Florida A&M Rattlers
SWACTallahassee, FLBragg Memorial Stadium
2026: 2–5 (1–2 SWAC). Last: lost at Jackson State 27–17. Next: Arkansas–Pine Bluff, Saturday, Oct 24, 3 p.m. ET.
- W 20–7Albany State
- L 13–31vs. South Carolina State
- L 7–77at No. 7 Miami
- L 26–29Tennessee State
- L 21–40Alabama A&M
- W 28–27at Alabama State
- L 17–27at Jackson State
- Oct 24Arkansas–Pine Bluff
- Oct 31Southern
- Nov 7at Alcorn State
- Nov 14Mississippi Valley State
- Nov 21vs. Bethune-Cookman
- Sudler Trophy, 1985
Florida A&M has played football since 1907 and is officially 606–352–22; 269 of its 980 games are in our file. They have won 27 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles (the last in 1978), plus eight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference titles, one Southwestern Athletic Conference title, counting shared titles. Since 1954, the NFL Draft has taken 28 players from here in its first seven rounds, 1 of them in the first round. The AFL draft also took one player from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 2 players and 4 coaches from Florida A&M. The most-played rival is Bethune-Cookman: 80 meetings, Florida A&M leads 54–25–1. This season, they’re 2–5.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 606–352–22 official; 137–132 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 2–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1216
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 108 · Composite No. 102 in FCS, Oct 17; down 2 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 36 last in 2023
- Bowl record
- 29–24–2 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 34 since 1971, 269 games
Identity
- Band
- Marching 100 since 1892, 300+ members
2026 season 2–5
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vsAlbany State | W 20–7 | 54% |
| Sep 6 | vs South Carolina StateOrange Blossom Classic | L 13–31 | 35% |
| Sep 10 | at 7Miami | L 7–77 | 6% |
| Sep 19 | vs Tennessee State | L 26–29 | 70% |
| Sep 26 | vs Alabama A&M | L 21–40 | 57% |
| Oct 9 | at Alabama State | W 28–27 | 21% |
| Oct 17 | at Jackson State | L 17–27 | 18% |
| Oct 24 | vs Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Preview | 58% |
| Oct 31 | vs Southern | Preview | 59% |
| Nov 7 | at Alcorn State | Preview | 36% |
| Nov 14 | vs Mississippi Valley State | Preview | 73% |
| Nov 21 | vs Bethune-CookmanFlorida Classic | Preview | 40% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Armond Parker925 passing yards, 8 TD (leads Florida A&M in passing yards)
- Denzel Johnson49 tackles (leads Florida A&M in tackles)
- Justin Bostic32 tackles, 3 INT (leads Florida A&M in interceptions)
- Jamal Hailey266 rushing yards, 1 TD (leads Florida A&M in rushing yards)
- Armand Burris9 catches, 249 yards, 2 TD (leads Florida A&M in receiving yards)
- Andre Powell Jr.28 tackles, 1 sack
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Florida A&M.
Program strength since 1971
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Earl Holmes | 2014 | 2–6 |
| Corey Fuller | 2014 | 1–3 |
| Billy Joe | 2004 | 3–8 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Bethune-Cookman
54–25–1 ‡ in 80
- 2015 L 14–35
- 2016 L 19–39
- 2017 L 24–29
- 2018 L 19–33
- 2019 L 27–31
- 2021 W 46–21
- 2022 W 41–20
- 2023 W 24–7
- 2024 W 41–38
- 2025 L 34–38
Lost the last one.
Next: Nov 21
- South Carolina State
5–14 in 19
- 2013 L 21–25
- 2014 L 17–34
- 2015 L 0–36
- 2016 L 14–48
- 2018 L 21–44
- 2019 W 42–38
- 2021 W 30–7
- 2022 W 20–14
- 2024 W 22–18
- 2026 L 13–31
Lost the last one.
- North Carolina A&T
8–7 † in 16
- 2010 W 22–19
- 2011 W 26–20
- 2012 L 3–16
- 2013 L 13–20
- 2014 L 21–40
- 2015 L 10–28
- 2016 L 17–42
- 2017 L 20–31
- 2018 W 22–21
- 2019 W 34–31
Won the last two.
| Opponent | Games | FAMU record |
|---|---|---|
| Bethune-Cookman | 80 | 54–25–1 ‡ |
| South Carolina State | 19 | 5–14 |
| North Carolina A&T | 16 | 8–7 † |
| Tennessee State | 15 | 8–7 |
| Howard | 15 | 8–6 † |
| Morgan State | 14 | 8–5 † |
| Norfolk State | 13 | 9–3 † |
| Miami | 13 | 1–12 |
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.
