2014 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

The 2014 Florida A&M Rattlers football team represented as the Florida A&M University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Rattlers were led by their second year head coach Earl Holmes for the first eight games. In mid-season, he was fired. Holmes was replaced by Corey Fuller for the remainder of the season. They played their home games at Bragg Memorial Stadium. They were the members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season with a disappointing 3–9 record and a 3–5 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place which and did not qualify for post-season play.

2014 Florida A&M Rattlers football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record3–9 (3–5 MEAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorQuinn Gray (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorLevon Kirkland (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumBragg Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 25,500)
2014 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 23 Bethune–Cookman +  6 –2   9 –3  
North Carolina A&T +  6 –2   9 –3  
South Carolina State +  6 –2   8 –4  
North Carolina Central +  6 –2   7 –5  
Morgan State +^  6 –2   7 –6  
Norfolk State  4 –4   4 –8  
Howard  3 –5   5 –7  
Florida A&M *  3 –5   3 –9  
Hampton  2 –6   3 –9  
Delaware State  2 –6   2 –10  
Savannah State *  0 –8   0 –12  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • * Florida A&M and Savannah State ineligible for FCS Playoffs due to APR violations
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

If they had qualified for the post-season, the Rattlers would've been ineligible to participate in post season play due to several APR violations.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 pmat Jackson State*Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumL 17–2210,503
September 67:00 pmat Miami (FL)*Sun Life StadiumESPN3L 7–4148,254
September 205:00 pmNo. 5 Coastal Carolina*Bragg Memorial StadiumRVL 3–4812,000
September 277:00 pmat No. 21 Tennessee State*LP FieldL 7–2729,225
October 45:00 pmMorgan StateBragg Memorial StadiumRVL 9–247,657
October 115:00 pmSavannah StateBragg Memorial StadiumRVW 24–149,868
October 181:00 pmat HowardWilliam H. Greene StadiumW 31–287,086
October 251:00 pmat North Carolina A&TAggie StadiumL 21–4021,500
November 13:00 pmNorfolk StatedaggerBragg Memorial StadiumRVL 10–1218,663
November 83:00 pmSouth Carolina State
  • Bragg Memorial Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
RVL 17–347,675
November 152:00 pmat Delaware State
W 41–72,437
November 222:00 pmvs. No. 25 Bethune-CookmanFlorida Citrus Bowl Stadium (Florida Classic)ESPNCL 17–18 OT41,126

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References
  1. "FAMU Releases 2014 Rattler Football Schedule".


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