With a 1-6 start to the season, the Owls have offered little reason for optimism.
With a team fresh off consecutive three-win seasons during Charlie Partridge’s first two years as head coach, many believed 2016 would be the year for Florida Atlantic football to improve and aim for its first bowl game since 2008.
The Owls began the season with an eight-point victory over Football Championship Division Southern Illinois before losing six straight games.
Those losses include a 33-31 loss to Florida International, which at the time was 0-4 without scoring more than 14 points in a single game, and a 28-23 loss to Charlotte which was 1-14 all-time against Football Bowl Subdivision teams.