1941 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1941
| team = Florida A&M Rattlers
| sport = football
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| conference = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| short_conf = SIAC
| record = 8–1
| conf_record = 5–1
| head_coach = William M. Bell
| hc_year = 6th
| captain =
| stadium = Sampson-Bragg Field
| bowl = Orange Blossom Classic
| bowl_result = W 15–7 vs. Tuskegee
}}
The 1941 Florida A&M Rattlers football team was an American football team that represented Florida A&M College as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1941 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach William M. Bell, the Rattlers compiled an 8–1 record, shut out six of nine opponents, and defeated Tuskegee in the Orange Blossom Classic.{{cite web|title=Florida A&M Yearly Results (1940-1944)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=November 22, 2019|url=https://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/f/florida_a&m/1940-1944_yearly_results.php|archive-date=May 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512125353/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/f/florida_a%26m/1940-1944_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}} The Rattlers played their home games at Sampson-Bragg Field in Tallahassee, Florida.
Schedule
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|September 27||at|{{cfb link|year=1941|team=Benedict Tigers|title=Benedict}}||Columbia, SC|W 20-0||
|October 4|||{{cfb link|year=1941|team=North Carolina A&T Aggies|title=North Carolina A&T}}
|October 11||at|{{cfb link|year=1941|team=Alabama State Hornets|title=Alabama State}}||Montgomery, AL|W 22-0||
|October 18|||{{cfb link|year=1941|team=Kentucky State Thorobreds|title=Kentucky State}}
|October 25|||Morris Brown
|November 1||at|{{cfb link|year=1941|team=Lane Dragons|title=Lane}}||Jackson, TN|W 48-0||
|November 15||at|{{cfb link|year=1941|team=Southern Jaguars|title=Southern}}
|November 27|2:30 p.m.||Xavier (LA)|Sampson-Bragg Field|Tallahassee, FL|W 27-0||{{cite news|title=Game ad|newspaper=The Tallahassee Daily Democrat|date=November 26, 1941|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39475593/florida_am_vs_xavier_game_ad/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|December 6||vs|Tuskegee|Greater Orlando Stadium|Orlando, FL (Orange Blossom Classic)|W 15-7|8,200|{{cite news|title=Rattlers Cop 15-7 Victory In Bowl Tilt|newspaper=The Orlando Sentinel|date=December 7, 1941|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39475382/rattlers_cop_157_victory_in_bowl_tilt/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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References
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