Samford University vs. Florida A&M University
Rattlers
2:00 P.M. EST
Tallahassee, Florida/Bragg Memorial Stadium
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Saturday is a highly important game for a team that has yet to define itself. The fact that FAMU has yet to determine what kind of team it is going to be, or who will be its playmakers, can make them a dangerous team since even their opponents aren’t sure just what to expect. Samford isn’t driving all the way from Birmingham, Alabama to Tallahassee just to take FAMU for granted though. After a loss last week against an FBS opponent the Samford Bulldogs will be eager to establish themselves against an FCS opponent.
For FAMU, it is about showing their own fans that they really are a good team that last week got off to a bad start. That will be important since next week FAMU travels to Ohio to play the Buckeyes.
Samford doesn’t have a football legacy to match Florida A&M’s, but they do have a history worth mentioning. Samford was originally known as Howard College and their football tradition goes as far back as 1906. The 1959 team is considered one of their best. That was the year a former player and lesser known coach named Bobby Bowden led them to a 9-1 record.
Current Florida State Coach Jimbo Fisher was quarterback at Samford in 1987.
But it was Bobby’s son, Coach Terry Bowden that led Samford to a 12-2 record in 1991 and a trip all the way to the semifinals of the Division 1-AA playoffs.
In a tough Southern Conference with ...
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