Owls FootballFriday, November 6
FAU beats UTSA 60-29 and becomes bowl eligible
The 5AM Boca Raton team
If you caught the ESPN game Thursday night, you saw a statement. Florida Atlantic beat American Conference leader UTSA 60-29 and became bowl eligible. The Owls are 6-3 overall and 3-2 in the American. It was UTSA's first conference loss.
FAU beat UTSA 60-29 on Thursday night
- UTSA29Florida Atlantic60 (won)
Source: CBS Sports
Caden Veltkamp hit Easton Messer for three scores, and Messer even threw a touchdown pass. Late in the third quarter, Leonard Farrow slipped a tackle and ran 59 yards to make it 50-29.
The Owls ran for 342 of their 566 yards
- 566
- yards of total offense for FAU
- 342
- of those yards on the ground
- 126
- rushing yards for Leonard Farrow on 12 carries
- 4
- touchdown passes from Caden Veltkamp
Source: CBS Sports
- Ethan Ervin: 15 carries for 92 yards
- UTSA's Owen McCown: 20-of-35, 265 yards, three TDs
- UTSA's A'Marion Peterson: 52-yard touchdown run
- Next: FAU at Tulsa on Nov. 14
Going in, the Owls were coming off a 48-41 loss at North Texas, and UTSA had won the last two meetings, including a 38-24 game in 2024.
Sources: CBS Sports, WPEC, FAU University Press