Florida Atlantic vs. Louisiana

Florida Atlantic and Louisiana have 8 meetings on file, the first in 2005; officially, Florida Atlantic leads 5–⁠2; as played, 5–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Florida Atlantic 5–⁠3, and Louisiana has won the last 2. The NCAA vacated Louisiana’s win (2011); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
Florida Atlantic leads 5–⁠2
Florida Atlantic wins on file
5
Louisiana wins on file
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2005
Longest streak
4 Florida Atlantic
Current streak
2 Louisiana
Last 10 meetings
Florida Atlantic 5–⁠3
Most recent
2012

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s4–⁠1
2010s1–⁠2
Average margin
10.3 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Florida Atlantic
2–⁠2 Florida Atlantic’s record at home
At Louisiana
1–⁠3 Louisiana’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Florida Atlantic’s biggest win2009: Florida Atlantic 51, Louisiana 29by 22 points
  2. Louisiana’s biggest win2012: Louisiana 35, Florida Atlantic 21by 14 points

Coach against coach

YearsFlorida AtlanticSeriesLouisiana
2005–⁠2010Howard Schnellenberger5–⁠1Rickey Bustle

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Florida Atlantic’s side (Schnellenberger 5–⁠1 against Bustle). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Florida Atlantic and Louisiana, 2005 on13001500170020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Graham Wilbert Florida Atlantic25 of 38, 379 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT2012 Passing
William Dukes Florida Atlantic9 catches, 204 yards, 2 TD2012 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Dec 1, 2012Louisiana 35, Florida Atlantic 21at Florida Atlantic
Oct 1, 2011Louisiana 37, Florida Atlantic 34vacatedat Louisiana
Nov 13, 2010Florida Atlantic 24, Louisiana 23at Florida Atlantic
Oct 24, 2009Florida Atlantic 51, Louisiana 29at Louisiana
Nov 15, 2008Florida Atlantic 40, Louisiana 29at Florida Atlantic
Oct 20, 2007Florida Atlantic 39, Louisiana 32at Louisiana
Oct 18, 2006Louisiana 6, Florida Atlantic 0at Florida Atlantic
Oct 6, 2005Florida Atlantic 28, Louisiana 10at Louisiana

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.