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.
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

Statistics

Team:
Florida A&M
Team Statistics FAMU OPP
Scoring 204 315
Points Per Game 17.0 26.2
First Downs 188 220
Rushing 66 106
Passing 104 102
Penalty 18 12
Rushing Yardage 1171 2108
Yards gained rushing 1508 2435
Yards lost rushing 337 327
Rushing Attempts 388 438
Average Per Rush 3.0 4.8
Average Per Game 97.6 175.7
TDs Rushing 5 21
Passing Yardage 2288 2304
Comp-Att-Int 196-338-13 185-316-8
Average Per Pass 6.8 7.3
Average Per Catch 11.7 12.5
Average Per Game 190.7 192.0
TDs Passing 18 13
Total Offense 3459 4412
Total Plays 726 754
Average Per Play 4.8 5.9
Average Per Game 288.2 367.7
Kick Returns: #-Yards 49-874 37-699
Punt Returns: #-Yards 17-230 33-356
Int Returns: #-Yards 8-184 13-167
Kick Return Average 17.8 18.9
Punt Return Average 13.5 10.8
Int Return Average 23.0 12.8
Fumbles-Lost 17-10 16-8
Penalties-Yards 88-747 91-796
Average Per Game 62.2 66.3
Punts-Yards 68-2700 53-2037
Average Per Punt 39.7 38.4
Net punt average 33.3 32.6
Kickoffs-Yards 45-2414 61-3526
Average Per Kick 53.6 57.8
Net kick average 35.9 40.2
Time of Possession/Game 31:10 28:50
3RD-Down Conversions 59/166 55/152
3rd-Down Pct 36% 36%
4TH-Down Conversions 5/12 10/17
4th-Down Pct 42% 59%
Sacks byYards 23-110 37-219
Misc Yards 29 -10
Touchdowns Scored 24 38
Field Goals-Attempts 12-16 17-26
Onside Kicks 1-1 2-3
Red Zone Scores 78% 73%
Red-Zone Touchdowns 56% 50%
PAT-Attempts 100% 94%
Attendance 55863 108502
Games/Avg Per Game 5/11173 6/18084
Neutral Site Games 1/41126
Score by quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Florida A&M 37 86 24 50 7 204
Opponents 82 77 72 76 8 315
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