2015 Florida Atlantic Owls football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
Record	3–9 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Charlie Partridge (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Wright (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Roc Bellantoni (2nd season)
Home stadium	FAU Stadium
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2015 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 24 Western Kentucky x$		8	–	0					12	–	2
Middle Tennessee		6	–	2					7	–	6
Marshall		6	–	2					10	–	3
FIU		3	–	5					5	–	7
Old Dominion		3	–	5					5	–	7
Florida Atlantic		3	–	5					3	–	9
Charlotte*		0	–	8					2	–	10
West Division
Southern Miss x		7	–	1					9	–	5
Louisiana Tech		6	–	2					9	–	4
UTSA		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		3	–	5					5	–	7
Rice		3	–	5					5	–	7
North Texas		1	–	7					1	–	11
Championship: Western Kentucky 45, Southern Miss 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * Ineligible for postseason bowl due to transition from FCS As of January 12, 2015 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the East Division of Conference USA. They were led by second-year head coach Charlie Partridge and played their home games at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida. They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place in the East Division.

Schedule

Florida Atlantic announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of six home and away games in the regular season. The Owls will host CUSA foes Florida International (FIU), Marshall, Middle Tennessee, and Rice, and will travel to Charlotte, Old Dominion, UTEP, and Western Kentucky (WKU). ^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	3:30 p.m.	at Tulsa*	Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	CBSSN	L 44–47 OT	24,001 [2]
September 11	8:00 p.m.	Miami (FL)*	FAU Stadium Boca, Raton, FL	FS1	L 20–44	30,321
September 19	12:00 p.m.	Buffalo*	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	ASN	L 15–33	15,397
September 26	7:00 p.m.	at Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC	ASN	W 17–7	17,444
October 10	2:30 p.m.	Rice	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	FCS	L 26–27	13,191
October 17	12:00 p.m.	Marshall	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	FCS	L 17–33	17,129
October 24	7:00 p.m.	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ASN	L 17–27	22,468
October 31	3:30 p.m.	FIU	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL ( Shula Bowl)	ASN	W 31–17	16,432
November 7	12:00 p.m.	at Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	FSN	L 19–35	18,421
November 14	12:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	ASN	L 17–24	13,233
November 21	12:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Florida*	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	SECN	L 14–20 OT	90,107
November 28	12:00 p.m.	at Old Dominion	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA ( Oyster Bowl)	ASN	W 33–31	20,118
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule source: ^[3]

Game summaries

At Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Owls	7	10	21	3	3	44
Golden Hurricane	14	7	7	13	6	47

Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	14	6	17	7	44
Owls	10	7	3	0	20

Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	0	7	19	7	33
Owls	2	7	0	6	15

At Charlotte

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	3	0	7	17
49ers	0	0	0	7	7

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rice Owls	14	0	0	13	27
FAU Owls	7	7	6	6	26

Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	9	14	7	3	33
Owls	3	7	7	0	17

At UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	17	0	0	17
Miners	7	7	7	6	27

FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	7	3	7	17
Owls	7	10	0	14	31

At Western Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	6	6	0	19
Hilltoppers	0	14	14	7	35

Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Raiders	10	7	7	0	24
Owls	7	7	3	0	17

At Florida

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Owls	0	0	7	7	0	14
Gators	0	0	14	0	6	20

At Old Dominion

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	14	10	3	6	33
Monarchs	3	7	21	0	31

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