2013 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
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Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
Record | 3–9 (2–6 MEAC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Quinn Gray (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Levon Kirkland (1st season) |
Home stadium | Bragg Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Bethune–Cookman +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 South Carolina State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morgan State | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware State | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina A&T | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hampton | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina Central | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norfolk State | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida A&M | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Savannah State | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2013 Florida A&M Rattlers football team represented Florida A&M University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Rattlers were led by new head coach Earl Holmes[1] and played their home games at Bragg Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
In addition to a new head coach, Florida A&M entered the season with a new offensive and defensive coordinator. Levon Kirkland[2] came aboard as the new defensive coordinator, while Quinn Gray returned for his second season as quarterback coach and his first season as offensive coordinator. George Small also returned to the team as the Assistant Head Coach after failing to get the head coaching job at Southern University.[3]
The Rattlers entered the 2013 season having been picked to finish fifth in the MEAC and having placed 11-players on the All-MEAC Pre-Season team.
They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in MEAC play to finish in tenth place.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 11:45 am | vs. Mississippi Valley State* | ESPN | W 27–10 | 24,376 | |
September 7 | 2:00 pm | Tennessee State* | L 7–27 | 14,237 | ||
September 14 | 2:00 pm | Samford* |
| L 20–27 | 10,034 | |
September 21 | 12:00 pm | at No. 3 (FBS) Ohio State* | BTN | L 0–76 | 103,595 | |
October 5 | 1:00 pm | at Morgan State | L 21–34 | 1,259 | ||
October 12 | 6:00 pm | at Savannah State | WGSA | W 27–14 | 5,620 | |
October 19 | 2:00 pm | Howard |
| L 10–21 | 15,342 | |
October 26 | 2:00 pm | North Carolina A&T |
| L 13–20 OT | 9,209 | |
November 2 | 2:00 pm | at Norfolk State | W 16–6 | 10,627 | ||
November 9 | 1:30 pm | at South Carolina State | L 21–25 | 20,022 | ||
November 16 | 2:00 pm | Delaware State |
| L 21–29 | 7,026 | |
November 23 | 2:00 pm | vs. No. 14 Bethune-Cookman |
| ESPNC | L 10–29 | 45,321 |
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References
[edit]- ^ Ferrante, Bob (April 5, 2013). "Earl Holmes has loaded his first coaching staff at FAMU with Ex-NFL talent". Fox Sports Florida. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
- ^ Bryan, Dave (March 26, 2013). "Florida A&M now has 3 former Steelers players on their coaching staff". Steelers Depot. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
- ^ Rashad, Kenn (December 12, 2012). "Applicants for Southern University Head Coaching Position Revealed". TSPN Sports. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- ^ Schedule