1953 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
American college football season
1953 Florida A&M Rattlers football | |
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SIAC champion | |
Orange Blossom Classic, L 27–33 vs. Prairie View A&M | |
Conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 10–1 (6–0 SIAC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Bragg Stadium |
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The 1953 Florida A&M Rattlers football team was an American football team that represented Florida A&M University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1953 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Jake Gaither, the Rattlers compiled a 10–1 record. The team's sole loss was to Prairie View A&M in the Orange Blossom Classic. The team played its home games at Bragg Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 26 | Texas College* |
| W 33–0 | ||||
October 3 | Benedict |
| W 45–0 | ||||
October 10 | at Tyndall Air Force Base* | Panama City, FL | W 8–0 | 1,500 | [1] | ||
October 10 | Fort Valley State |
| W 31–0 | ||||
October 17 | Morris Brown |
| W 20–0 | ||||
October 24 | Xavier (LA) |
| W 65–0 | ||||
October 31 | Bethune–Cookman |
| W 39–7 | ||||
November 7 | at North Carolina A&T* | Greensboro, NC | W 33–13 | ||||
November 14 | at Allen | Columbia, SC | W 28–10 | ||||
November 21 | Southern* |
| W 33–25 | 8,000 | [2] | ||
December 5 | vs. Prairie View A&M* |
| L 27–33 | 41,313 | [3] | ||
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References
- ^ "Rattlers Win From Tyndall". Newspapers.com. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- ^ "Florida A&M wins thriller from Southern, 33–25". Tallahassee Democrat. November 22, 1953. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Prairie View Nips Rattlers, 33–27". The Miami News. December 6, 1953. pp. 1B, 4B – via Newspapers.com.
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