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FAU Football: Season opener against Georgia Southern postponed after more positive COVID-19 cases

FAU Athletics has announced that the football program’s first game of the season on the road against Georgia Southern, which was scheduled for this Saturday, has been postponed.

“Following results of Thursday’s COVID-19 testing, it was determined the Owls would be unable to play Saturday,” a statement from FAU Athletics said.

Schedule update:

Saturday’s game at Georgia Southern has been postponed. https://t.co/sL5acakYy8

— FAU Football (@FAUFootball) September 18, 2020

According to Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports, the Owls received more positive tests this morning and had an entire position group unavailable to play.