This season, Florida Atlantic is paying its new football coach more than any other coach in Conference USA. However, this same season, the Owls will net the smallest amount of money from non-conference games in school history, according to FAU game contracts.
In its four non-conference games this season, FAU will net $610,000 in guarantees, down from $710,000 last year and down significantly from the $1.6 million net in 2015. This season, FAU will pay Navy ($200,000) and Bethune-Cookman ($390,000) to visit Boca Raton and will receive $1.2 million to play at Wisconsin. The fourth non-conference foe, Buffalo, will not pay FAU to travel there.