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Florida A&M football’s 2025 schedule hasn’t been released yet.
But the Rattlers’ slate for next season can begin being pieced together.
The FAMU has typically played 11 or 12 regular season games in past years. Eight of the Rattlers’ games have been in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
FAMU football’s 2025 season will be its second year with James Colzie III as head coach.
What FAMU football games have been released already?
Three of the Rattlers’ 2025 matchups have released their schedule for next season.
On Aug. 30, FAMU will travel to Mobile to face Football Bowl Subdivision team South Alabama Jaguars. It’ll be the first time the teams have ever played against each other.
FAMU will be home on Sept. 13 to play against NCAA Division II HBCU Albany State on Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium. These teams last met in 2022, when the Rattlers won 23-13 at Bragg.
Albany State’s head coach is FAMU’s former record-setting quarterback Quinn Gray. The FAMU Sports Hall of Famer also spent 2011 to 2014 as FAMU’s associate head coach and offensive coordinator.
The Rattlers are returning to Baton Rouge for their home-and-home SWAC game versus the Southern Jaguars. In 2024, FAMU beat Southern 24-6 at Bragg Stadium to knock off one of its longest-standing rivals for the fifth straight time.
The last time Southern beat FAMU was in the 2012 Atlanta Football Classic, prevailing 21-14.
What could be new about FAMU’s 2025 football schedule?
Since joining the SWAC in 2021, FAMU has played 10 of the other 11 teams in the league.
The lone squad FAMU hasn’t met since coming to the SWAC is Alcorn State.
FAMU may play against the Alcorn State Braves, who play in the SWAC West Division. The last time the Rattlers and Braves played was in 1987 when Alcorn won 17-15.
For the first time since 2018, Jackson State will come to…
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Author : Tallahassee Democrat
Publish date : 2025-01-24 10:10:00
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