2004 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

2004 Florida Atlantic Owls football
Conference Independent
2004 record 9-3
Head coach Howard Schnellenberger
Home stadium Lockhart Stadium
(20,450, grass)

The 2004 Florida Atlantic University Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2005 college football season. The team was coached by Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at Lockhart Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The Owls entered the season as a program in transition from Division I-AA to Division I-A for the first year. As per NCAA rule, programs moving up from I-AA to I-A must spend two seasons in transition, thus not being eligible for a postseason bowl berth nor a conference championship.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 4 12:05 AM at Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI PPV W 35-28 OT  39,390
September 11 7:00 PM at North Texas Fouts Field • Denton, TX W 20-13   15,803
September 18 3:00 PM at Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN PPV W 27-20   13,348
October 9 1:30 PM at Texas State Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX FSN W 20-13   8,314
October 16 4:00 PM at Northern Colorado Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO CSTV W 39-24   6,481
October 23 4:00 PM Louisiana-Monroe Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL L 17-13   12,557
October 30 4:00 PM at Florida A&M Bragg Memorial Stadium • Tallahassee, FL CSS W 38-8   13,436
November 6 3:30 PM at Troy Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, AL L 24-6   20,515
November 13 4:00 PM New Mexico State Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL L 35-7   11,628
November 20 4:00 PM Illinois State Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL W 28-0   8,296
November 27 4:00 PM Edward Waters Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL W 49-15   5,178
December 4 4:00 PM vs. FIU Pro Player Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (Shula Bowl) W 17-10   16,262
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Eastern Time.

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