Every opponent (48)
Every program Florida A&M has played, A to Z, with Florida A&M’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Alabama A&M 5–1
- Alabama State 6–2
- Albany State 3–0
- Alcorn State 2–0
- Arkansas 0–1
- Arkansas–Pine Bluff 3–0
- Bethune-Cookman 54–25–1 ‡
- Coastal Carolina 0–2
- Delaware State 8–4 †
- Florida 0–1
- Florida Atlantic 0–2
- Florida International 0–0 †
- Fort Valley State 4–0
- Grambling 2–0
- Hampton 4–7 †
- Howard 8–6 †
- Illinois 0–1
- Jackson State 2–7
- Lincoln (CA) 1–0
- Miami 1–12
- Mississippi Valley State 4–2
- Morgan State 8–5 †
- Nicholls 0–1
- Norfolk State 9–3 †
- North Carolina 0–1
- North Carolina A&T 8–7 †
- North Carolina Central 4–4
- Ohio State 0–1
- Oklahoma 0–1
- Prairie View A&M 2–1
- Samford 0–2
- Savannah State 7–1 †
- SE Louisiana 0–1
- South Carolina State 5–14
- South Florida 0–5
- Southern 9–2
- Tampa 0–3
- Temple 0–2
- Tennessee State 8–7
- Texas Southern 3–0
- Troy 0–3
- Tulane 0–1
- Tuskegee 0–1
- UCF 0–1
- Virginia Tech 0–1
- Virginia Union 1–0
- West Florida 1–0
- Winston-Salem State 3–1
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
36, counting shared titles- Southwestern Athletic Conference 1
- 2023
- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 8
- 1988 (shared), 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998 (shared), 2000, 2001, 2010 (shared)
- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 27
- 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 (shared), 1963 (shared), 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1977, 1978
- SWAC East 1
- 2023
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Black college football
Black college national titles 16
Who named them
- 1938 8–0: Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1942 9–0: Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1950 8–1–1: Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1952 8–2: Associated Negro Press (Luix Virgil Overbea); Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1953 10–1: Baltimore Afro-American
- 1954 8–1: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1957 9–0: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1959 10–0: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Associated Negro Press (Luix Virgil Overbea); Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1961 10–0: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1962 9–1: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009) (retired W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy as first three-time winner since the previous trophy had been retired; won AP small college national championship)
- 1977 11–0: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Jet (Frank T. Bannister, Jr.)—Paul Robeson Perpetual Trophy; Mutual Black Network; National Black Network (Frank T. Bannister, Jr.); New Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll) (Winston-Salem State initially won the NBN championship, due to the reporting of an incorrect game result)
- 1978 12–1: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Black College All Star Bowl—Eddie Hurt National Championship Trophy; Jet (Frank T. Bannister, Jr.)—Paul Robeson Perpetual Trophy; Mutual Black Network; National Black Network (Frank T. Bannister, Jr.); New Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll) (won NCAA Division I-AA Pioneer Bowl National Championship)
- 1998 11–2: American Sports Wire (Dick Simpson); American Urban Radio Networks (Sheridan Poll) (declined bid to McDonald’s Heritage Bowl VIII (after MEAC’s top seed also declined it) to participate in NCAA Division I-AA playoffs)
- 2001 7–4: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009)
- 2019 9–2: Black College Sports Network for NCAA Division I FCS teams (ruled ineligible for MEAC championship and postseason play and, by extension, not eligible for automatic bid to Celebration Bowl)
- 2023 12–1: Cricket Celebration Bowl (Celebration Bowl)
Black College Football Hall of Fame: 12 inductees from Florida A&M.
Black college national champions as Wikipedia’s list gives each season’s selections since 1920 (the black press’s polls, bowls and later media polls; some seasons have several). Black college football history: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Conferences
- Independent 1907–1925
- SIAC 1973–1977
- MEAC 1979–1983
- Independent 1984–1985
- MEAC 1986–2003
- Independent 2004
- MEAC 2005–2019
- SWAC since 2021
- 2021Joined the SWAC from the MEAC, announced June 4, 2020. Source
Florida A&M’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 2
- Coaches
- 4
| 2021 | Rudy Hubbard coach, career 1974–1985 |
| 2019 | Joe Taylor coach, career 1983–2012 |
| 2007 | Billy Joe coach here, 2004 |
| 1999 | Willie Galimore RB |
| 1996 | Tyrone McGriff OG |
| 1975 | Jake Gaither coach, career 1936–1969 |
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 28 since 1954
- First-round picks
- 1
- AFL picks
- 1 1964
| 1974 | Henry Lawrence OT | No. 19, Oakland Raiders |
The school
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University- Enrollment
- 9,313 7,890 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Tallahassee, Florida
- Public or private
- Public Research 2
- Founded
- 1887
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $44,349 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1216 | ||||
| 2025 | 5–7 | 4–4 | 1250 | ||||
| 2024 | 7–5 | 5–3 | 1383 | ||||
| 2023 | 12–1 | 8–0 | 1529 | ||||
| 2022 | 9–2 | 7–1 | 1452 | ||||
| 2021 | 9–3 | 7–1 | 1432 | ||||
| 2019 | 9–2 | 7–1 | 1370 | ||||
| 2018 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1246 | ||||
| 2017 | 3–8 | 2–6 | 1162 | ||||
| 2016 | 4–7 | 4–4 | 1166 | ||||
| 2015 | 1–10 | 1–7 | 1101 | ||||
| 2014 | 3–9 | 3–5 | Earl Holmes, Corey Fuller | 1190 | |||
| 2013 | 3–9 | 2–6 | 1184 | ||||
| 2012 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 1285 | ||||
| 2011 | 7–4 | 5–3 | 1393 | ||||
| 2010 | 8–3 | 8–1 | 1415 | ||||
| 2009 | 8–3 | 6–2 | 1405 | ||||
| 2008 | 9–3 | 5–3 | 1393 | ||||
| 2007 | 3–8 | 2–7 | 1197 | ||||
| 2006 | 7–4 | 5–3 | 1321 | ||||
| 2005 | 6–4 | 5–2 | 1320 | ||||
| 2004 | 3–8 | Billy Joe | 1209 | -37.4 | |||
| 2003 | 6–6 | 4–4 | 1284 | ||||
| 2002 | 0–2 | 1262 | |||||
| 1999 | 0–1 | 1275 |
Every season back to 1971 (9 more)
Officially 606–352–22 since 1907 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 137–132 (269 of its 980 games are on file). Our file starts in 1971; the program began in 1907. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1973, 1975–76, 1978, 1981–85, 1987–91, 1993–94, 1996–98, 2000–01, 2020: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.