8	–	0					11	–	3
FIU		5	–	3					8	–	5
Marshall		4	–	4					8	–	5
Western Kentucky		4	–	4					6	–	7
Middle Tennessee		4	–	4					7	–	6
Old Dominion		3	–	5					5	–	7
Charlotte		1	–	7					1	–	11
West Division
North Texas x		7	–	1					9	–	5
UAB		6	–	2					8	–	5
Southern Miss		6	–	2					8	–	5
Louisiana Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
UTSA		3	–	5					6	–	5
Rice		1	–	7					1	–	11
UTEP		0	–	8					0	–	12
Championship: Florida Atlantic 41, North Texas 17
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Old Dominion Monarchs football team represented Old Dominion University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Monarchs played their home games at the Foreman Field in Norfolk, Virginia as members of the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by ninth-year head coach Bobby Wilder. The Monarchs finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place.

Old Dominion announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and six away games in the regular season.^[1] The Monarchs hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Albany from the Colonial Athletic Association and North Carolina from the Atlantic Coast Conference and traveled to Massachusetts, an independent, and Virginia Tech also from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	No. 24 (FCS) Albany*	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	ESPN3	W 31–17	20,118
September 9	3:30 p.m.	at Massachusetts*	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ELVN	W 17–7	9,028
September 16	3:30 p.m.	North Carolina*	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	Stadium	L 23–53	20,118
September 23	2:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ACCN Extra	L 0–38	65,632
October 7	6:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	Stadium	L 28–58	20,118
October 14	2:30 p.m.	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	ESPN3	L 3–35	26,097
October 20	7:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	CBSSN	L 31–35	20,118
October 28	6:30 p.m.	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	ESPN3	L 38–45	18,872
November 4	3:30 p.m.	Charlotte	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	ESPN3	W 6–0	20,118
November 11	7:00 p.m.	at FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL		W 37–30	17,127
November 18	2:00 p.m.	Rice	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)	ESPN3	W 24–21	20,118
November 25	3:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	L 10–41	10,128
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^[2]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 (FCS) Great Danes	3	0	0	14	17
Monarchs	7	14	3	7	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	3	7	0	7	17
Minutemen	0	0	7	0	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	11	28	7	7	53
Monarchs	0	7	10	6	23

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	0	0	0	0	0
No. 13 Hokies	3	14	14	7	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	17	14	14	13	58
Monarchs	7	7	7	7	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	0	3	0	0	3
Thundering Herd	0	7	7	21	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	7	14	0	14	35
Monarchs	7	7	17	0	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	10	13	15	0	38
Mean Green	14	21	0	10	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	0	0	0	0	0
Monarchs	3	0	3	0	6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	7	17	7	6	37
Panthers	7	7	9	7	30

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	0	0	14	21
Monarchs	7	3	7	7	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	3	0	0	7	10
Blue Raiders	3	21	7	10	41