# 2015 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

The 2015 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the East Division of Conference USA. They were led by second-year head coach Charlie Partridge and played their home games at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida. They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place in the East Division.

## Schedule

Florida Atlantic announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of six home and away games in the regular season. The Owls will host CUSA foes Florida International (FIU), Marshall, Middle Tennessee, and Rice, and will travel to Charlotte, Old Dominion, UTEP, and Western Kentucky (WKU).
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 3:30 p.m. | at Tulsa* | Chapman StadiumTulsa, OK | CBSSN | L 44–47 $^{OT}$ | 24,001 |
| September 11 | 8:00 p.m. | Miami (FL)* | FAU StadiumBoca, Raton, FL | FS1 | L 20–44 | 30,321 |
| September 19 | 12:00 p.m. | Buffalo* | FAU StadiumBoca Raton, FL | ASN | L 15–33 | 15,397 |
| September 26 | 7:00 p.m. | at Charlotte | Jerry Richardson StadiumCharlotte, NC | ASN | W 17–7 | 17,444 |
| October 10 | 2:30 p.m. | Rice | FAU StadiumBoca Raton, FL | FCS | L 26–27 | 13,191 |
| October 17 | 12:00 p.m. | Marshall | FAU StadiumBoca Raton, FL | FCS | L 17–33 | 17,129 |
| October 24 | 7:00 p.m. | at UTEP | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | ASN | L 17–27 | 22,468 |
| October 31 | 3:30 p.m. | FIU | FAU StadiumBoca Raton, FL (Shula Bowl) | ASN | W 31–17 | 16,432 |
| November 7 | 12:00 p.m. | at Western Kentucky | Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY | FSN | L 19–35 | 18,421 |
| November 14 | 12:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee | FAU StadiumBoca Raton, FL | ASN | L 17–24 | 13,233 |
| November 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Florida* | Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville, FL | SECN | L 14–20 $^{OT}$ | 90,107 |
| November 28 | 12:00 p.m. | at Old Dominion | Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl) | ASN | W 33–31 | 20,118 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### At Tulsa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Owls | 7 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 44 |
| Golden Hurricane | 14 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 47 |

### Miami (FL)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hurricanes | 14 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 44 |
| Owls | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 |

### Buffalo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulls | 0 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 33 |
| Owls | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 15 |

### At Charlotte

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 49ers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |

### Rice

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rice Owls | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| FAU Owls | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 |

### Marshall

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thundering Herd | 9 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 33 |
| Owls | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

### At UTEP

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Miners | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |

### FIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Owls | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 31 |

### At Western Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| Hilltoppers | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |

### Middle Tennessee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Raiders | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Owls | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |

### At Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Owls | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Gators | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 20 |

### At Old Dominion

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 14 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 |
| Monarchs | 3 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 31 |