| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Team: | Florida Atlantic Owls |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Division: | East Division |
| Short Conf: | C-USA |
| Record: | 11–3 |
| Conf Record: | 8–0 |
| Head Coach: | Lane Kiffin |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Off Coach: | Kendal Briles |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Chris Kiffin |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Spread |
| Def Scheme: | Multiple |
| Champion: | C-USA champion C-USA East Division champion Boca Raton Bowl champion |
| Conf Champ: | C-USA Championship |
| Conf Champ Result: | W 41–17 vs. North Texas |
| Bowl: | Boca Raton Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 50–3 vs. Akron |
| Stadium: | FAU Stadium |
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.
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] 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.
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