Florida Atlantic Owls
American AthleticBoca Raton, FLFAU Stadium
2026: 4–2 (1–1 American Athletic). Last: lost at Army 56–24. Next: Rice, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.
- L 21–66at Florida
- W 38–30Navy
- W 16–10Florida International
- W 45–17at UL Monroe
- W 66–10Texas Southern
- L 24–56at Army
- Oct 24Rice
- Oct 29at North Texas
- Nov 5UTSA
- Nov 14at Tulsa
- Nov 21South Florida
- Nov 27at East Carolina
- Outfitted by Adidas
Florida Atlantic has played football since 2001 and is 126–160 in the 286 games on record here, which start in 2002. They have won two Conference USA titles (the last in 2019) and one Sun Belt Conference title, counting shared titles. Since 2010, the NFL Draft has taken 10 players from here in its first seven rounds, 0 of them in the first round. Howard Schnellenberger (2004–2011) won more games here than any other coach: 41. The most-played rival is Florida International: 23 meetings, Florida Atlantic leads 17–5 (one Florida International win vacated). This season, under Zach Kittley, they’re 4–2.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 129–172 official; 126–160 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 4–1 matches the official bowl record
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1462 97th of 138 FBS
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 101 · Composite No. 70 in FBS, Oct 17; down 8 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 3 last in 2019
- Seasons
- 25 since 2002, 286 games
Identity
- Fight song
- FAU Fight Song
- Mascot
- Owlsley
- Student section
- The Prowlers
- Apparel
- Adidas
- Band
- Florida Atlantic Marching Owls since 2002
2026 season 4–2
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Florida | L 21–66 | 30% |
| Sep 12 | vs Navy | W 38–30 | 28% |
| Sep 19 | vs Florida International | W 16–10 | 51% |
| Sep 26 | at UL Monroe | W 45–17 | 61% |
| Oct 3 | vs Texas Southern | W 66–10 | 84% |
| Oct 17 | at Army | L 24–56 | 31% |
| Oct 24 | vs Rice | Preview | 74% |
| Oct 29 | at North Texas | Preview | 26% |
| Nov 5 | vs UTSA | Preview | 37% |
| Nov 14 | at Tulsa | Preview | 47% |
| Nov 21 | vs South Florida | Preview | 41% |
| Nov 27 | at East Carolina | Preview | 33% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Future schedule
2027–31- 20273 games: 1 home, 2 away, non-conference only
- 20281 game: 1 away, non-conference only
- at UCF
- 20311 game: 1 home, non-conference only
Florida Atlantic’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of January 22, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
On the 2026 team
- Caden Veltkamp1,743 passing yards, 15 TD (leads Florida Atlantic in passing yards)
- Kelby Valsin47 catches, 601 yards, 6 TD (leads Florida Atlantic in receiving yards)
- Easton Messer44 catches, 540 yards, 4 TD
- Ethan Ervin361 rushing yards, 2 TD (leads Florida Atlantic in rushing yards)
- Joseph Sipp Jr.41 tackles, 1 sack (leads Florida Atlantic in tackles)
- Dom Henry29 catches, 324 yards, 3 TD
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Florida Atlantic.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Around the program
- Apparel
- Adidas · Official source
- Florida Atlantic University Athletics; read 2026-10-10
- Sports Business Journal; read 2026-10-10
- Mascot
- Owlsley · Single source
- Wikipedia; read 2026-10-10
- Student section
- The Prowlers · Official source
- Florida Atlantic University Athletics; read 2026-10-10
- Florida Atlantic University Athletics; read 2026-10-10
- Defensive coordinator
- Brett Dewhurst · Official source
- fausports.com; read 2026-10-10
Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.
The apparel deal
Adidas, from 2010. Announced in January 2010. The current term hasn't been published.
- Florida Atlantic Athletics, Jan 8, 2010: Agreement with adidas America to outfit the athletic teams; no term given
Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.
Program strength since 2002
Best seasons everMore coverage
- AAC matchup features Florida Atlantic against Rice, winnipegfreepress.com,
- Florida Atlantic vs. Army Oct. 17: TV, Stream, iheart.com,
Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.
