1953 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

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1953 Florida A&M Rattlers football
SIAC champion
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1953 record10–1 (6–0 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBragg Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →

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[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Texas College*W 33–0
October 3BenedictW 45–0
October 10at Tyndall Air Force Base*Panama City, FLW 8–01,500[1]
October 10Fort Valley State
  • Bragg Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 31–0
October 17Morris Browndagger
  • Bragg Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 20–0
October 24Xavier (LA)
  • Bragg Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 65–0
October 31Bethune–Cookman
  • Bragg Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 39–7
November 7at North Carolina A&T*Greensboro, NCW 33–13
November 14at AllenColumbia, SCW 28–10
November 21Southern*
  • Bragg Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 33–25
December 5vs. Prairie View A&M*L 27–33
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "Rattlers Win From Tyndall". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
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