FLORIDA ATLANTIC (7-5) VS. MEMPHIS (7-5)
Time: 6 p.m. today at New Orleans, ESPN2
Series record: First meeting.
Facts and figures: Florida Atlantic is playing its first bowl game. The Owls had their first full season as a Football Bowls Subdivision team in 2005. … Owls WR Cortez Gent (nine TDs) needs just one more score to become the single-season touchdown leader in Florida Atlantic University history. … FAU holds the record for the fastest start-up program to earn a Division I-A victory, and was the fastest to reach the Division I-AA playoffs. … Memphis is 4-1 all-time in bowl games. … Out of the 12 games Memphis has played this season, the Tigers were 4-1 against opposition they had faced three or fewer times in school history. … The Tigers have a 5-2 record when facing first-time foes under coach Tommy West, and have won of their past four games against first-time foes.