Head coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
 Zach Kittley | 2025–2026 | 8–10 |
 Chad Lunsford | 2024 | 1–1 |
 Tom Herman | 2023–2024 | 6–16 |
 Willie Taggart | 2020–2022 | 15–18 |
| Glenn Spencer | 2019 | 1–0 |
 Lane Kiffin | 2017–2019 | 26–13 |
| Charlie Partridge | 2014–2016 | 9–27 |
| Brian Wright | 2013 | 4–0 |
| Carl Pelini | 2012–2013 | 5–15 |
 Howard Schnellenberger | 2004–2011 | 41–56 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Florida International
17–5 † in 23
- 2016 L 31–33
- 2017 W 52–24
- 2018 W 49–14
- 2019 W 37–7
- 2020 W 38–19
- 2021 W 58–21
- 2022 W 52–7
- 2024 W 38–20
- 2025 L 28–38
- 2026 W 16–10
Won the last one; holds the Don Shula Award.
- Middle Tennessee
5–14 in 19
- 2012 L 17–31
- 2013 L 35–42
- 2014 L 34–35
- 2015 L 17–24
- 2016 L 56–77
- 2017 W 38–20
- 2018 L 24–25
- 2019 W 28–13
- 2021 L 17–27
- 2022 L 21–49
Lost the last two.
- North Texas
8–7 in 15
- 2009 W 44–40
- 2010 L 17–21
- 2011 L 17–31
- 2012 L 14–20
- 2014 L 10–31
- 2017 W 69–31
- 2017 W 41–17
- 2018 L 38–41
- 2022 L 28–45
- 2024 L 37–41
Lost the last three.
Next: Oct 29
| Opponent | Games | FAU record |
|---|---|---|
| Florida International | 23 | 17–5 † |
| Middle Tennessee | 19 | 5–14 |
| North Texas | 15 | 8–7 |
| Western Kentucky | 14 | 9–5 |
| UAB | 11 | 7–4 |
| Troy | 10 | 2–8 |
| UL Monroe | 10 | 3–7 |
| Charlotte | 10 | 7–3 |
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.
Rivals the program names: South Florida.
The trophy it holds: Don Shula Award (Florida International). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (80)
Every program Florida Atlantic has played, A to Z, with Florida Atlantic’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Air Force 1–1
- Akron 1–0
- Alabama 0–2
- Arkansas State 3–3 †
- Army 0–2
- Auburn 0–2
- Ball State 1–1
- Bethune-Cookman 2–0
- Buffalo 0–2
- Central Michigan 1–0
- Charlotte 7–3
- Clemson 0–2
- East Carolina 0–4
- Edward Waters 1–0
- Edward Waters 1–0
- Florida 0–5
- Florida A&M 2–0
- Florida International 17–5 †
- Fordham 1–0
- Gardner-Webb 1–0
- Georgia 0–1
- Georgia Southern 1–1
- Hawai’i 1–0
- Illinois 0–1
- Illinois State 2–0
- Kansas 0–1
- Kansas State 0–2
- Kentucky 0–1
- Louisiana 5–2 †
- Louisiana Tech 1–1
- Louisville 0–1
- Marshall 1–8
- Maryland 0–1
- Massachusetts 1–0
- Memphis 1–2
- Miami 0–3
- Michigan State 0–3 †
- Middle Tennessee 5–14
- Minnesota 1–2
- Monmouth 1–0
- Navy 1–3
- Nebraska 0–2
- New Mexico State 1–1
- Nicholls 1–0
- North Texas 8–7
- Northern Colorado 2–0
- Ohio 0–2
- Ohio State 0–1
- Oklahoma 0–1
- Oklahoma State 0–3
- Old Dominion 4–3
- Purdue 0–1
- Rice 3–3
- SE Louisiana 1–0
- Siena 1–0
- SMU 1–0
- South Alabama 0–1
- South Carolina 0–2
- South Florida 2–5
- Southern Illinois 1–0
- Southern Miss 2–1
- Southern Utah 1–0
- Temple 0–1
- Texas 0–2
- Texas Southern 1–0
- Texas State 2–0
- Troy 2–8
- Tulane 1–2
- Tulsa 4–1
- UAB 7–4
- UCF 0–4
- UConn 0–3
- UL Monroe 3–7
- UTEP 2–2
- UTSA 3–2
- Wagner 3–0
- Western Kentucky 9–5
- Wisconsin 0–1
- Wyoming 0–2
- Youngstown State 1–0
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
3, counting shared titles- Sun Belt Conference 1
- 2007 (shared)
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 2001–2004
- Sun Belt Conference 2005–2012
- Conference USA 2013–2022
- American Athletic Conference since 2023
- 2005Joined the Sun Belt Conference from independence in football. Source
- 2013Joined Conference USA from the Sun Belt Conference, announced November 29, 2012. Source
- 2023Joined the American Athletic Conference from Conference USA, announced June 16, 2022. Source
Florida Atlantic’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
National award winners
All awards| 2019 | Harrison Bryant TE | Mackey |
Consensus All-Americans 1
| 2019 | Harrison Bryant TE |
Led the nation 1
| 2017 | Devin Singletary rushing touchdowns (32 TD), points (198 pts) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 10 since 2010
- First-round picks
- 0
Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.
