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2013 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

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2013 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Savannah State ineligible for FCS playoffs due to Academic Progress Rate sanctions
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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

September 111:45 AMvs. Mississippi Valley State*

ESPNW 27–10 24,376 September 72:00 PMTennessee State*

L 7–27 14,237 September 142:00 PMSamford*

  • Bragg Memorial Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL

L 20–27 10,034 September 2112:00 PMat No. 3 (FBS) Ohio State*

BTNL 0–76 103,595 October 51:00 PMat Morgan State

L 21–34 1,259 October 126:00 PMat Savannah State

WGSAW 27–14 5,620 October 192:00 PMHowarddagger

  • Bragg Memorial Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL

L 10–21 15,342 October 262:00 PMNorth Carolina A&T

  • Bragg Memorial Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL

L 13–20 OT9,209 November 22:00 PMat Norfolk State

W 16–6 10,627 November 91:30 PMat South Carolina State

L 21–25 20,022 November 162:00 PMDelaware State

  • Bragg Memorial Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL

RVL 21–29 7,026 November 232:00 PMvs. No. 14 Bethune-Cookman

ESPNCL 10–29 45,321

Template:CFB Schedule End Source Schedule

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Bryan, Dave (March 26, 2013). "Florida A&M now has 3 former Steelers players on their coaching staff". Steelers Depot. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  3. ^ Rashad, Kenn (December 12, 2012). "Applicants for Southern University Head Coaching Position Revealed". TSPN Sports. Retrieved December 12, 2012.