Schedule
Florida Atlantic announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Owls will host C–USA foes Charlotte, Old Dominion, UTEP, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Florida International (FIU), Marshall, Middle Tennessee, and Rice.[4]
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Ball State from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Southern Illinois from the Missouri Valley Football Conference, and two road games against Kansas State from the Big 12 Conference and Miami from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Date |
Time |
Opponent |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 3 |
6:00 p.m. |
Southern Illinois* |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL |
CUSA.tv |
W 38–30 |
14,887 |
September 10 |
6:00 p.m. |
at No. 25 Miami (FL)* |
Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL |
ACCN+ |
L 10–38 |
57,123 |
September 17 |
2:30 p.m. |
at Kansas State* |
Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS |
FSN |
L 7–63 |
50,871 |
September 24 |
6:00 p.m. |
Ball State* |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL |
CUSA.tv |
L 27–31 |
13,846 |
October 1 |
7:00 p.m. |
at FIU |
FIU Stadium • Miami, FL (Shula Bowl) |
beIN |
L 31–33 |
16,164 |
October 9[a] |
12:00 p.m. |
Charlotte |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL |
CUSA.tv |
L 23–28 |
7,401 |
October 15 |
7:00 p.m. |
at Marshall |
Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV |
ASN |
L 21–27 |
22,839 |
October 29 |
3:30 p.m. |
WKU |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL |
ASN |
L 3–52 |
9,338 |
November 5 |
3:30 p.m. |
at Rice |
Rice Stadium • Houston, TX |
ESPN3 |
W 42–25 |
19,892 |
November 12 |
6:00 p.m. |
UTEP |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL |
CUSA.tv |
W 35–31 |
9,122 |
November 19 |
6:00 p.m. |
Old Dominion |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL |
CI |
L 24–42 |
5,843 |
November 26 |
5:30 p.m. |
at Middle Tennessee |
Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN |
beIN |
L 56–77 |
10,227 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
- ^[a] The game between Florida Atlantic and Charlotte on October 8, 2016, has been postponed due to Hurricane Matthew. The game is tentatively rescheduled the following day on October 9, 2016 with a noon kickoff.[5]
- Schedule Source:[6]
Game summaries
Southern Illinois
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Salukis |
14 |
10 |
0 |
6 |
30 |
Owls |
14 |
7 |
14 |
3 |
38 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
at Miami (FL)
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
#25 Hurricanes |
0 |
14 |
10 |
14 |
38 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–2 |
2015 |
MIAMI, 44–20 |
at Kansas State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
Wildcats |
21 |
21 |
7 |
14 |
63 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–1 |
2006 |
KSU, 45–0 |
Ball State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Cardinals |
0 |
17 |
7 |
7 |
31 |
Owls |
14 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
27 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
at FIU
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
7 |
10 |
14 |
0 |
31 |
Panthers |
7 |
7 |
16 |
3 |
33 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
10–4 |
2015 |
FAU, 31–17 |
Charlotte
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
49ers |
7 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
28 |
Owls |
3 |
14 |
0 |
6 |
23 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
1–0 |
2015 |
FAU, 17–7 |
at Marshall
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
14 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
Thundering Herd |
10 |
6 |
3 |
8 |
27 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–3 |
2015 |
MARSH, 33–17 |
WKU
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers |
14 |
10 |
14 |
14 |
52 |
Owls |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
5–2 |
2015 |
WKU, 35–19 |
at Rice
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
FAU Owls |
14 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
42 |
Rice Owls |
7 |
7 |
3 |
8 |
25 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–2 |
2015 |
RICE, 27–26 |
UTEP
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Miners |
7 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
31 |
Owls |
7 |
10 |
3 |
15 |
35 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–1 |
2015 |
UTEP, 27–17 |
Old Dominion
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Monarchs |
3 |
10 |
22 |
7 |
42 |
Owls |
14 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
24 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
1–1 |
2015 |
FAU, 33–31 |
at Middle Tennessee
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
7 |
14 |
14 |
21 |
56 |
Blue Raiders |
21 |
21 |
7 |
28 |
77 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
3–10 |
2015 |
MTSU, 24–17 |
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