FAMU football 2025 schedule: Rattlers to play in Orange Blossom Classic, host Jackson State
Florida A&M football has five home games this season, which includes hosting Alcorn State for homecoming and defending Black College National champions Jackson State.
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FAMU football finished 7-5 in James Colzie III’s first year as head coach.
The wait is over.
On Thursday, Florida A&M released the Rattlers’ 2025 football schedule.
FAMU football will play 12 games this season. Eight of those are Southwestern Athletic Conference contests. The Rattlers have five home games on Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium.
The Rattlers’ 2025 slate includes returning to Miami’s Orange Blossom Classic to open the season after a one-year absence. FAMU’s Orange Blossom Classic opponent is the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference team Howard Bison, who the Rattlers beat in the 2023 Celebration Bowl to claim the Black College Football National Championship.
FAMU’s schedule features one Football Bowl Subdivision opponent, the Florida Atlantic Owls, for a Week 2 game in Boca Raton.
The Rattlers’ home opener is on Sept. 13 when NCAA Division II HBCU Albany State visits Bragg.
FAMU’s bye week is on Week 4 before it enters SWAC play by hosting Alabama State on Sept. 27.
FAMU football’s homecoming game is on Oct. 18 against SWAC opponent Alcorn State, a team the Rattlers haven’t faced since 1987. The annual Florida Classic football game between the Rattlers and the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats is on Nov. 22 at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium.
FAMU’s season-defining stretch may start when the Rattlers host perennial MEAC powerhouse North Carolina Central on Oct. 11 and ends with defending SWAC and Black College Football National Champions Jackson State on Nov. 1. Both games are at Bragg.
FAMU’s 2025 season will be James Colzie III’s second season as head coach, coming off a 7-5 record in 2024.
Here’s the FAMU’s entire 2025 schedule.
Week 1: Saturday, Aug. 30 ― vs. Howard (Orange Blossom Classic)
Location: Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida
Week 2: Saturday, Sept. 6 ― at Florida Atlantic
Location: Flagler Credit Union Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida
Week 3: Saturday, Sept. 13 ― vs. Albany State
Location: Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida
Week 4: Saturday, Sept. 20 ― Bye/Open Week
Week 5: Saturday, Sept. 27 ― vs. Alabama State (SWAC)
Location: Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida
Week 6: Saturday, Oct. 4 ― at Mississippi Valley State (SWAC)
Location: Rice-Totten Stadium in Itta Bena, Mississippi
Week 7: Saturday, Oct. 11 ― vs. North Carolina Central
Location: Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida
Week 8: Saturday, Oct. 18 ― vs. Alcorn State (SWAC/Homecoming)
Location: Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida
Week 9: Saturday, Oct. 25 ― at Southern (SWAC)
Location: A.W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Week 10: Saturday, Nov. 1 ― vs. Jackson State (SWAC)
Location: Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida
Week 11: Saturday, Nov. 8 ― at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (SWAC)
Location: Simmons Bank Field in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Week 12: Saturday, Nov. 15 ― at Alabama A&M (SWAC)
Location: Louis Crews Stadium in Huntsville, Alabama
Week 13: Saturday, Nov. 22 ― vs. Bethune-Cookman (SWAC/Florida Classic)
Location: Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida
Gerald Thomas, III is a multi-time award-winning journalist for his coverage of the Florida A&M Rattlers at the Tallahassee Democrat.
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