American college football season
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.
Preseason [ edit ] Listed in the order that they were released
Player Position Year Desmond Noel OL Senior
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CUSA media days [ edit ] The CUSA Media Days was held virtually for the first time in conference history.[2]
Media poll (East Division) Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Charlotte 2 FIU 3 Florida Atlantic 4 Marshall 5 Middle Tennessee 6 Old Dominion 7 Western Kentucky
Media poll (CUSA Championship) Rank Team Votes TBD
Schedule [ edit ] 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 October 3 4:00 p.m. Charlotte ESPNU W 21–175,657 October 24 2:30 p.m. at No. 22 Marshall Stadium L 9–2012,002 October 31 12:00 p.m. UTSA FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL Stadium W 24–35,026 November 7 6:00 p.m. Western Kentucky FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL Stadium W 10–65,292 7:00 p.m. at FIU CBSSN W 38–190 8:00 p.m. UMass * FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL CBSSN W 24–25,554 December 5 6:00 p.m. at Georgia Southern * ESPN+ L 3–203,867 6:30 p.m. at Southern Miss CBSSN L 31–450 December 23 7:00 p.m. vs. Memphis * ESPN L 10–252,979
Schedule Source: [14] [15] Game summaries [ edit ] Charlotte [ edit ] Charlotte at Florida Atlantic 1 2 3 4 Total 49ers 10 0 0 7 17 • Owls 0 0 21 0 21
Date: October 3, 2020Location: FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL Game start: 4:02 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 20 minutesGame attendance: 5,657Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C) • Weather: Drizzle • Wind: SSE 10 MPH Referee: Billy WilliamsTV announcers (ESPNU ): Mike Corey (play–by–play) and Jay Walker (analyst) Scoring summary 1 06:13 CHAR Jonathan Cruz 43-yard field goal(13 plays, 53 yards, 6:44) CHAR 3–0 01:36 CHAR Cameron Dollar 39-yard pass from Chris Reynolds (Jonathan Cruz kick)(2 plays, 51 yards, 0:53) CHAR 10–0 3 08:16 FAU Nick Tronti 49-yard rush (Vladimir Rivas kick)(6 plays, 73 yards, 2:35) CHAR 10–7 02:57 FAU Logan Peterson 25-yard pass from Nick Tronti (Vladimir Rivas kick)(5 plays, 80 yards, 1:48) FAU 14–10 01:57 FAU T. J. Chase 16-yard pass from Nick Tronti (Vladimir Rivas kick)(1 play, 16 yards, 0:06) FAU 21–10 4 13:00 CHAR Tre Harbison III 1-yard rush (Jonathan Cruz kick)(10 plays, 75 yards, 3:57) FAU 21–17
Pregame line Over/under FAU −5 62.5[16]
Statistics Charlotte Florida Atlantic 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 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
At Marshall [ edit ] Florida Atlantic at Marshall 1 2 3 4 Total Owls 0 6 3 0 9 • No. 22 Thundering Herd 7 0 10 3 20
Date: October 24, 2020Location: Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV Game start: 2:30 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 11 minutesGame attendance: 12,002Game weather: 52 °F (11 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: S 6 MPH Referee: Rodney BurnetteTV announcers (Stadium ): Chris Hassel (play-by-play) and A. J. Hawk (analyst) Scoring summary 1 05:40 MRSH Brenden Knox 58 yard pass from Grant Wells (Shane Ciucci kick)(5 plays, 79 yards, 2:08) MRSH 7–0 2 02:28 FAU Malcolm Davidson 11 yard rush (Vladimir Rivas PAT blocked)(12 plays, 65 yards, 5:53) MRSH 7–6 3 8:12 FAU Vladimir Rivas 43 yard field goal(11 plays, 52 yards, 6:48) FAU 9–7 6:24 MRSH Artie Henry 41 yard pass from Grant Wells (Shane Ciucci kick)(4 plays, 81 yards, 1:48) MRSH 14–9 3:13 MRSH Shane Ciucci 35 yard field goal(7 plays, 29 yards, 2:25) MRSH 17–9 4 10:53 MRSH Shane Ciucci 22 yard field goal(9 plays, 60 yards, 4:20) MRSH 20–9
Pregame line Over/under MRSH −19.5 50.5[17]
Statistics Florida Atlantic Marshall 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 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
