2020 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

The 2020 Florida Atlantic Owls football team will represent Florida Atlantic University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls will play their home games at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida, and will compete in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They will be led by head coach Willie Taggart, in his first year.

2020 Florida Atlantic Owls football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coachWillie Taggart (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorClint Trickett (1st as coordinator, 4th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinatorDrew Mehringer (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Leavitt (1st season)
Home stadiumFAU Stadium
(Capacity: 29,419)
2020 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Charlotte  0 –0     0 –0  
FIU  0 –0     0 –0  
Florida Atlantic  0 –0     0 –0  
Marshall  0 –0     0 –0  
Middle Tennessee  0 –0     0 –0  
Western Kentucky  0 –0     0 –0  
Old Dominion*   –      –  
West Division
Louisiana Tech  0 –0     0 –0  
North Texas  0 –0     0 –0  
Rice  0 –0     0 –0  
Southern Miss  0 –0     0 –0  
UAB  0 –0     0 –0  
UTEP  0 –0     0 –0  
UTSA  0 –0     0 –0  
Championship: December 5, 2020
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * Note: Due to COVID-19, team canceled season.
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Owls finished the 2019 regular season 11–3, 7–1 in CUSA play which they finished in first place in the East Division, the programs second second division title. Florida Atlantic played against UAB in the conference championship game. The Owls played in the game for the second time in three years and defeated the Blazers.[1] The team was invited to play in the Boca Raton Bowl against SMU, where the Owls took their eleventh win of the season.[2]

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
TBD

CUSA media days

The CUSA Media Days will be held virtually for the first time in conference history.[3]

Preseason All-CUSA teams

To be released

Schedule

Florida Atlantic announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.[4] The 2020 schedule consists of 5 home and 5 away games in the regular season.

The Owls had games scheduled against Minnesota, Old Dominion, and Stony Brook, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6][7]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 19 at Georgia Southern*
September 26 South Florida*
October 3 Charlotte
  • FAU Stadium
  • Boca Raton, FL
October 10 at Southern Miss
October 24 at Marshall
October 31 UTSA
  • FAU Stadium
  • Boca Raton, FL
November 7 Western Kentucky
  • FAU Stadium
  • Boca Raton, FL
November 14 at FIU
November 28 at Middle Tennessee
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[8]

    Game summaries

    Stony Brook
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Seawolves 0 0 0 0 0
    Owls 0 0 0 0 0
    See also: 2020 Stony Brook Seawolves football team
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    First meeting

    at Georgia Southern
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Owls 0 0 0 0 0
    Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
    See also: 2020 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    First meeting

    South Florida
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Bulls 0 0 0 0 0
    Owls 0 0 0 0 0
    See also: 2020 South Florida Bulls football team
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    1–3 Sept. 14, 2013 FAU, 28–10

    Charlotte
    1 2 3 4 Total
    49ers 0 0 0 0 0
    Owls 0 0 0 0 0
    See also: 2020 Charlotte 49ers football team
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    3–2 Sept. 28, 2019 FAU, 45–27

    at Southern Miss
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Owls 0 0 0 0 0
    Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
    See also: 2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    2–0 Nov. 30, 2019 FAU, 34–17

    at Marshall
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Owls 0 0 0 0 0
    Thundering Herd 0 0 0 0 0
    See also: 2020 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    1–6 Oct. 18, 2019 Marshall, 36–31

    UTSA
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Roadrunners 0 0 0 0 0
    Owls 0 0 0 0 0
    See also: 2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    2–0 Nov. 23, 2019 FAU, 40–26

    Western Kentucky
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Hilltoppers 0 0 0 0 0
    Owls 0 0 0 0 0
    See also: 2020 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    8–3 Nov. 2, 2019 FAU, 35–24

    at FIU
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Owls 0 0 0 0 0
    Panthers 0 0 0 0 0
    See also: 2020 FIU Panthers football team and Shula Bowl
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    13–5 Nov. 9, 2019 FAU, 37–7

    at Middle Tennessee
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Owls 0 0 0 0 0
    Blue Raiders 0 0 0 0 0
    See also: 2020 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    5–12 Oct. 12, 2019 FAU, 28–13
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    References
    1. "UAB vs. Florida Atlantic - Game Summary - December 7, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
    2. "SMU vs. Florida Atlantic - Game Summary - December 21, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
    3. "Conference USA to hold virtual football media days due to COVID-19". ktsm.com. May 5, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
    4. "2020 FAU Football Schedule Announced". Florida Atlantic Owls University Department of Athletics. January 8, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
    5. Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
    6. Singelais, Mark (16 July 2020). "Reports: CAA football won't play this fall". Times Union. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
    7. "Old Dominion postponing football and fall sports". The Virginian Pilot. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
    8. "2020 Florida Atlantic Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
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