BOCA RATON, Fla. – New head coach Willie Taggart will lead Florida Atlantic against Charlotte in the Conference USA opener on the first Saturday in October.
The complete C-USA schedule for the 2020 season was released Wednesday.
FAU will open C-USA play at FAU Stadium against the 49ers on Oct. 3, one week after concluding its non-conference slate against South Florida.
The Owls will hit the road for games at Southern Mississippi and Marshall -- the only C-USA team to beat them last year -- in October before returning home to face UTSA on Halloween.
FAU hosts Western Kentucky on Nov. 7, one week before its annual “Shula Bowl” rivalry. The Owls, winners of three consecutive blowout games against Florida International, will take the short trip south to Miami on Nov. 14.
The home schedule concludes with a visit from Old Dominion in the second-to-last game of the season. FAU will end the regular-season schedule at Middle Tennessee.
Taggart will lead the Owls against two teams he previously coached -- USF and Western Kentucky, his alma mater. He coached the Hilltoppers when they won the first game ever played at FAU Stadium in 2011.
Opponent | Date | Location |
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at Minnesota | Sept. 3 | Minneapolis |
Stony Brook | Sept. 12 | Boca Raton |
at Georgia Southern | Sept. 19 | Statesboro, Ga. |
USF | Sept. 26 | Boca Raton |
Charlotte | Oct. 3 | Boca Raton |
at Southern Miss | Oct. 10 | Hattiesburg, Miss. |
at Marshall | Oct. 24 | Huntington, W.Va. |
UTSA | Oct. 31 | Boca Raton |
Western Kentucky | Nov. 7 | Boca Raton |
at FIU | Nov. 14 | Miami |
Old Dominion | Nov. 21 | Boca Raton |
at Middle Tennessee | Nov. 28 | Murfreesboro, Tenn. |
The Owls won their second C-USA championship in three seasons under Lane Kiffin last year. Taggart, fired by Florida State in November, was hired to replace Kiffin, who left to take the Ole Miss job.