The Owls are the football team of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida. They compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the NCAA and play in the American Athletic Conference.
📜 Florida Atlantic Owls Football History
FAU first fielded a football team in 2001, beginning as an independent school. The new program was led and developed by Howard Schnellenberger, who had made his name as a head coach by taking the Miami Hurricanes to a national championship.
In 2005, the Owls joined the Sun Belt Conference, where they played for 7 years. FAU won 1 conference championship in this period, sharing the honour with Troy in 2007. In the same year, the Owls won the New Orleans Bowl just 7 years into the football program's existence, becoming the fastest NCAA start-up program to win a bowl game.
FAU moved to Conference USA in 2013 and remained a member until 2022. Starting in 2023, the Owls compete in the American Athletic Conference.
