2018 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
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
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] 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.
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. 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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