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FAU Football: Home opener against USF postponed because of COVID-19 issues

FAU Athletics has announced Wednesday that the football program’s first home game of the season against the University of South Florida, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed. Cited was the “issues involving the novel coronavirus” as the reason behind the decision.

“The two schools are working to identify a future date for rescheduling,” FAU Athletics said in their statement.

Schedule update: Saturday’s game vs. USF has been postponed.

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— FAU Football (@FAUFootball) September 23, 2020

This is the fifth game to either be postponed or canceled for FAU football with Minnesota, Stony Brook, Old Dominion, Georgia Southern and now USF joining the group.