2022 Florida Atlantic Owls football
ConferenceConference USA
Record5–7 (4–4 C–USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrent Dearmon (1st season)
Offensive schemePro spread
Defensive coordinatorTodd Orlando (1st season)
Base defense3–3–5
Home stadiumFAU Stadium
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
UTSA y$   8 – 0     11 – 3  
North Texas y   6 – 2     7 – 7  
Western Kentucky   6 – 2     9 – 5  
Middle Tennessee   4 – 4     8 – 5  
UAB   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Florida Atlantic   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Rice   3 – 5     5 – 8  
UTEP   3 – 5     5 – 7  
FIU   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Charlotte   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Louisiana Tech   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Championship: UTSA 48, North Texas 27
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Willie Taggart in this third and final season as head coach, the Owls compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fourth in C-USA. Florida Atlantic played home games at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida.

During the previous season, on October 21, 2021, Florida Atlantic accepted the invitation to join the American Athletic Conference (AAC) and will become a full member on July 1, 2023.[1] The 2022 season was the program's last as a member of C-USA.[2]

Preseason

C-USA media day

The Conference USA media day was held on July 27 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The Owls were predicted to finish fourth in the conference's preseason poll.[3]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team
1 UTSA
2 UAB
3 WKU
4 Florida Atlantic
5 North Texas
6 UTEP
7 Charlotte
8 Middle Tennessee
9 Louisiana Tech
10 Rice
11 FIU

Schedule

Florida Atlantic and Conference USA (C-USA) announced the 2022 football schedule on March 30, 2022.[4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 277:00 p.m.Charlotte
CBSSNW 43–1319,571
September 36:00 p.m.at Ohio*
ESPN+L 38–4120,003
September 106:00 p.m.No. 21 (FCS) Southeastern Louisiana*
  • FAU Stadium
  • Boca Raton, FL
ESPN3W 42–917,532
September 177:30 p.m.UCF*
  • FAU Stadium
  • Boca Raton, FL
CBSSNL 14–4030,991
September 247:30 p.m.at Purdue*
BTNL 26–2855,137
October 14:00 p.m.at North Texas
ESPN+L 28–4518,274
October 156:00 p.m.Ricedagger
  • FAU Stadium
  • Boca Raton, FL
ESPN+W 17–1421,465
October 224:00 p.m.at UTEP
ESPN+L 21–2412,796
October 297:00 p.m.UAB
  • FAU Stadium
  • Boca Raton, FL
CBSSNW 24–1716,138
November 1212:00 p.m.at FIU
StadiumW 52–7
November 193:30 p.m.at Middle Tennessee
ESPN3/ESPN+L 21–499,958
November 2612:00 p.m.Western Kentucky
  • FAU Stadium
  • Boca Raton, FL
CBSSNL 31–32 OT18,376
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[5][6]

Game summaries

Charlotte

See also: 2022 Charlotte 49ers football team
Charlotte 49ers (0-0) vs. Florida Atlantic Owls (0-0)
Period 1 2 34Total
49ers 7 0 6013
Owls 10 16 71043

at FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, FL

  • Date: August 27
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 87 °F (31 °C) • Weather: Sunny• Wind: 0 MPH
  • Game attendance: 19,571
  • Referee: Patrick Foy
  • TV announcers (CBSSN): Chris Hassel, Robert Turbin
Statistics Charlotte Florida Atlantic
First downs 11 26
Plays–yards 279 482
Rushes–yards 62 218
Passing yards 217 264
Passing: comp–att–int 1 0
Time of possession 25:04 34:56
Team Category Player Statistics
Charlotte Passing Chris Reynolds 14-19,196 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Shadrick Byrd 14 rushes, 51 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Grant DuBose 4 receptions, 89 yards, 2 TD
Florida Atlantic Passing N'Kosi Perry 16-22, 256 yards, 1 TD
Rushing Larry McCammon 14 rushes, 118 yards, 1 TD
Receiving LaJohntay Wester 4 receptions, 66 yards

