American college football season
The 2017 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Owls played their home games at the FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida , and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by first-year head coach Lane Kiffin . They finished the season 11–3, 8–0 in C-USA play to win the East Division title and represented the East Division in the Conference USA Championship Game where they defeated North Texas to be crowned C-USA champions. They were invited to the Boca Raton Bowl , where they defeated Akron .
Schedule
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.[ 1] 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 * ESPNU L 19–4228,481 September 9 12:00 p.m. at No. 9 Wisconsin * BTN L 14–3177,542 September 16 8:00 p.m. Bethune–Cookman * FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL beIN W 45–016,743 September 23 7:00 p.m. at Buffalo * ESPN3 L 31–3414,246 September 30 7:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL Stadium W 38–2012,913 October 7 6:00 p.m. at Old Dominion Stadium W 58–2820,118 October 21 5:00 p.m. North Texas FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL ESPN3 W 69–3113,277 October 28 4:30 p.m. at Western Kentucky Stadium W 42–2812,441 6:00 p.m. Marshall FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL CBSSN W 30–2515,880 November 11 3:30 p.m. at Louisiana Tech Stadium W 48–2316,511 November 18 7:00 p.m. FIU Stadium W 52–2424,116 November 25 2:00 p.m. at Charlotte Stadium W 31–128,330 December 2 12:00 p.m. North Texas ESPN2 W 41–1714,258 December 19 7:00 p.m. Akron * ESPN W 50–325,912 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source: [ 2]
Game summaries
Navy
1
2
3
4
Total
Midshipmen
7
14
14
7
42
Owls
3
7
3
6
19
At Wisconsin
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
7
0
0
14
No. 9 Badgers
14
10
7
0
31
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
0
0
0
0
Owls
14
7
17
7
45
At Buffalo
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
10
0
14
31
Bulls
14
3
7
10
34
Middle Tennessee
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
6
0
7
7
20
Owls
14
10
0
14
38
At Old Dominion
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
17
14
14
13
58
Monarchs
7
7
7
7
28
North Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
0
7
10
14
31
Owls
24
17
21
7
69
At WKU
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
10
10
0
22
42
Hilltoppers
7
14
7
0
28
Marshall
1
2
3
4
Total
Thundering Herd
0
3
13
9
25
Owls
13
3
7
7
30
At Louisiana Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
6
14
22
6
48
Bulldogs
3
6
7
7
23
FIU
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
10
7
7
24
Owls
14
7
16
15
52
At Charlotte
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
10
14
7
0
31
49ers
0
6
6
0
12
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
0
0
9
8
17
Owls
10
17
7
7
41
1
2
3
4
Total
Zips
0
3
0
0
3
Owls
7
14
15
14
50
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