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Mark your calendars! FAMU announces date for 2024 homecoming football game
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Book your flights, reserve your rental cars, and book your hotels.
Florida A&M has announced the 2024 homecoming football game date.
The Rattlers will play against the Southwestern Athletic Conference West's Texas Southern on Nov. 2, 2024.
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No start time is set, but FAMU has traditionally kicked off its homecoming football game at 4 p.m.
FAMU announced the game Friday, six days after the Rattlers hosted homecoming and defeated Prairie View A&M 45-7 on Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium .
Bragg garnered 22,338 fans at last week's homecoming football game , over 2,500 more spectators than 2022's game .
Alongside the 2024 FAMU-TSU homecoming game, the Rattlers have four other games scheduled for next season thus far, according to FBSchedules.com .
FAMU will play in Week 0's MEAC/SWAC Challenge versus Norfolk State in Atlanta on Aug. 24. Then the Rattlers will have their home opener at Bragg versus South Carolina State on Aug. 31 . FAMU will also play at NCAA Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision opponents Miami (Week 2/Sept. 7) and Troy (Week 4/Sept. 21).
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The Football Championship Subdivision Coaches Poll's 13th-ranked FAMU football team is in Huntsville to take on SWAC East opponent Alabama A&M .
The game kicks off at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on ESPN+ .
The Rattlers, who have already clinched a spot in Dec. 2's SWAC Championship , can secure the league's top finish with a win.
Florida A&M (7-1, 6-0 SWAC) at Alabama A&M (4-4, 2-3 SWAC) Game Information
Florida A&M defensive linemen Allen Smith Jr. (left) and Makody Robertson celebrates a play against the Prairie View A&M Panthers at the Rattlers' homecoming football game at Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday, October 28, 2023.
When: Saturday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time
Where: Louis Crews Stadium ; Huntsville, Alabama
How to watch: ESPN+ , Rattlers+
Gerald Thomas, III covers Florida A&M University Athletics for the Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at gdthomas@gannett.com or on Twitter @3peatgee .
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