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.
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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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September 1 | 8:00 p.m. | Navy* | | ESPNU | L 19–42 | 28,481 |
September 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Wisconsin* | | BTN | L 14–31 | 77,542 |
September 16 | 8:00 p.m. | Bethune–Cookman* | - FAU Stadium
- Boca Raton, FL
| beIN | W 45–0 | 16,743 |
September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at Buffalo* | | ESPN3 | L 31–34 | 14,246 |
September 30 | 7:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee | - FAU Stadium
- Boca Raton, FL
| Stadium | W 38–20 | 12,913 |
October 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at Old Dominion | | Stadium | W 58–28 | 20,118 |
October 21 | 5:00 p.m. | North Texas![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - FAU Stadium
- Boca Raton, FL
| ESPN3 | W 69–31 | 13,277 |
October 28 | 4:30 p.m. | at Western Kentucky | | Stadium | W 42–28 | 12,441 |
| 6:00 p.m. | Marshall | - FAU Stadium
- Boca Raton, FL
| CBSSN | W 30–25 | 15,880 |
November 11 | 3:30 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech | | Stadium | W 48–23 | 16,511 |
November 18 | 7:00 p.m. | FIU | | Stadium | W 52–24 | 24,116 |
November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | at Charlotte | | Stadium | W 31–12 | 8,330 |
December 2 | 12:00 p.m. | North Texas | | ESPN2 | W 41–17 | 14,258 |
December 19 | 7:00 p.m. | Akron* | | ESPN | W 50–3 | 25,912 |
- *Non-conference game
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Navy
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Midshipmen |
7 |
14 |
14 |
7 |
42 |
Owls |
3 |
7 |
3 |
6 |
19 |
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At Wisconsin
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
No. 9 Badgers |
14 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
31 |
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Bethune–Cookman
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Wildcats |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Owls |
14 |
7 |
17 |
7 |
45 |
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At Buffalo
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
7 |
10 |
0 |
14 |
31 |
Bulls |
14 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
34 |
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Middle Tennessee
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders |
6 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
20 |
Owls |
14 |
10 |
0 |
14 |
38 |
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At Old Dominion
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
17 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
58 |
Monarchs |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
28 |
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North Texas
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mean Green |
0 |
7 |
10 |
14 |
31 |
Owls |
24 |
17 |
21 |
7 |
69 |
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At WKU
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
10 |
10 |
0 |
22 |
42 |
Hilltoppers |
7 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
28 |
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Marshall
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Thundering Herd |
0 |
3 |
13 |
9 |
25 |
Owls |
13 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
30 |
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At Louisiana Tech
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
6 |
14 |
22 |
6 |
48 |
Bulldogs |
3 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
23 |
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FIU
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
0 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
24 |
Owls |
14 |
7 |
16 |
15 |
52 |
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At Charlotte
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
10 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
31 |
49ers |
0 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
12 |
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North Texas–C-USA Championship Game
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mean Green |
0 |
0 |
9 |
8 |
17 |
Owls |
10 |
17 |
7 |
7 |
41 |
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Akron–Boca Raton Bowl
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Zips |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Owls |
7 |
14 |
15 |
14 |
50 |
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