2020 Florida Atlantic Owls football | |
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Montgomery Bowl, L 10–25 vs. Memphis | |
Conference | Conference USA |
East Division | |
Record | 5–4 (4–2 C-USA) |
Head coach |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Clint Trickett (1st season) |
Co-offensive coordinator | Drew Mehringer (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Multiple |
Defensive coordinator | Jim Leavitt (1st season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Home stadium | FAU Stadium |
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Marshall xy | 4 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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UAB xy$ | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTSA | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 0 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: UAB 22, Marshall 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls played their home games at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida, and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by head coach Willie Taggart, in his first year.
Listed in the order that they were released
Player | Position | Year |
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Desmond Noel | OL | Senior |
The CUSA Media Days was held virtually for the first time in conference history.[2]
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Florida Atlantic announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.[3] The 2020 schedule originally consisted of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.
The Owls had games scheduled against Minnesota, Old Dominion, Stony Brook, and Middle Tennessee which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6][7]
The Owls also had games scheduled against Georgia Southern, South Florida, and Southern Miss, which were postponed due to the pandemic.[8][9][10] The Georgia Southern game is now rescheduled for December 5[11] and the Southern Miss game is now rescheduled for December 10.[12] They also added a new game against UMass on November 20 to replace their canceled game against Old Dominion, which was previously scheduled for that same weekend.[13]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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October 3 | 4:00 p.m. | Charlotte | ESPNU | W 21–17 | 5,657 | |
October 24 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 22 Marshall | Stadium | L 9–20 | 12,002 | |
October 31 | 12:00 p.m. | UTSA |
| Stadium | W 24–3 | 5,026 |
November 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Western Kentucky |
| Stadium | W 10–6 | 5,292 |
November 13 | 7:00 p.m. | at FIU | CBSSN | W 38–19 | 0 | |
November 20 | 8:00 p.m. | UMass* |
| CBSSN | W 24–2 | 5,554 |
December 5 | 6:00 p.m. | at Georgia Southern* | ESPN+ | L 3–20 | 3,867 | |
December 10 | 6:30 p.m. | at Southern Miss | CBSSN | L 31–45 | 0 | |
December 23 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. Memphis* | ESPN | L 10–25 | 2,979 | |
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See also: 2020 Charlotte 49ers football team |
Pregame line | Over/under |
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FAU −5 | 62.5[16] |
Statistics | Charlotte | Florida Atlantic |
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First downs | 22 | 15 |
Total yards | 396 | 315 |
Rushing yards | 82 | 217 |
Passing yards | 314 | 98 |
Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
Time of possession | 37:49 | 22:11 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Charlotte | Passing | Chris Reynolds | 24/32, 314 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Tre Harbison III | 17 carries, 49 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Victor Tucker | 9 receptions, 118 yards | |
Florida Atlantic | Passing | Nick Tronti | 11/22, 98 yards, 2 TDs |
Rushing | Nick Tronti | 10 carries, 94 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | T. J. Chase | 3 receptions, 31 yards, 1 TD |
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Pregame line | Over/under |
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MRSH −19.5 | 50.5[17] |
Statistics | Florida Atlantic | Marshall |
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First downs | 17 | 19 |
Total yards | 234 | 385 |
Rushing yards | 86 | 134 |
Passing yards | 148 | 251 |
Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
Time of possession | 33:12 | 26:48 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Florida Atlantic | Passing | Nick Tronti | 18/30, 148 yards, 1 INT |
Rushing | Malcolm Davidson | 8 carries, 62 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Jordan Merrell | 5 receptions, 48 yards | |
Marshall | Passing | Grant Wells | 18/31, 251 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Brenden Knox | 25 carries, 101 yards | |
Receiving | Corey Gammage | 6 receptions, 79 yards |
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See also: 2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team |
Pregame line | Over/under |
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FAU −5 | 47[18] |
Statistics | UTSA | Florida Atlantic |
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First downs | 16 | 19 |
Total yards | 230 | 332 |
Rushing yards | 104 | 196 |
Passing yards | 126 | 136 |
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Time of possession | 27:54 | 32:06 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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UTSA | Passing | Frank Harris | 12/26, 109 yards |
Rushing | Frank Harris | 14 carries, 66 yards | |
Receiving | Joshua Cephus | 5 receptions, 63 yards | |