Texas–San Antonio at Florida Atlantic 1 2 3 4 Total Roadrunners 0 3 0 0 3 • Owls 10 7 0 7 24
Date: October 31, 2020Location: FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL Game start: 12:00 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3 hours & 18 minutesGame attendance: 5,026Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C) • Weather: Humid/Partly Cloudy • Wind: ESE 6 MPH Referee: Chris BynumTV announcers (Stadium ): Chris Vosters (play-by-play) and Max Stark (analyst) Scoring summary 1 10:53 FAU Vladimir Rivas 24 yard field goal(10 plays, 58 yards, 4:07) FAU 3–0 04:55 FAU Aaron Young 27 yard pass from Nick Tronti (Vladimir Rivas kick)(10 plays, 80 yards, 4:00) FAU 10–0 2 08:55 UTSA Hunter Duplessis 49 yard field goal(15 plays, 43 yards, 6:08) FAU 10–3 01:58 FAU Nick Tronti 2 yard run (Vladimir Rivas kick)(9 plays, 80 yards, 3:46) FAU 17–3 4 02:35 FAU James Charles 2 yard run (Vladimir Rivas kick)(5 plays, 19 yards, 1:03) FAU 24–3
Pregame line Over/under FAU −5 47[18]
Statistics UTSA Florida Atlantic 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 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
Western Kentucky [ edit ] Western Kentucky at Florida Atlantic 1 2 3 4 Total Hilltoppers 0 0 3 3 6 • Owls 0 0 3 7 10
Date: November 7, 2020Location: FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL Game start: 6:35 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2 hours & 53 minutesGame attendance: 5,292Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C) • Weather: Rainy and Windy • Wind: E 20 MPH Referee: Jon NoliTV announcers (Stadium ): Chris Hassel (play-by-play) and A. J. Hawk (analyst) Scoring summary 3 08:51 FAU Vladimir Rivas 40 yard field goal(8 plays, 27 yards, 3:23) FAU 3–0 02:57 WKU Brayden Narveson 32 yard field goal(13 plays, 61 yards, 5:54) 3–3 4 08:09 WKU Brayden Narveson 49 yard field goal(4 plays, 6 yards, 1:31) WKU 6–3 02:27 FAU Javion Posey 11 yard run (Vladimir Rivas kick)(12 plays, 75 yards, 5:42) FAU 10–6
Pregame line Over/under FAU −7 40.5[19]
Statistics Western Kentucky Florida Atlantic 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 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
Florida Atlantic at Florida International 1 2 3 4 Total • Owls 7 17 0 14 38 Panthers 0 10 0 9 19
Scoring summary 1 11:35 FAU LaJohntay Wester 11 yard pass from Javion Posey (Vladimir Rivas kick)(8 plays, 75 yards, 3:25) FAU 7–0 2 13:17 FAU Vladimir Rivas 43 yard field goal(9 plays, 48 yards, 3:07) FAU 10–0 13:01 FIU D'vonte Price 77 yard run (Chase Gabriel kick)(1 play, 77 yards, 0:16) FAU 10–7 11:11 FIU Chase Gabriel 41 yard field goal(4 plays, 4 yards, 1:42) 10–10 09:52 FAU Malcolm Davidson 37 yard run (Vladimir Rivas kick)(4 plays, 75 yards, 1:19) FAU 17–10 01:41 FAU Brandon Robinson 5 yard pass from Javion Posey (Vladimir Rivas kick)(8 plays, 70 yards, 2:54) FAU 24–10 4 14:09 FIU Chase Gabriel 21 yard field goal(15 plays, 79 yards, 6:26) FAU 24–13 12:41 FAU James Charles 32 yard run (Vladimir Rivas kick)(4 plays, 68 yards, 1:28) FAU 31–13 02:29 FAU Javion Posey 2 yard run (Vladimir Rivas kick)(12 plays, 78 yards, 6:02) FAU 38–13 01:55 FIU Rivaldo Fairweather 67 yard pass from Max Bortenschlager (Two-point pass conversion FAILED)(3 plays, 67 yards, 0:34) FAU 38–19
Pregame line Over/under FAU −8.5 41.5[20]
Statistics Florida Atlantic FIU 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 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
Massachusetts at Florida Atlantic 1 2 3 4 Total Minutemen 0 0 2 0 2 • Owls 7 0 14 3 24
Scoring summary 1 10:58 FAU BJ Emmons 1 yard run (Vladmir Rivas kick)(8 plays, 57 yards, 3:04) FAU 7–0 3 06:47 FAU Brandon Robinson 13 yard pass from Nick Tronti (Vladmir Rivas kick)(15 plays, 65 yards, 8:13) FAU 14–0 04:27 FAU Javion Posey 70 yard run (Vladmir Rivas kick)(1 play, 70 yards, 0:13) FAU 21–0 01:55 UMASS 9 yard safety FAU 21–2 4 04:58 FAU Vladmir Rivas 30 yard field goal(5 plays, 53 yards, 1:53) FAU 24–2