At Ohio

See also: 2022 Ohio Bobcats football team
Florida Atlantic Owls (1–0) vs. Ohio Bobcats (0–0)
Period 1 2 34Total
Florida Atlantic 10 7 02138
Ohio 3 10 141441

at Peden Stadium • Athens, OH

  • Date: Saturday, September 3, 2022
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: sunny, Temperature:75 °F (24 °C)
  • Game attendance: 20,003
  • Referee: Tom Stapleton
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Anthony Lima, Je'Rod Cherry
  • Pregame line: FAU −6.0 • box score, Ohio notes
Game information
First Quarter
  • (11:10) FAU – Burton, Je'Quan 20 yd pass from Perry, N'Kosi (Suarez, Morgan kick) 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:50 (FAU 7–0)
  • (07:00) OHIO – Vakos, Nathanial 29 yd field goal 4 plays, yards, TOP 01:43 (FAU 7–3)
  • (02:50) FAU – Suarez, Morgan 24 yd field goal 11 plays, 68 yards, TOP 04:10 (FAU 10–3)
Second Quarter
  • (14:13) OHIO – Wiglusz, Sam 6 yd pass from Rourke, Kurtis (Vakos, Nathanial kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:37 (Tied 10–10)
  • (10:38) FAU – Edrine, Jahmal 16 yd pass from Perry, N'Kosi (Suarez, Morgan kick) 11 plays, 73 yards, TOP 03:35 (FAU 17–10)
  • (01:24) OHIO – Vakos, Nathanial 36 yd field goal 9 plays, 66 yards, TOP 03:25 (FAU 17–13)
Third Quarter
  • (10:33) OHIO – Wiglusz, Sam 5 yd pass from Rourke, Kurtis (Vakos, Nathanial kick) 11 plays, 87 yards, TOP 04:21 (OHIO 20–17)
  • (04:24) OHIO – Cross, Miles 1 yd pass from Rourke, Kurtis (Vakos, Nathanial kick) 9 plays, 78 yards, TOP 04:19 (OHIO 27–17)
Fourth Quarter
  • (12:20) OHIO – Rourke, Kurtis 2 yd run (Vakos, Nathanial kick) 4 plays, 29 yards, TOP 01:37 (OHIO 34–17)
  • (10:22) FAU – Johnson, Tony 9 yd pass from Perry ,N'Kosi (Suarez, Morgan kick) 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:58 (OHIO 34–24)
  • (07:10) OHIO – Bostic, James 15 yd pass from Rourke, Kurtis (Vakos, Nathanial kick) 5 plays, 83 yards, TOP 03:08 (OHIO 41–24)
  • (06:09) FAU – Edrine, Jahmal 7 yd pass from Perry, N'Kosi (Suarez, Morgan kick) 3 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:01 (OHIO 41–31)
  • (04:09) FAU – Wester, LaJohntay 7 yd pass from Perry, N'Kosi (Suarez, Morgan kick) 1 plays, 7 yards, TOP 00:06 (OHIO 41–38)
Statistics FAU OHIO
First downs 25 26
Total yards 478 476
Rushes/yards 29/114 39/131
Passing yards 364 345
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 24–42–0 27–34–0
Time of possession 24:19 35:41
Team Category Player Statistics
Florida Atlantic Passing N'Kosi Perry 24/42, 364 yards, 5 TD
Rushing Larry McCammon 14 rushes, 60 yards
Receiving Je'Quan Burton 5 receptions, 115 yards, 1 TD
Ohio Passing Kurtis Rourke 27/34, 345 yards, 4 TD
Rushing Sieh Bangura 23 rushes, 114 yards
Receiving James Bostic 6 receptions, 136 yards, 1 TD

Ohio recovered from an early deficit and then had to hold on to avoid surrendering a late 17 point lead in winning a shootout against Florida Atlantic.[7] Quarterback Kurtis Rourke and freshman kicker Nathanial Vakos both earned MAC East Player of the Week awards.[8]

No. 21 (FCS) Southeastern Louisiana

See also: 2022 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team
Southeastern Louisiana Lions (0-1) vs. Florida Atlantic Owls (1-1)
Period 1 2 34Total
No. 21 (FCS) Lions 0 3 069
Owls 7 21 7742

at FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, FL

  • Date: September 10
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 17,533
  • Referee: Joe Lehring
  • TV: ESPN3

