1972 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

1972 Florida A&M Rattlers football
1972 Florida A&M Rattlers football
Orange Blossom Classic, W 41–21 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
	Division I
Record	5–6 (2–3 SIAC)
Head coach	James "Big Jim" Williams (1st season);
Home stadium	Bragg Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1971 1973 →

Division I

Record5–6 (2–3 SIAC)

Headcoach

The 1972 Florida A&M Rattlers football team represented Florida A&M University as a member of Division I of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. Led by first-year head coach James "Big Jim" Williams, the Rattlers finished the season overall record of 5–6 and a mark of 2–3 in conference play.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	North Carolina A&T*	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 20–22	12,000–12,560	^[1]
September 30	Western Carolina*	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	W 21–17	11,600	^[2]
October 7	at Alabama State	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL	L 8–13	7,806	^[3]
October 14	at Morris Brown	Atlanta Stadium Atlanta, GA	W 42–14	15,000	^[4]
October 21	No. 8 Tennessee State*	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 25–44	16,500	^[5]
October 28	Tuskegee	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 6–17	16,600	^[6]
November 4	at Tampa*	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL	L 9–28	31,350	^[7]
November 11	at Southern*	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 27–13	9,503	^[8]
November 18	at Bethune–Cookman	Memorial Stadium Daytona Beach, FL (Florida Classic)	W 28–18	6,267	^[9]
November 25	at Albany State	Mills Memorial Stadium Albany, GA	L 6–21	6,846	^[10]
December 2	vs. Maryland Eastern Shore*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Blossom Classic)	W 41–21	23,840	^[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game Source: ^[12]^[13]

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Venues	Sampson-Bragg Field (1942–1946) Bragg Stadium (1947–1956) Doak Campbell Stadium (1974–1980; entire 1980 season) Bragg Memorial Stadium (1957–1979, 1981–present)
Bowls & rivalries	2023 Celebration Bowl Bethune–Cookman: Florida Classic Jackson State: Orange Blossom Classic
Culture & lore	"Rattler Orange and Green" Marching 100
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1907 1908 1909 1910–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

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