American college football season
The 2018 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2018 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 second-year head coach Lane Kiffin . They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.
Previous season [ ] The Owls finished the 2017 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 .
Preseason [ ] Award watch lists [ ] Listed in the order that they were released
C-USA preseason awards [ ] On July 16, 2018, Conference USA released their preseason awards, including the preseason all-CUSA team.[12]
Preseason media poll [ ] Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Owls predicted to be champions of the East Division.[13]
East Division
Predicted finish
Team
1
Florida Atlantic
2
Marshall
3
Middle Tennessee
4
FIU
5
Western Kentucky
6
Old Dominion
7
Charlotte
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 12:00 p.m. at No. 7 Oklahoma * FOX L 14–6386,402 September 8 2:00 p.m. Air Force * CBSSN W 33–2724,101 September 15 6:00 p.m. Bethune–Cookman * FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL Stadium W 49–2819,017 7:00 p.m. at No. 16 UCF * ESPN L 36–5644,257 September 29 7:00 p.m. at Middle Tennessee Stadium L 24–2517,299 October 6 5:00 p.m. Old Dominion FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL Stadium W 52–3318,205 October 20 2:30 p.m. at Marshall CBSSN L 7–3123,825 6:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL CBSSN L 13–2114,948 November 3 7:30 p.m. at FIU Stadium W 49–1418,478 November 10 5:00 p.m. Western Kentucky FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL Stadium W 34–1514,400 9:30 p.m. at North Texas CBSSN L 38–4118,338 November 24 6:00 p.m. Charlotte FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL Stadium L 24–2711,638 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source: [14] Game summaries [ ] at Oklahoma [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
0
7
7
14
No. 7 Sooners
28
14
14
7
63
Air Force [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Falcons
0
7
13
7
27
Owls
6
13
6
8
33
Bethune–Cookman [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
14
7
7
28
Owls
29
7
7
6
49
at UCF [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
10
6
13
36
No. 16 Knights
14
7
21
14
56
at Middle Tennessee [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
14
7
3
0
24
Blue Raiders
0
10
7
8
25
Old Dominion [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
0
7
14
12
33
Owls
6
20
6
20
52
at Marshall [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
7
0
0
7
Thundering Herd
0
10
14
7
31
Louisiana Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
14
0
7
21
Owls
10
0
3
0
13
at FIU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
7
7
28
49
Panthers
0
7
7
0
14
Western Kentucky [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
0
9
0
6
15
Owls
10
0
7
17
34
at North Texas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
0
0
0
7
Mean Green
17
3
0
0
20
Charlotte [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
49ers
10
0
7
10
27
Owls
7
14
0
3
24
Players drafted into the NFL [ ] References [ ]
^ "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List" . July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018 .^ "2018 Maxwell Award Watch List" . July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018 .^ "2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates" . July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018 .^ "2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF) . July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018 .^ "Butkus Award – 2018 Collegiate Watchlist" . The Butkus Award. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .^ "Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Names 2018 Preseason Watchlist" . July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .^ "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List" . July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018 .^ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List" . July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018 .^ Carbone, Al (July 27, 2018). "Walter Camp Football Foundation Announces 2018 Player of the Year Preseason "Watch List" . Retrieved July 30, 2018 . ^ "Preseason Watch List – 2018 edition of the Ted Hendricks Award" (PDF) . August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018 .^ "2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF) . August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018 .^ "FB: 2018 Preseason Awards" .^ "FB: Preseason Media Poll" .^ "2018 Florida Atlantic Owls Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .
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