Florida Atlantic·Conference USA

2019 — The Ten-Win Year

Florida Atlantic's 2019 season (11-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 11-3
Final result 11-win season Won the Boca Raton Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +5.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Ohio St 21-45 L vs UCF 14-48 W @ Ball Sta 41-31 W vs Wagner 42-7 W @ Charlo 45-27 W vs Midd Ten 28-13 L vs Marshall 31-36 W @ Old Dom 41-3 W @ West Ken 35-24 W vs Flor Int 37-7 W @ UTSA 40-26 W vs Sout Mis 34-17 W vs UAB 49-6 W vs SMU 52-28 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2019.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2019 season's largest margin: Florida Atlantic 49, UAB 6. A 43-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Florida Atlantic 14, UCF 48. A 34-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Florida Atlantic beat SMU 52-28 in the postseason.

"Winning In Paradise"
— Florida Atlantic fanbase voice · 2019· synthesized
What it meant

2019 is a middle chapter for Florida Atlantic — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.