2017 Florida Atlantic Owls football team explained

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.

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] 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.

Schedule Source:[2]

Game summaries

Navy

At Wisconsin

Bethune–Cookman

At Buffalo

Middle Tennessee

At Old Dominion

North Texas

At WKU

Marshall

At Louisiana Tech

FIU

At Charlotte

North Texas–C-USA Championship Game

Akron–Boca Raton Bowl

Notes and References

  1. 2017 Football Schedule Announced. Florida Atlantic University Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. January 27, 2017.
  2. Web site: 2017 Florida Atlantic Owls Football Schedule. FB Schedules. January 27, 2017.