Previous season
The Owls finished the 2016 season 3–9, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for last place in the East Division.
On November 27, head coach Charlie Partridge was fired.[1] He finished at FAU with a three-year record of 9–27. On December 13, the school hired Lane Kiffin as head coach.[2][3]
Schedule and results
Florida Atlantic announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season.[4] The Owls hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Bethune–Cookman from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Navy from the American Athletic Conference and traveled to Buffalo of the Mid-American Conference and Wisconsin of the Big Ten Conference.
Date |
Time |
Opponent |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 1 |
8:00 p.m. |
Navy* |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL |
ESPNU |
L 19–42 |
28,481 |
September 9 |
12:00 p.m. |
at No. 9 Wisconsin* |
Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI |
BTN |
L 14–31 |
77,542 |
September 16 |
8:00 p.m. |
Bethune–Cookman* |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL |
beIN |
W 45–0 |
16,743 |
September 23 |
7:00 p.m. |
at Buffalo* |
UB Stadium • Amherst, NY |
ESPN3 |
L 31–34 |
14,246 |
September 30 |
7:00 p.m. |
Middle Tennessee |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL |
Stadium |
W 38–20 |
12,913 |
October 7 |
6:00 p.m. |
at Old Dominion |
Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA |
Stadium |
W 58–28 |
20,118 |
October 21 |
5:00 p.m. |
North Texas![dagger](../I/m/Dagger-14-plain.png) |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL |
ESPN3 |
W 69–31 |
13,277 |
October 28 |
4:30 p.m. |
at WKU |
Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY |
Stadium |
W 42–28 |
12,441 |
November 3 |
6:00 p.m. |
Marshall |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL |
CBSSN |
W 30–25 |
15,880 |
November 11 |
3:30 p.m. |
at Louisiana Tech |
Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA |
Stadium |
W 48–23 |
16,511 |
November 18 |
7:00 p.m. |
FIU |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL (Shula Bowl) |
Stadium |
W 52–24 |
24,116 |
November 25 |
2:00 p.m. |
at Charlotte |
Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, NC |
Stadium |
W 31–12 |
8,330 |
December 2 |
12:00 p.m. |
North Texas |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL (Conference USA Football Championship) |
ESPN2 |
W 41–17 |
14,258 |
December 19 |
7:00 p.m. |
vs. Akron* |
FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL (Boca Raton Bowl) |
ESPN |
W 50–3 |
25,912 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
- Schedule Source:[5]
Game summaries
Navy
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Midshipmen |
7 |
14 |
14 |
7 |
42 |
Owls |
3 |
7 |
3 |
6 |
19 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–1 |
2012 |
NAVY, 24–17 |
at Wisconsin
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
No. 9 Badgers |
14 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
31 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
Bethune–Cookman
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Wildcats |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Owls |
14 |
7 |
17 |
7 |
45 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
2–1 |
2003 |
FAU, 32–24 |
at Buffalo
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
7 |
10 |
0 |
14 |
31 |
Bulls |
14 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
34 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–1 |
2015 |
BUFF, 33–15 |
Middle Tennessee
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders |
6 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
20 |
Owls |
14 |
10 |
0 |
14 |
38 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
3–11 |
2016 |
MTSU, 77–56 |
at Old Dominion
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
17 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
58 |
Monarchs |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
28 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
1–2 |
2016 |
ODU, 42–24 |
North Texas
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mean Green |
0 |
7 |
10 |
14 |
31 |
Owls |
24 |
17 |
21 |
7 |
69 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
6–4 |
2014 |
UNT, 31–10 |
at WKU
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
10 |
10 |
0 |
22 |
42 |
Hilltoppers |
7 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
28 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
5–3 |
2016 |
WKU, 52–3 |
Marshall
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Thundering Herd |
0 |
3 |
13 |
9 |
25 |
Owls |
13 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
30 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0–4 |
2016 |
MARSH, 27–21 |
at Louisiana Tech
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
6 |
14 |
22 |
6 |
48 |
Bulldogs |
3 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
23 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
FIU
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
0 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
24 |
Owls |
14 |
7 |
16 |
15 |
52 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
11–4 |
2016 |
FIU, 33–31 |
at Charlotte
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
10 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
31 |
49ers |
0 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
12 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
1–1 |
2016 |
CHAR, 28–23 |
North Texas–C-USA Championship Game
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mean Green |
0 |
0 |
9 |
8 |
17 |
Owls |
10 |
17 |
7 |
7 |
41 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
7–4 |
10/21/2017 |
FAU, 69–31 |
Akron–Boca Raton Bowl
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Zips |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Owls |
7 |
14 |
15 |
14 |
50 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
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