Despite the loss, the VMI offense posted its best numbers of the season in total offense rolling up 370 total yards. The 140 yards rushing was also a season best and the 235 yards passing was the second highest mark in 2010.

Junior receiver T.J. Talley caught three passes for 79 yards and scored two touchdowns while redshirt junior quarterback Chaz Jones turned in VMI's first 100-yard rushing effort of the season with 114 yards and a touchdown.

VMI freshman quarterback Eric Kordenbrock started the game and completed 12 of 22 passes for 175 yards and a touchdown in the first half, but exited the game with injury on the first play from scrimmage in the second half after an interception. Redshirt junior quarterback Cam Jones took over for the rest of the day and completed seven of 15 passes for 55 yards and threw two touchdown passes.

The Keydets jumped out to early 7-0 and 14-7 leads but the Monarchs (7-3) capitalized on two turnovers and two missed field goals by the visitors to seize the lead in the second quarter and move on to the victory..

VMI scored first taking advantage of an ODU fumble on the game's opening drive that was recovered by redshirt junior linebacker Eric Church at the ODU 27. Chaz Jones slammed in from the one-yard line for a TD, his fifth carry on the possession that helped account for his 23 yards on the ground and VMI took a 7-0 lead with 11:34 remaining in the first quarter following Jeff Sexton's extra point.

The Monarchs tied the game with a 10-play, 68-yard drive that was capped by a Desmond Williams 3-yard touchdown rush off an option pitch and Jarod Brown's extra point knotted the score at 7-7 with 8:16 left in the opening quarter. Demarco accounted for most of the yardage off the scoring drive with four carries for 31 yards rushing and three of four pass completions for 34 yards through the air.

VMI retook the lead with 6:30 remaining in the first quarter after T.J. Talley snagged a Korenbrock swing pass in the left flat and raced down the boundary for a 55-yard scoring play. It was VMI's second longest pass play of the year and a career-long reception by Talley.  

Old Dominion closed within 14-10 at the 9:23 mark of the second quarter after Brown converted a 24-yard field goal to close a drive that featured a 48-yard pass completion on a third-and-18 from the ODU 12 to junior wideout Prentice Gill.

The Keydet defense stepped up and forced ODU to punt on its next two drives and twice the VMI offense moved into the redzone to the ODU 20 in the second quarter only to come up empty after missed field goal tries of 33 and 34 yards. The Monarchs meanwhile, turned two VMI second quarter fumbles into touchdown drives with running back Mario Crawford scoring on a 25-yard burst up the middle and tight end Kai Blanco hauling in a 10-yard slant pattern for a score that eventually put ODU ahead, 24-14 at halftime.

VMI would get the opening kick of the second half, but suffered setback on the first play from scrimmage when Kordenbrock's pass intended for Tracy Hairston deflected off a players shoulder and into the arms of Monarch strong safety Carvin Powell at the VMI 29 and returned to the VMI 11. After two Crawford rushes that moved the ball to the VMI 6, DeMarco teamed with Gill on a slant pattern that led to a 31-14 lead for the hosts just 1:23 into the second half.

The Monarchs would stretch the consecutive string of points to 31 after DeMarco fired a six-yard TD pass to wideout Chris Lovitt on a drive that was setup by another VMI fumble at the VMI 5.

The Keydets showed plenty of fight down the stretch and put together an 8-play, 78 scoring drive that ended with Cam Jones tossing a 12-yard floater to Hairston in the left corner of the endzone at the 1:57 mark of the third quarter. Cam Jones completed there of four passes on the drive for 24 yards while Chaz Jones rushed four times for 49 yards.

The fourth quarter saw both teams produced touchdown drives with ODU with Crawford finding the end zone for the second time with a one-yard run and the Keydets scoring on a 19-yard pass play from Cam Jones to Talley.

VMI redshirt junior linebacker A.J. Gross produced another double-digit tackle outing with 16 stops including 2.5 for loss for 10 yards and an eight yard sack. Senior end Damiso Alexander logged 10 tackles and a sack.

VMI (3-7) closes out 2010 campaign next Saturday at Gardner-Webb in game that will start at 11:30 a.m. and will be televised by SportsSouth.

VMI Head Coach Sparky Woods - "Congratulations to Old Dominion. It's incredible what they've done since they started this thing here. They have an impressive football team. I was disappointed with the opportunities we let get away in the first half that we thought would make the game more competitive - and then we had an atrocious third quarter. We couldn't get out of our end and we turned the ball over. Against a good team like that, you're going to get beat when you do that."

"I wish we had converted on those early opportunities and not turned the ball over when we had our backs against the wall in the third quarter."  

"It was encouraging to see some of our receivers step and make plays. We have been looking for that all season. When we execute, we're very competitive. We try very hard, and maybe we press at times a little bit. We realize that if you are going to win games against good teams with records like ODU has, you can't give up those turnovers and give up those big plays."