1980 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
| 1980 Florida A&M Rattlers football | |
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| Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (2–3 MEAC) |
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| Home stadium | Doak Campbell Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–3 South Carolina State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&T | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethune–Cookman | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida A&M | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Florida A&M Rattlers football team represented Florida A&M University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Rudy Hubbard, the Rattlers compiled an overall record of 5–6, with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, and finished fifth in the MEAC.
Because of the condemnation of Bragg Memorial Stadium, the team shared Doak Campbell Stadium with Florida State University, two miles to the north, for the season after playing numerous larger-draw games at Doak Campbell during the previous years.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 13 | at Miami (FL)* | L 0–49 | 20,007 | [1] | |
| September 20 | Albany State* | W 31–2 | 6,758 | [2] | |
| September 27 | Grambling State* |
| L 10–27 | 23,202 | [3] |
| October 4 | vs. Howard | W 42–25 | 24,873 | [4] | |
| October 11 | at Jackson State* | L 0–10 | [5] | ||
| October 25 | at No. 2 South Carolina State | L 19–21 | 11,023 | [6] | |
| November 1 | Tuskegee* |
| W 49–22 | 27,085 | [7] |
| November 7 | North Carolina A&T |
| L 22–24 | 5,883 | [8] |
| November 15 | at Southern* | W 13–7 | [9] | ||
| November 22 | Delaware State |
| W 59–7 | [10] | |
| November 29 | vs. Bethune–Cookman | L 14–16 | [11] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "'Canes beat Rattlers 'extravagantly'". The Palm Beach Post. September 14, 1980. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Big plays revive Rattlers, 31–2". Tallahassee Democrat. September 20, 1980. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grambling beats FAMU". The Palm Beach Post. September 28, 1980. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rattlers launch first strike, bomb Howard 42–25". The Tampa Tribune-Times. October 5, 1980. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "FAMU falls to Jackson". The Tampa Tribune-Times. October 12, 1980. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rattlers' last-grasp effort sails just wide, 21–19". The Tampa Tribune-Times. October 26, 1980. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Defense spurs Rattlers 49–22". Tallahassee Democrat. November 2, 1980. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "North Carolina A&T dashes FAMU's hopes for playoffs". St. Petersburg Times. November 8, 1980. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Florida A&M overcomes Southern, 13–7". The Miami Herald. November 16, 1980. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A&M rolls 59–7". Tallahassee Democrat. November 23, 1980. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bethune thwarts FAMU's last hope". St. Petersburg Times. November 30, 1980. Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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