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. 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 *ESPNU L 19–42 28,481 September 9 12:00 p.m. at No. 9 Wisconsin * 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 * 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 Stadium W 58–28 20,118 October 21 5:00 p.m. North Texas FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL ESPN3 W 69–31 13,277 October 28 4:30 p.m. at Western Kentucky 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 Stadium W 48–23 16,511 November 18 7:00 p.m. FIU Stadium W 52–24 24,116 November 25 2:00 p.m. at Charlotte Stadium W 31–12 8,330 December 2 12:00 p.m. North Texas ESPN2 W 41–17 14,258 December 19 7:00 p.m. Akron *ESPN W 50–3 25,912 *Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source: Game summaries
Navy
1
2
3
4
Total
Midshipmen
7
14
14
7
42
Owls
3
7
3
6
19
Further information: 2017 Navy Midshipmen football team
At Wisconsin
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
7
0
0
14
No. 9 Badgers
14
10
7
0
31
Further information: 2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team
Bethune–Cookman
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
0
0
0
0
Owls
14
7
17
7
45
Further information: 2017 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team
At Buffalo
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
10
0
14
31
Bulls
14
3
7
10
34
Further information: 2017 Buffalo Bulls football team
Middle Tennessee
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
6
0
7
7
20
Owls
14
10
0
14
38
Further information: 2017 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
At Old Dominion
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
17
14
14
13
58
Monarchs
7
7
7
7
28
Further information: 2017 Old Dominion Monarchs football team
North Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
0
7
10
14
31
Owls
24
17
21
7
69
Further information: 2017 North Texas Mean Green football team
At WKU
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
10
10
0
22
42
Hilltoppers
7
14
7
0
28
Further information: 2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
Marshall
1
2
3
4
Total
Thundering Herd
0
3
13
9
25
Owls
13
3
7
7
30
Further information: 2017 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
At Louisiana Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
6
14
22
6
48
Bulldogs
3
6
7
7
23
Further information: 2017 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
FIU
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
10
7
7
24
Owls
14
7
16
15
52
Further information: 2017 FIU Panthers football team and Shula Bowl
At Charlotte
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
10
14
7
0
31
49ers
0
6
6
0
12
Further information: 2017 Charlotte 49ers football team
North Texas–C-USA Championship Game
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
0
0
9
8
17
Owls
10
17
7
7
41
Further information: 2017 Conference USA Football Championship Game
Akron–Boca Raton Bowl
1
2
3
4
Total
Zips
0
3
0
0
3
Owls
7
14
15
14
50
Further information: 2017 Akron Zips football team and 2017 Boca Raton Bowl
References
"2017 Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). Florida Atlantic University Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017."2017 Florida Atlantic Owls Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
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