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American college football season
The 2016 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2016 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 third-year head coach Charlie Partridge . They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the East Division.
On November 27, head coach Charlie Partridge was fired.[ 1] He finished at FAU with a three-year record of 9–27. On December 13, the school hired Lane Kiffin as head coach.[ 2] [ 3]
Schedule
Florida Atlantic announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Owls will host C–USA foes Charlotte , Old Dominion , UTEP , and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Florida International (FIU), Marshall , Middle Tennessee , and Rice .[ 4]
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Ball State from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Southern Illinois from the Missouri Valley Football Conference , and two road games against Kansas State from the Big 12 Conference and Miami from the Atlantic Coast Conference .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 6:00 p.m. Southern Illinois * CUSA.tv W 38–3014,887
September 10 6:00 p.m. at No. 25 Miami (FL) * ACCN+ L 10–3857,123
September 17 2:30 p.m. at Kansas State * FSN L 7–6350,871
September 24 6:00 p.m. Ball State * FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL CUSA.tv L 27–3113,846
October 1 7:00 p.m. at FIU beIN L 31–3316,164
October 9[a] 12:00 p.m. Charlotte FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL CUSA.tv L 23–287,401
October 15 7:00 p.m. at Marshall ASN L 21–2722,839
October 29 3:30 p.m. WKU FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL ASN L 3–529,338
November 5 3:30 p.m. at Rice ESPN3 W 42–2519,892
November 12 6:00 p.m. UTEP FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL CUSA.tv W 35–319,122
November 19 6:00 p.m. Old Dominion FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL CI L 24–425,843
November 26 5:30 p.m. at Middle Tennessee beIN L 56–7710,227
^[a] The game between Florida Atlantic and Charlotte on October 8, 2016, has been postponed due to Hurricane Matthew . The game is tentatively rescheduled the following day on October 9, 2016 with a noon kickoff.[ 5]
Schedule Source: [ 6]
Game summaries
Southern Illinois
1
2
3
4
Total
Salukis
14
10
0
6
30
Owls
14
7
14
3
38
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
at Miami (FL)
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
3
7
0
10
#25 Hurricanes
0
14
10
14
38
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–2
2015
MIAMI, 44–20
at Kansas State
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
0
0
7
7
Wildcats
21
21
7
14
63
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
2006
KSU, 45–0
Ball State
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinals
0
17
7
7
31
Owls
14
10
0
3
27
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
at FIU
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
10
14
0
31
Panthers
7
7
16
3
33
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
10–4
2015
FAU, 31–17
Charlotte
1
2
3
4
Total
49ers
7
14
7
0
28
Owls
3
14
0
6
23
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
2015
FAU, 17–7
at Marshall
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
14
7
0
0
21
Thundering Herd
10
6
3
8
27
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–3
2015
MARSH, 33–17
WKU
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
14
10
14
14
52
Owls
0
3
0
0
3
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
5–2
2015
WKU, 35–19
at Rice
1
2
3
4
Total
FAU Owls
14
7
7
14
42
Rice Owls
7
7
3
8
25
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–2
2015
RICE, 27–26
UTEP
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
7
10
7
7
31
Owls
7
10
3
15
35
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
2015
UTEP, 27–17
Old Dominion
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
3
10
22
7
42
Owls
14
7
3
0
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–1
2015
FAU, 33–31
at Middle Tennessee
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
14
14
21
56
Blue Raiders
21
21
7
28
77
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–10
2015
MTSU, 24–17
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