Pregame line Over/under FAU −32.5 50.5[21]
Statistics UMass Florida Atlantic 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 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
At Georgia Southern [ edit ] Florida Atlantic at Georgia Southern 1 2 3 4 Total Owls 0 0 3 0 3 • Eagles 0 10 0 10 20
Date: December 5, 2020Location: Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA Game start: 6:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 2 hours & 55 minutesGame attendance: 3,867Game weather: • Weather: TBD • Wind: TBD MPH Referee: T. LivingstonTV announcers (ESPN+ ): Matt Stewart (play-by-play) and Danny Waugh (analyst) Scoring summary 2 13:29 GASO Khaleb Hood 49 yard punt return for TD (Alex Raynor kick)(1 play, 49 yards, 01:25) GASO 7–0 2 03:30 GASO Alex Raynor 30 yard field goal(10 plays, 34 yards, 04:18) GASO 10–0 3 02:26 FAU Vladimir Rivas 26 yard field goal (10 plays, 67 yards, 03:20) GASO 10–3 4 12:39 GASO Logan Wright 2 yard TD run (Alex Raynor kick)(9 plays, 78 yards, 04:39) GASO 17–3 04:51 GASO Alex Raynor 37 yard field goal(10 plays, 23 yards, 05:36) Gaso 20–3
Pregame line Over/under GASO −2.5 42[22]
Statistics Florida Atlantic Georgia Southern 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 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
At Southern Miss [ edit ] Florida Atlantic at Southern Mississippi 1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 10 14 0 31 • Golden Eagles 10 14 14 7 45
Scoring summary 1 12:31 FAU Brandon Robinson 20 yd pass from Nick Tronti (Vladimir Rivas kick)(1 plays, 20 yards, 0:06) FAU 7-0 09:09 USM Frank Gore Jr. 73 yard run (Briggs Bourgeois kick)(1 plays, 73 yards, 0:13) 7-7 01:34 USM Briggs Bourgeois 38 yard field goal(12 plays, 60 yards, 5:17) USM 10-7 2 11:18 FAU Vladimir Rivas 40 yard field goal(12 plays, 48 yards, 5:16) 10-10 08:54 USM Trey Lowe 13 yard run (Briggs Bourgeois kick)(6 plays, 75 yards, 2:24) USM 17-10 04:39 FAU James Charles 12 yard run (Vladimir Rivas kick)(7 plays, 77 yards, 4:15) 17-17 00:08 USM Tim Jones 5 yard pass from Trey Lowe (Briggs Bourgeois kick)(13 plays, 75 yards, 4:31) USM 24-17 3 11:08 USM Jason Brownlee 43 yard pass from Trey Lowe (Briggs Bourgeois kick)(6 plays, 80 yards, 3:52) USM 31-17 03:53 FAU James Charles 1 yard run (Vladimir Rivas kick)(6 plays, 61 yards, TOP 2:28) USM 31-24 03:39 USM Camron Harrell 100 yard kickoff return (Briggs Bourgeois kick) USM 38-24 00:54 FAU Armani Adams 43 yard fumble recovery (Vladimir Rivas kick) USM 38-31 4 04:55 USM Kevin Perkins 3 yard run (Briggs Bourgeois kick)(9 plays, 90 yards, 5:23) USM 45-31
Pregame line Over/under FAU −8.5 41[23]
Statistics Florida Atlantic Southern Miss 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 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
Vs. Memphis (Montgomery Bowl) [ edit ] Memphis vs. Florida Atlantic 1 2 3 4 Total • Tigers 10 8 7 0 25 Owls 0 0 10 0 10
Scoring summary 1 07:15 MEM Riley Patterson 53-yard field goal(10 plays, 53 yards, 3:20) MEM 3-0 02:26 MEM Javon Ivory 5-yard pass from Brady White (Riley Patterson kick)(8 plays, 52 yards, 3:18) MEM 10-0 2 00:22 MEM Joseph Dorceus 2-yard pass from Brady White (John Hassell two-point conversion rush)(10 plays, 58 yards, 4:25) MEM 18-0 3 09:53 FAU TJ Chase 3-yard pass from Nick Tronti (Vladimir Rivas kick)(9 plays, 73 yards, 3:14) MEM 18-7 07:38 FAU Vladimir Rivas 27-yard field goal(7 plays, 16 yards, 2:15) MEM 18-10 05:14 MEM Calvin Austin III 7-yard pass from Brady White (Riley Patterson kick)(7 plays, 75 yards, 2:24) MEM 25-10
Pregame line Over/under MEM −9 52.5[24]
Statistics Memphis Florida Atlantic 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 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
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