2010 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

2010 Florida A&M Rattlers football

Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	0–3, 8 wins vacated (0–1 MEAC, 8 wins vacated)
Head coach	Joe Taylor (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Earl Holmes (3rd season)
Home stadium	Bragg Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 15 Bethune–Cookman +^	7	–	1	10	–	2
No. 16 South Carolina State +^	7	–	1	9	–	3
Florida A&M +	7	–	1	8	–	3
Hampton	5	–	3	6	–	5
Norfolk State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Morgan State	3	–	5	4	–	7
Delaware State	2	–	6	3	–	8
North Carolina A&T	1	–	7	1	–	10
Howard	0	–	8	1	–	10
North Carolina Central *	0	–	0	3	–	8
Savannah State *	0	–	0	1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant * Not eligible for conference championship Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2010 Florida A&M Rattlers football team represented Florida A&M University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Rattlers were led by third-year head coach Joe Taylor and played their home games at Bragg Memorial Stadium. They finished the season 8–3 overall and 8–1 in conference play to share the MEAC title with Bethune–Cookman and South Carolina State. However, all of Florida A&M's wins from the 2010 season were later vacated by the NCAA for fielding ineligible students.^[1]^[2] This was the Rattlers last conference championship before leaving the MEAC in 2020.^[3]^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	7:30 p.m.	at No. 20 (FBS) Miami (FL)*	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN3	L 0–45	53,674	^[5]
September 11	6:00 p.m.	at Delaware State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE		W 17–14	3,867
September 18	1:00 p.m.	at Howard*	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, DC		W 50–7	5,286
September 25	3:45 p.m.	vs. Tennessee State*	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (Atlanta Football Classic)	NBCSN	L 18–29	54,202
October 2	6:00 p.m.	No. 9 South Carolina State	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL		L 0–19	14,052
October 16	3:00 p.m.	Savannah State	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 31–0	8,834
October 23	2:00 p.m.	at Norfolk State	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA		W 17–13	21,118
October 30	3:00 p.m.	Morgan State	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 31–17	30,459
November 6	1:30 p.m.	at North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC		W 22–19 ^OT	7,242
November 13	3:00 p.m.	Hampton	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 17–12	10,306
November 20	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 7 Bethune–Cookman	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Classic)	ESPNC	W 38–27	61,712
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "2010 Football Schedule". Florida A&M. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^ "NCAA Hits FAMU Athletics With Penalties Over Ineligible Student Athletes". WFSU News. May 22, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^ "All-Time Football Champions". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^ "SWAC Announces Addition of Florida A&M as Full Member". swac.org. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^ "Florida A&M Rattlers vs. Miami Hurricanes Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2010.

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Venues	Sampson-Bragg Field (1942–1946) Bragg Stadium (1947–1956) Bragg Memorial Stadium (1957–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
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