The school
Florida Atlantic University- Enrollment
- 31,607 24,876 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Boca Raton, Florida
- Public or private
- Public Research 1
- Founded
- 1961
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $56,746 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Official accounts
- Football
- X @FAUFootballInstagram @faufootballFacebook FAUOwlsFootball
- Athletics department
- X @FAUAthleticsInstagram @fauathleticsFacebook FAUATHLETICS
Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones fausports.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–2 | 1–1 | Zach Kittley | 1462 | 0.1 | ||
| 2025 | 4–8 | 3–5 | Zach Kittley | 1371 | -8.7 | ||
| 2024 | 3–9 | 1–7 | Tom Herman, Chad Lunsford | 1329 | -12.7 | ||
| 2023 | 4–8 | 3–5 | Tom Herman | 1402 | -9.4 | ||
| 2022 | 5–7 | 4–4 | Willie Taggart | 1445 | -7.1 | ||
| 2021 | 5–7 | 3–5 | Willie Taggart | 1433 | -5.2 | ||
| 2020 | 5–4 | 4–2 | Willie Taggart | 1536 | -0.3 | ||
| 2019 | 11–3 | 7–1 | Lane Kiffin, Glenn Spencer | 1671 | -0.6 | ||
| 2018 | 5–7 | 3–5 | Lane Kiffin | 1531 | -0.8 | ||
| 2017 | 11–3 | 8–0 | Lane Kiffin | 1632 | 5.1 | ||
| 2016 | 3–9 | 2–6 | Charlie Partridge | 1318 | -14.1 | ||
| 2015 | 3–9 | 3–5 | Charlie Partridge | 1352 | -9.8 | ||
| 2014 | 3–9 | 2–6 | Charlie Partridge | 1370 | -10.4 | ||
| 2013 | 6–6 | 4–4 | Carl Pelini, Brian Wright | 1444 | -6.6 | ||
| 2012 | 3–9 | 2–6 | Carl Pelini | 1288 | -17.9 | ||
| 2011 | 1–11 | 0–8 | Howard Schnellenberger | 1220 | -30.7 | ||
| 2010 | 4–8 | 3–5 | Howard Schnellenberger | 1337 | -22.8 | ||
| 2009 | 5–7 | 5–3 | Howard Schnellenberger | 1444 | -17.3 | ||
| 2008 | 7–6 | 4–3 | Howard Schnellenberger | 1474 | -8.5 | ||
| 2007 | 8–5 | 6–1 | Howard Schnellenberger | 1499 | -12.5 | ||
| 2006 | 5–7 | 4–3 | Howard Schnellenberger | 1366 | -19.6 | ||
| 2005 | 2–9 | 2–5 | Howard Schnellenberger | 1293 | -24.9 | ||
| 2004 | 10–3 | Howard Schnellenberger | 1456 | -11.7 | |||
| 2003 | 9–1 | 1429 | |||||
| 2002 | 0–3 | 1244 |
Officially 129–172 since 2001 (per Wikipedia, checked Sep 29, 2024); game by game here, 126–160 (−3 wins, −12 losses). Our file starts in 2002; the program began in 2001. Some games are missing from our source.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.