BOCA RATON — September 15, 2007.

That was the last, and only, time Florida Atlantic beat a team from the Big Ten Conference on the football field.That day, the Owls, then a member of the Sun Belt Conference, pulled off a shocking 42-39 upset over the Minnesota Golden Gophers .

Fast forward to 2025, and FAU — now part of the American Athletic Conference — will once again try to make history against another Big Ten opponent when the Owls open their season against the Maryland Terrapins on Aug. 30 in College Park, Maryland. They won’t have Howard Schnellenberger patrolling the sidelines this time as they did in 2007, but they will be led by first-year head coach Zach Kittley , who will be ushering in a new era.

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