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.
Preseason [ edit ] Award watch lists [ edit ] Listed in the order that they were released
C-USA preseason awards [ edit ] On July 16, 2018, Conference USA released their preseason awards, including the preseason all-CUSA team.[12] Running back Devin Singletary was selected as the preseason offensive player of the year and linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was selected as the preseason defensive player of the year. The Owls placed a total of six players of the all-CUSA team.
Preseason media poll [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] At Oklahoma [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Owls 0 0 7 7 14 No. 7 Sooners 28 14 14 7 63
Air Force [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Falcons 0 7 13 7 27 Owls 6 13 6 8 33
Bethune–Cookman [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 14 7 7 28 Owls 29 7 7 6 49
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 10 6 13 36 No. 16 Knights 14 7 21 14 56
At Middle Tennessee [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Owls 14 7 3 0 24 Blue Raiders 0 10 7 8 25
Old Dominion [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Monarchs 0 7 14 12 33 Owls 6 20 6 20 52
At Marshall [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Owls 0 7 0 0 7 Thundering Herd 0 10 14 7 31
Louisiana Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 14 0 7 21 Owls 10 0 3 0 13
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 7 7 28 49 Panthers 0 7 7 0 14
Western Kentucky [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Hilltoppers 0 9 0 6 15 Owls 10 0 7 17 34
At North Texas [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 0 0 0 7 Mean Green 17 3 0 0 20
Charlotte [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total 49ers 10 0 7 10 27 Owls 7 14 0 3 24
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "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. Archived from the original on August 20, 2010. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 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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