UCF

See also: 2022 UCF Knights football team
UCF Knights at Florida Atlantic Owls (2-1)
Period 1 2 34Total
Knights 7 9 141040
Owls 14 0 0014

at FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, FL

  • Date: September 17
  • Game time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C) • Weather: Sunny• Wind: W 4 MPH
  • Game attendance: 30,991
  • Referee: Kevin Randall
  • TV: CBSSN
Statistics UCF Florida Atlantic
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
Team Category Player Statistics
UCF Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Florida Atlantic Passing
Rushing
Receiving

At Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 13 7 6 26
Boilermakers 7 7 7 7 28

See also: 2022 Purdue Boilermakers football team

At North Texas

See also: 2022 North Texas Mean Green football team
Florida Atlantic Owls at North Texas Mean Green
Period 1 2 34Total
Owls 7 14 0728
Mean Green 7 21 14345

at Apogee Stadium, Dallas, TX

  • Date: October 1
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C) • Weather: Sunny• Wind: S 10 MPH
  • Game attendance: 18,274
  • Referee: Joe Lehring
  • TV: ESPN+
Statistics FAU UNT
First downs 24 21
Plays–yards 432 481
Rushes–yards 137 300
Passing yards 295 181
Passing: comp–att–int 2 2
Time of possession 26:26 33:24
Team Category Player Statistics
Florida Atlantic Passing N'Kosi Perry 26/50, 295 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Larry McCammon 15 rushes, 79 yards
Receiving LaJohntay Wester 10 receptions, 113 yards, TD
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 14/20, 180 yards, 3 TD, INT
Rushing Ikaika Ragsdale 16 rushes, 119 yards, TD
Receiving Roderic Burns 3 receptions, 69 yards

Rice

1 2 3 4 Total
Rice Owls 14 0 0 0 14
FAU Owls 0 7 3 7 17

See also: 2022 Rice Owls football team

At UTEP

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 7 7 7 21
Miners 0 6 8 10 24

See also: 2022 UTEP Miners football team

UAB

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0 14 3 0 17
Owls 10 0 14 0 24

See also: 2022 UAB Blazers football team

At FIU

See also: 2022 FIU Panthers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 21 10 14 7 52
Panthers 0 7 0 0 7
Statistics FAU FIU
First downs 25 14
Total yards 385 277
Rushing yards 281 203
Passing yards 104 74
Turnovers 0 4
Time of possession 32:52 27:08
Team Category Player Statistics
Florida Atlantic Passing N'Kosi Perry 14/21, 104 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Larry McCammon 26 rushes, 104 yards
Receiving Tony Johnson 2 receptions, 43 yards, TD
FIU Passing Grayson James 9/26, 56 yards, 2 INT
Rushing Lexington Joseph 11 rushes, 87 yards
Receiving Tyrese Chambers 2 receptions, 28 yards

At Middle Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 7 7 7 0 21
Blue Raiders 14 14 14 7 49

See also: 2022 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

Western Kentucky

1 2 3 4OT Total
Hilltoppers 0 7 10 78 32
Owls 0 7 10 77 31

See also: 2022 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

Coaching staff

Name Title
Willie Taggart Head coach
Raymond Woodie Associate head coach / outside linebackers and recruiting coordinator
Brent Dearmon Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach
Todd Orlando Defensive coordinator / linebackers coach
Chad Lunsford Tight ends coach / special teams coordinator
Ed Warinner Run game coordinator / offensive line coach
Derrick Gibson Safeties coach
Billy Gonzales Wide receivers coach
Brandon Harris Cornerbacks coach
Kevin Patrick Defensive line coach
Donte Pimpleton Running backs coach

References

  1. ^ "FAU Accepts Invite to The American". FAUSports.com. October 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "FAU's American Move Officially Set for 2023". FAUSports.com. June 10, 2022.
  3. ^ "C-USA Announces Media's Predicted Order of Finish for 2022". Conference USA. July 25, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "FAU Announces 2022 Football Schedule". FAUSports.com. March 30, 2022.
  5. ^ "Florida Atlantic Owls Schedule 2022". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 Football Schedule". Florida Atlantic University. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  7. ^ "Rourke throws four TD passes in Ohio's wild win over FAU". ESPN. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  8. ^ "MAC Announces Week 1 Football Players of the Week". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
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