2019 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

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2019 Florida A&M Rattlers football
Florida A&M Rattlers wordmark.svg
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 24
FCS CoachesNo. 25
2019 record9–2 (7–1 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBragg Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 25,500)
Seasons
← 2018
2021 →
2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 24 Florida A&M *   7 – 1     9 – 2  
No. 20 North Carolina A&T +   6 – 2     9 – 3  
South Carolina State +   6 – 2     8 – 3  
Bethune–Cookman   5 – 3     7 – 4  
Norfolk State   4 – 4     5 – 7  
North Carolina Central   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Howard   2 – 6     2 – 10  
Morgan State   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Delaware State   1 – 7     2 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * Florida A&M ineligible for conference title due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Florida A&M Rattlers football team represented Florida A&M University as member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Rattlers were led by second-year head coach Willie Simmons and played their home games at Bragg Memorial Stadium. Florida A&M finished the year 9–2 overall and 7–1 in MEAC play to post with the best record in the MEAC and across all HBCU schools. However, in May 2019, Florida A&M had been banned from 2019 postseason play,[1] so could not compete in the Celebration Bowl or for a MEAC championship.

Previous season[]

Main article: 2018 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

The Rattlers finished the 2018 season 6–5, 5–2 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for second place.

Preseason[]

MEAC poll[]

In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Rattlers were predicted to finish in third place.[2]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 North Carolina A&T 304 (12)
2 Bethune–Cookman 237 (1)
3 Florida A&M 204 (2)
4 Howard 166
5 North Carolina Central 161 (1)
6 South Carolina State 152
7 Norfolk State 119 (1)
8 Morgan State 87 (1)
9 Delaware State 46

Preseason All–MEAC teams[]

The Rattlers had eleven players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[3]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 7:30 p.m. at No. 17 (FBS) UCF*
CBSSN L 0–62 44,073
September 14 6:00 p.m. Fort Valley State*
ESPN3 W 57–20 17,911
September 21 6:00 p.m. Southern*
  • Bragg Memorial Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ESPN3 W 27–21 27,191
September 28 4:00 p.m. at Norfolk State
ESPN3 W 30–28 8,249
October 5 2:00 p.m. North Carolina Centraldagger
  • Bragg Memorial Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ESPN3 W 28–21 25,679
October 12 2:00 p.m. at South Carolina State
ESPN3 W 42–38 15,792
October 20 2:00 p.m. No. 10 North Carolina A&T
  • Bragg Memorial Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ESPN3 W 34–31 1,051
October 26 3:00 p.m. at Morgan State No. 20
ESPN3 W 24–12 2,786
November 2 4:00 p.m. Delaware State No. 17
  • Bragg Memorial Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ESPN3 W 52–30 7,412
November 16 4:00 p.m. Howard No. 12
  • Bragg Memorial Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ESPN3 W 39–7 8,979
November 23 3:30 p.m. vs. Bethune–Cookman No. 12
ESPNews L 27–31 55,730
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[4][5]

Game summaries[]

at UCF[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Rattlers 0 0 0 0 0
No. 17 (FBS) Knights 17 31 7 7 62
See also: 2019 UCF Knights football team

Fort Valley State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 6 14 20
Rattlers 14 26 7 10 57
See also: Fort Valley State Wildcats football

Southern[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0 7 7 7 21
Rattlers 17 0 2 8 27
See also: 2019 Southern Jaguars football team

at Norfolk State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Rattlers 7 10 6 7 30
Spartans 7 7 7 7 28
See also: 2019 Norfolk State Spartans football team

North Carolina Central[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 7 7 7 21
Rattlers 7 7 0 14 28
See also: 2019 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

at South Carolina State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Rattlers 7 7 14 14 42
Bulldogs 0 14 3 21 38
See also: 2019 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

North Carolina A&T[]

1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 10 Aggies 7 7 3 113 31
Rattlers 14 7 0 76 34
See also: 2019 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team

at Morgan State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Rattlers 7 17 0 0 24
Bears 7 3 0 2 12
See also: 2019 Morgan State Bears football team

Delaware State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 3 20 7 30
No. 17 Rattlers 14 17 14 7 52
See also: 2019 Delaware State Hornets football team

Howard[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0 0 0 7 7
No. 12 Rattlers 3 14 22 0 39
See also: 2019 Howard Bison football team

vs. Bethune–Cookman[]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Rattlers 7 6 7 7 27
Wildcats 7 14 0 10 31
See also: 2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team

Ranking movements[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
STATS FCS NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV 20 17 16 12 12 20 24 
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV 23 17 15T 14 13 21 25

References[]

  1. ^ "NCAA Hits FAMU Athletics With Penalties Over Ineligible Student Athletes". wfsu.org. May 22, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "MEAC Announces 2019 Football Predicted Order of Finish". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "MEAC Announces 2019 Preseason Football All-MEAC Awards". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Florida A&M Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  5. ^ "Football - Schedule - FAMUAthletics.com - The Official Athletics Site of Florida A&M University". www.famuathletics.com. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
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