1953 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
The 1953 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 1953 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Jake Gaither, the Rattlers compiled a 10–1 record. The team's sole loss was to Prairie View A&M in the Orange Blossom Classic. The team played its home games at Bragg Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.
| 1953 Florida A&M Rattlers football | |
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SIAC champion | |
Orange Blossom Classic, L 27–33 vs. Prairie View A&M | |
| Conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| 1953 record | 10–1 (6–0 SIAC) |
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| Home stadium | Bragg Stadium |
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 26 | Texas College* | W 33–0 | |||||
| October 3 | Benedict | W 45–0 | |||||
| October 10 | at Tyndall Air Force Base* | Panama City, FL | W 8–0 | 1,500 | [1] | ||
| October 10 | Fort Valley State |
| W 31–0 | ||||
| October 17 | Morris Brown |
| W 20–0 | ||||
| October 24 | Xavier (LA) |
| W 65–0 | ||||
| October 31 | Bethune–Cookman |
| W 39–7 | ||||
| November 7 | at North Carolina A&T* | Greensboro, NC | W 33–13 | ||||
| November 14 | at Allen | Columbia, SC | W 28–10 | ||||
| November 21 | Southern* |
| W 33–25 | ||||
| December 5 | vs. Prairie View A&M* | L 27–33 | |||||
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