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 .
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] 1 2 3 4 Total Midshipmen 7 14 14 7 42 Owls 3 7 3 6 19
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 7 0 0 14 No. 9 Badgers 14 10 7 0 31
1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0 Owls 14 7 17 7 45
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 10 0 14 31 Bulls 14 3 7 10 34
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 6 0 7 7 20 Owls 14 10 0 14 38
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 17 14 14 13 58 Monarchs 7 7 7 7 28
1 2 3 4 Total Mean Green 0 7 10 14 31 Owls 24 17 21 7 69
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 10 10 0 22 42 Hilltoppers 7 14 7 0 28
1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 0 3 13 9 25 Owls 13 3 7 7 30
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 6 14 22 6 48 Bulldogs 3 6 7 7 23
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 0 10 7 7 24 Owls 14 7 16 15 52
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 10 14 7 0 31 49ers 0 6 6 0 12
North Texas–C-USA Championship Game[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mean Green 0 0 9 8 17 Owls 10 17 7 7 41
Akron–Boca Raton Bowl[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Zips 0 3 0 0 3 Owls 7 14 15 14 50
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