1951 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

1951 Florida A&M Rattlers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record7–1–1 (4–1 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBragg Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Morris Brown $ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 10 Xavier (LA) 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Florida A&M 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
No. 22 Fisk 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
No. 23 South Carolina State 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Bethune–Cookman 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Benedict 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 24 Tuskegee 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Alabama A&M 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Lane 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Morehouse 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Clark (GA) 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Allen 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Knoxville 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
Alabama State 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
Fort Valley State 0 – 0 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Negro Press[1]

The 1951 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 1951 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jake Gaither, the Rattlers compiled a 7–1–1 record. The team's sole loss was to Morris Brown. In the Orange Blossom Classic, the Rattlers defeated North Carolina College. The team played its home games at Bragg Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 229:00 p.mat Texas College*
W 48–134,000[2][3]
September 29Benedict
W 54–0
October 6at Fort Valley StateFort Valley, GAW 48–0
October 13Morris Brown
  • Bragg Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
L 13–20
October 20Bethune–Cookman
  • Bragg Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 26–13
November 3at North Carolina A&T*Greensboro, NCT 7–7
November 9at AllenColumbia, SCW 34–0
November 172:30 p.m.Southern*
  • Bragg Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 36–66,000[4][5]
December 1vs. North Carolina College*
W 67–023,446[6]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "The Pigskin Huddle". The Call. December 14, 1951. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Texas College Steers Open Grid Season In Tyler Tonight". Tyler Morning Telegraph. Tyler, Texas. September 22, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Florida A. & M. Rattlers Slaughter Texas Steers". The Black Dispatch. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. September 29, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Smith, Chuck (November 16, 1951). "A & M Plays Last Home Game Tilt Tomorrow at 2:30". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. p. 11. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Smith, Charles J. III (November 24, 1951). "Southern Falls Before Rattler's Onslaught 36-6". Detroit Tribune. Detroit, Michigan. p. 14. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Florida A&M Blasts N.C. College, 67 to 6". Miami Daily News. December 2, 1951. p. 4D – via Newspapers.com.