American college football season
The 2019 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Owls played their home games at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida , and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by head coach Lane Kiffin , and interim head coach Glenn Spencer for their bowl game .
Preseason [ ] CUSA media poll [ ] Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Owls predicted to finish in third place in the East Division.[1]
East Division
Predicted finish
Team
1
Marshall
2
FIU
3
Florida Atlantic
4
Middle Tennessee
5
Western Kentucky
6
Old Dominion
7
Charlotte
Schedule [ ] Florida Atlantic announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019.[2]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 12:00 p.m. at No. 5 Ohio State * FOX L 21–45103,228 September 7 7:00 p.m. No. 18 UCF * CBSSN L 14–4830,811 September 14 2:00 p.m. at Ball State * ESPN+ W 41–3114,333 September 21 6:00 p.m. Wagner * FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL ESPN+ W 42–714,210 September 28 3:30 p.m. at Charlotte NFLN W 45–2712,334 October 12 4:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL ESPN+ W 28–1312,107 6:30 p.m. Marshall FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL CBSSN L 31–3615,138 October 26 3:30 p.m. at Old Dominion ESPN+ W 41–317,744 November 2 4:00 p.m. at Western Kentucky ESPN+ W 35–2414,212 November 9 6:00 p.m. FIU Stadium W 37–717,603 November 23 6:00 p.m. at UTSA ESPN+ W 40–2614,335 November 30 3:30 p.m. Southern Miss FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL NFLN W 34–1713,414 December 7 1:30 p.m. UAB CBSSN W 49–614,387 December 21 3:30 p.m. SMU * ABC W 52–2823,187 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source: [3] Game summaries [ ] at Ohio State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
3
3
15
21
No. 5 Buckeyes
28
0
7
10
45
UCF [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 18 Knights
14
14
13
7
48
Owls
0
6
0
8
14
at Ball State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
14
13
7
41
Cardinals
14
3
7
7
31
Wagner [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seahawks
0
7
0
0
7
Owls
14
14
7
7
42
at Charlotte [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
14
10
14
7
45
49ers
7
7
7
6
27
Middle Tennessee [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
6
7
0
0
13
Owls
2
10
10
6
28
Marshall [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Thundering Herd
10
7
5
14
36
Owls
14
3
0
14
31
at Old Dominion [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
14
10
7
10
41
Monarchs
0
3
0
0
3
at Western Kentucky [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
21
7
7
35
Hilltoppers
14
0
7
3
24
FIU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
7
0
0
7
Owls
7
6
15
9
37
at UTSA [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
10
16
7
40
Roadrunners
3
0
8
15
26
Southern Miss [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Eagles
0
10
7
0
17
Owls
10
7
7
10
34
UAB (C-USA Championship Game) [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
3
3
0
0
6
Owls
14
21
7
7
49
SMU (Boca Raton Bowl) [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
0
14
0
14
28
Owls
7
21
14
10
52
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final
AP
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
Coaches
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
CFP
Not released
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Not released
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