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Football Drops 2018 Opener to Sooners; Avoids Record Loss

Opening day excitement turned to disappointment after a 24-0 first quarter, and remained, as Florida Atlantic dropped their inaugural game in the second year of the Lane Kiffin era with a 63-14 loss to #7 Oklahoma.

The contest narrowly avoided becoming the worst setback in program history (61-10 #11 Louisville 2005) as the Sooners took a knee to close, forsaking what would have been a highly probable scoring opportunity at the Owl's 29 yard line and over three minutes to play.

"So, we're 0-1. We played as bad as you can play, like I told the players.