Florida Atlantic | Passing | Nick Tronti | 11/19, 136 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Malcolm Davidson | 14 carries, 115 yards | |
Receiving | Aaron Young | 3 receptions, 54 yards, 1 TD |
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Pregame line | Over/under |
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FAU −7 | 40.5[19] |
Statistics | Western Kentucky | Florida Atlantic |
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First downs | 16 | 18 |
Total yards | 257 | 273 |
Rushing yards | 94 | 165 |
Passing yards | 163 | 108 |
Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
Time of possession | 33:49 | 26:11 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Western Kentucky | Passing | Tyrrell Pigrome | 19/39, 163 yards |
Rushing | Gaej Walker | 17 carries, 78 yards | |
Receiving | Xavier Lane | 7 receptions, 60 yards | |
Florida Atlantic | Passing | Nick Tronti | 7/16, 108 yards |
Rushing | Javion Posey | 9 carries, 60 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | TJ Chase | 3 receptions, 47 yards |
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See also: 2020 FIU Panthers football team and Shula Bowl |
Pregame line | Over/under |
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FAU −8.5 | 41.5[20] |
Statistics | Florida Atlantic | FIU |
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First downs | 21 | 14 |
Total yards | 450 | 281 |
Rushing yards | 370 | 156 |
Passing yards | 80 | 125 |
Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
Time of possession | 29:33 | 27:58 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Florida Atlantic | Passing | Javion Posey | 10/16, 80 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Javion Posey | 18 carries, 140 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | TJ Chase | 1 reception, 28 yards | |
FIU | Passing | Max Bortenschlager | 10/18, 82 yards |
Rushing | D'Vonte Price | 26 carries, 178 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Rivaldo Fairweather | 6 receptions, 49 yards |
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See also: 2020 UMass Minutemen football team |
Pregame line | Over/under |
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FAU −32.5 | 50.5[21] |
Statistics | UMass | Florida Atlantic |
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First downs | 8 | 16 |
Total yards | 147 | 368 |
Rushing yards | 62 | 140 |
Passing yards | 85 | 228 |
Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
Time of possession | 25:10 | 34:50 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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UMass | Passing | Will Koch | 12/22, 67 yards, 1 INT |
Rushing | Ellis Merriweather | 11 carries, 48 yards | |
Receiving | Josiah Johnson | 8 receptions, 42 yards | |
Florida Atlantic | Passing | Javion Posey | 13/27, 203 yards |
Rushing | Javion Posey | 19 carries, 90 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | TJ Chase | 4 receptions, 79 yards |
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Pregame line | Over/under |
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GASO −2.5 | 42[22] |
Statistics | Florida Atlantic | Georgia Southern |
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First downs | 16 | 18 |
Total yards | 322 | 339 |
Rushing yards | 133 | 269 |
Passing yards | 189 | 70 |
Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
Time of possession | 23:15 | 36:45 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Florida Atlantic | Passing | Javion Posey | 7/15, 105 yards, 2 INT |
Rushing | Javion Posey | 8 carries, 61 yards | |
Receiving | Jordan Merrell | 3 receptions, 67 yards | |
Georgia Southern | Passing | Justin Tomlin | 3/12, 70 yards |
Rushing | Justin Tomlin | 20 carries, 78 yards | |
Receiving | Logan Wright | 2 receptions, 65 yards |
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Pregame line | Over/under |
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FAU −8.5 | 41[23] |
Statistics | Florida Atlantic | Southern Miss |
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First downs | 19 | 22 |
Total yards | 326 | 514 |
Rushing yards | 164 | 305 |
Passing yards | 162 | 209 |
Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
Time of possession | 28:41 | 31:19 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Florida Atlantic | Passing | Nick Tronti | 17/33, 162 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | James Charles | 16 carries, 79 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Brandon Robinson | 5 receptions, 72 yards, 1 TD | |
Southern Miss | Passing | Trey Lowe | 13/19, 209 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Frank Gore Jr. | 9 carries, 111 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Jason Brownlee | 3 receptions, 81 yards, 1 TD |
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See also: 2020 Memphis Tigers football team and Montgomery Bowl |
Pregame line | Over/under |
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MEM −9 | 52.5[24] |
Statistics | Memphis | Florida Atlantic |
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First downs | 24 | 19 |
Total yards | 469 | 290 |
Rushing yards | 185 | 139 |
Passing yards | 284 | 151 |
Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
Time of possession | 30:44 | 29:16 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Memphis | Passing | Brady White | 22/34, 284 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT |
Rushing | Asa Martin | 15 carries, 96 yards | |
Receiving | Javon Ivory | 7 receptions, 126 yards, 1 TD | |
Florida Atlantic | Passing | Nick Tronti | 16/32, 146 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | James Charles | 16 carries, 82 yards | |
Receiving | Brandon Robinson | 4 receptions, 39 yards |