Before the very first game back in 2001, Owlpix was documenting Coach Schnellenberger’s efforts to bring football to Florida Atlantic University. 125 games and nearly 13,000 photos later, Owlpix had eight photographers shooting thousands of photos at last Saturday’s historic event. After the editing process we ended up with over 1100 images! You can view the work of photographers JC Ridley, Ralph Notero, Eric Espada and Jessica Marshall here, and the work of our four student shooters who shot our Fan Pix here.

FAU President Mary Jane Saunders and Head Coach Howard Schnellenberger switched on the lights to FAU’s new on-campus stadium for the first time last night. With just 72 days until the stadium’s opening, it was another important milestone in meeting the deadline for completing the “House That Howard Built.” Read more at FAUowlsaccess.com

FAU offensive lineman Max Karrick poses from the top of FAU’s new football stadium yesterday as workers in the background install seating in the south end zone. Innovation Village and the Atlantic Ocean are visible in the background.

FAU offensive line coach Dale Williams gets a Gatorade shower from offensive linemen Ryan Houston (67) and DeAndre Williams (63) after the Owls defeated Florida International 21-9 in Shula Bowl IX. FAU is now 8-1 all-time versus the Golden Panthers.

FAU’s Alfred Morris was added to the Doak Walker Award watch list this week. “It’s a nice list to be on and when I heard I was on it I wanted to do some research on him and the award, but I had class,” said the junior running back, who led the conference and set a school record with 1,392 yards rushing last season. “I’m going to be looking it up, though.”

Coach Howard Schnellenberger poses in front of the Innovation Village construction project last month. The photo was used on the cover of the 2010 FAU Football Media Guide.

This summer we added some classic material to the Owlpix Archive, including this shot of Howard and Beverlee Schnellenberger taken during FAU Football’s first National Letter of Intent Day back in February of 2000.

FAU head coach Howard Schnellenberger gets a Gatorade shower courtesy of defensive lineman Josh Savidge after the Owls defeated the FIU Golden Panthers 28-21 at FIU Stadium in Miami last night in “Shula Bowl VIII.”.

Florida Atlantic’s Cortez Gent tries to reel in a pass one handed during the Owls’ 27-20 loss to MIddle Tennessee State on Saturday.

The future of the FAU Volleyball program poses last week during the team’s photo day at FAU Arena.