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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] 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 19–4228,481
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 HomecomingRankings 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
Bethune–Cookman
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
North Texas–C-USA Championship Game
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
0
0
9
8
17
Owls
10
17
7
7
41
Akron–Boca Raton Bowl
1
2
3
4
Total
Zips
0
3
0
0
3
Owls
7
14
15
14
50
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