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The Florida Atlantic University, or FAU, Owls compete as members of the Sun Belt Conference in NCAA Division I FBS football and in NCAA Division I basketball. Florida Atlantic is a public institution located in the Palm Beach-area city of Boca Raton, Florida. The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 23,000.
FAU shares a large chunk of northwestern Boca Raton with Palm Beach State College, on a plot of land nestled between FL 800 (Spanish River Boulevard) and FL 806 (Glades Road) just east of I-95 and the Boca Raton Airport. Glades Road is Exit 45 off I-95; the Broward Avenue entrance to campus is just a quarter-mile east of the highway. FAU Arena (5,000), colloquially referred to as "The Burrow", is on Volusia Street just off Broward Avenue, on the western edge of the campus. FAU Football Stadium (30,000), on Lee Street (whicb Broward Avenue turns into as it veers east) on the north side of campus, is due to open for the 2011 season. The team's former football home, Lockhart Stadium (20,000), is an off-campus facility 12 miles south of campus.
Florida Atlantic shares, as one might expect, a strong rivalry with Florida International. The annual football game between the two is known as the Shula Bowl, named for former Miami Dolphin head coach Don Shula, who has been supportive of both universities' programs. FAU also has an active rivalry with Troy, who moved from the Atlantic Sun Conference to the Sun Belt Conference along with FAU.
In football, FAU is most well-known for its coach. Howard Schnellenberger, former coach at Miami (FL) and Louisville, has been the only coach in the program's history. Tennessee Titans backup QB Rusty Smith is the only FAU player to ever see action in the NFL; former Miami Dolphins all-pro G attended the school in the 70s before the football program existed, then transferred to Duke. FAU has never sent an alum to the NBA.
Contents
Conference Affiliations
Football
| Sun Belt Conference | NCAA I FBS | 2006-present |
| NCAA Division I FCS Independents | NCAA I FCS | 2001-2005 |
Basketball
| Sun Belt Conference | NCAA I | 2006-present |
| Atlantic Sun Conference | NCAA I | 2001-2006 |
| Trans-America Athletic Conference | NCAA I | 1993-2001 |
| NCAA Division II Independents | NCAA II | 1988-1993 |
Post-Season Appearances
Football
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Note: Years for bowl games indicate the fall season preceding the game itself. Further, unless impossible to avoid, corporate sponsorship is ignored. Please see Bowl Alert for details. |
| New Orleans Bowl | 2007 |
| Motor City Bowl | 2008 |
Basketball
| NCAA Division I Men's Tournament | 2002 |
| National Invitation Tournament | 2011 |
Championships
Football
| Sun Belt Conference Champions | 2007 |
Basketball
| Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Champions | 2011 |
| Sun Belt Conference Eastern Division Regular Season Champions | 2011 |
| Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Champions | 2002 |
External Links
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
| Sun Belt Conference | edit |
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| NCAA Division I | |
| East Division | |
| Appalachian State • Arkansas-Little Rock† • Arkansas State • Georgia Southern • Georgia State • Idaho‡ • Louisiana-Lafayette | |
| Louisiana-Monroe • New Mexico State‡ • South Alabama • Texas State • Texas-Arlington† • Troy | |
| † - non-football member • ‡ - football only |
