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Will the Owls soar to even bigger heights after landmark season?

In September 2001, Florida Atlantic played its first football game, a 40-7 loss to Slippery Rock. The Owls have indeed had a slippery slope to climb, going from starting from the ground up as a I-AA school to succeeding in I-A in a relatively short time.