2022 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
2022 Florida Atlantic Owls football | |
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Conference | Conference USA |
Record | 5–7 (4–4 C–USA) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Brent Dearmon (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Todd Orlando (1st season) |
Home stadium | FAU Stadium (capacity: 29,419) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTSA y$ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas y | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: UTSA 48, North Texas 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Willie Taggart in this third and final season as head coach, the Owls compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fourth in C-USA. Florida Atlantic played home games at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida.
During the previous season, on October 21, 2021, Florida Atlantic accepted the invitation to join the American Athletic Conference (AAC) and will become a full member on July 1, 2023.[1] The 2022 season was the program's last as a member of C-USA.[2]
Schedule
Florida Atlantic and Conference USA (C-USA) announced the 2022 football schedule on March 30, 2022.[3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 27 | 7:00 p.m. | Charlotte | CBSSN | W 43–13 | 19,571 | |
September 3 | 6:00 p.m. | at Ohio* | ESPN+ | L 38–41 | 20,003 | |
September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 21 (FCS) Southeastern Louisiana* |
| ESPN3 | W 42–9 | 17,532 |
September 17 | 7:30 p.m. | UCF* |
| CBSSN | L 14–40 | 30,991 |
September 24 | 7:30 p.m. | at Purdue* | BTN | L 26–28 | 55,137 | |
October 1 | 4:00 p.m. | at North Texas | ESPN+ | L 28–45 | 18,274 | |
October 15 | 6:00 p.m. | Rice |
| ESPN+ | W 17–14 | 21,465 |
October 22 | 4:00 p.m. | at UTEP | ESPN+ | L 21–24 | 12,796 | |
October 29 | 7:00 p.m. | UAB |
| CBSSN | W 24–17 | 16,138 |
November 12 | 12:00 p.m. | at FIU | Stadium | W 52–7 | ||
November 19 | 3:30 p.m. | at Middle Tennessee | ESPN3/ESPN+ | L 21–49 | 9,958 | |
November 26 | 12:00 p.m. | Western Kentucky |
| CBSSN | L 31–32 OT | 18,376 |
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Coaching staff
Name | Title |
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Willie Taggart | Head coach |
Raymond Woodie | Associate head coach / outside linebackers and recruiting coordinator |
Brent Dearmon | Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach |
Todd Orlando | Defensive coordinator / linebackers coach |
Chad Lunsford | Tight ends coach / special teams coordinator |
Ed Warinner | Run game coordinator / offensive line coach |
Derrick Gibson | Safeties coach |
Billy Gonzales | Wide receivers coach |
Brandon Harris | Cornerbacks coach |
Kevin Patrick | Defensive line coach |
Donte Pimpleton | Running backs coach |
References
- ^ "FAU Accepts Invite to The American". FAUSports.com. October 21, 2021.
- ^ "FAU's American Move Officially Set for 2023". FAUSports.com. June 10, 2022.
- ^ "FAU Announces 2022 Football Schedule". FAUSports.com. March 30, 2022.
- ^ "Florida Atlantic Owls Schedule 2022". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Football Schedule". Florida Atlantic University. Retrieved November 29, 2022.