1951 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1951

| team = Florida A&M Rattlers

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

| short_conf = SIAC

| record = 7–1–1

| conf_record = 4–1

| head_coach = Jake Gaither

| hc_year = 7th

| captain =

| stadium = Bragg Stadium

| bowl = Orange Blossom Classic

| bowl_result = W 67–6 vs. {{cfb link|year=1951|team=North Carolina College Eagles|title=North Carolina College}}

}}

{{1951 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}

The 1951 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 1951 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jake Gaither, the Rattlers compiled a 7–1–1 record. The team's sole loss was to Morris Brown. In the Orange Blossom Classic, the Rattlers defeated {{cfb link|year=1951|team=North Carolina College Eagles|title=North Carolina College}}. The team played its home games at Bragg Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| timzone = Eastern

| time = y

| attend = y

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|September 22|9:00 p.m|at|Texas College|Steer Stadium|Tyler, TX|W 48-13|4,000|{{cite news |author= |title=Texas College Steers Open Grid Season In Tyler Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tyler-morning-telegraph/126887034/ |newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph |location=Tyler, Texas |date=September 22, 1951 |page=6 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Florida A. & M. Rattlers Slaughter Texas Steers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-black-dispatch/126887139/ |newspaper=The Black Dispatch |location=Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |date=September 29, 1951 |page=6 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|September 29|||{{cfb link|year=1951|team=Benedict Tigers|title=Benedict}}|Bragg Stadium|Tallahassee, FL|W 54-0||

|October 6||at|{{cfb link|year=1951|team=Fort Valley State Wildcats|title=Fort Valley State}}||Fort Valley, GA|W 48-0||

|October 13|||Morris Brown|Bragg Stadium|Tallahassee, FL|L 13-20||

|October 20|||{{cfb link|year=1951|team=Bethune–Cookman Wildcats|title=Bethune–Cookman}}|Bragg Stadium|Tallahassee, FL|W 26-13||

|November 3||at|North Carolina A&T||Greensboro, NC|T 7-7||

|November 9||at|{{cfb link|year=1951|team=Allen Yellow Jackets|title=Allen}}||Columbia, SC|W 34-0||

|November 17|2:30 p.m.||Southern|Bragg Stadium|Tallahassee, FL|W 36-6|6,000|{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Chuck |title=A & M Plays Last Home Game Tilt Tomorrow at 2:30 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat/126880206/ |newspaper=Tallahassee Democrat |location=Tallahassee, Florida |date=November 16, 1951 |page=11 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Charles J. III |title=Southern Falls Before Rattler's Onslaught 36-6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-detroit-tribune/126880325/ |newspaper=Detroit Tribune |location=Detroit, Michigan |date=November 24, 1951 |page=14 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|December 1||vs|{{cfb link|year=1951|team=North Carolina College Eagles|title=North Carolina College}}|Orange Bowl|Miami, FL (Orange Blossom Classic)|W 67-0|23,446|{{cite news|title=Florida A&M Blasts N.C. College, 67 to 6|newspaper=Miami Daily News|date=December 2, 1951|page=4D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39423107/florida_am_blasts_nc_college_67_to_6/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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References

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