1949 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1949
| team = Florida A&M Rattlers
| sport = football
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| conference = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| short_conf = SIAC
| record = 7–2
| conf_record = 6–0
| head_coach = Jake Gaither
| hc_year = 5th
| captain =
| stadium = Bragg Stadium
| champion = SIAC champion
| bowl = Orange Blossom Classic
| bowl_result= L 14–20 vs. {{cfb link|year=1949|team=North Carolina A&T Aggies|title=North Carolina A&T}}
}}
The 1949 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 1949 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jake Gaither, the Rattlers compiled a 7–2 record, won the SIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 315 to 98.{{cite web|title=Florida A&M Yearly Results|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=December 26, 2019|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/f/florida_a&m/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906151821/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/f/florida_a&m/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|archive-date=2015-09-06}}
The team ranked No. 5 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.{{cite news|title=Southern, West Va. Lose on Final Ballot|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=December 10, 1949|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40078662/southern_west_va_lose_on_final_ballot/|via=Newspapers.com}} The team's victories included three games against teams that were ranked in the final Pittsburgh Courier rankings: a victory over No. 10 {{cfb link|year=1949|team=Benedict Tigers|title=Benedict}} and losses to No. 2 Southern and No. 8 {{cfb link|year=1949|team=North Carolina A&T Aggies|title=North Carolina A&T}} in the Orange Blossom Classic.
The team played its home games at Bragg Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|October 1||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Benedict Tigers|title=Benedict}}|Bragg Stadium|Tallahassee, FL|W 13-0||
|October 8|at|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Fort Valley State Wildcats|title=Fort Valley State}}||Fort Valley, GA|W 39-7||
|October 15||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Morris Brown Wolverines|title=Morris Brown}}|Bragg Stadium|Tallahassee, FL|W 31-20||
|October 22||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Xavier Gold Rush|title=Xavier (LA)}}|Bragg Stadium|Tallahassee, FL|W 58-13||
|November 5|at|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Tuskegee Golden Tigers|title=Tuskegee}}||Tuskegee, AL|W 58-0||
|November 12|at|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Allen Yellow Jackets|title=Allen}}||Columbia, SC|W 34-0||
|November 19||Southern
|December 3||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Alcorn A&M Braves|title=Alcorn A&M}}
|December 10|vs|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=North Carolina A&T Aggies|title=North Carolina A&T}}
}}
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