FAMU coach Alex Wood unfazed by heavy road schedule

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- First-year Florida A&M football coach Alex Wood didn’t plan this year’s football schedule, but he plans to make the most of it.

The Rattlers — who finished last season 3-9 and enter this season with an almost entirely-new coaching staff — start the season Sept. 5 against South Florida in Tampa and don’t return home until Sept. 26 against Tennessee State. FAMU hits the road again for a game against Savannah State, then starts a three-game home stand, beginning Oct. 10 with North Carolina Central.

In total, seven of the Rattlers 11 games are away from home, including the neutral-site Florida Classic against Bethune-Cookman at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.

“You just make sure you win those games,” Wood said.



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2015 FAMU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Sept. 5 at University of South Florida+                Tampa, Fla.

Sept. 12 at Samford University**                          Birmingham, Ala.

Sept. 19 at South Carolina State* Orangeburg, S.C.

SEPT. 26 TENNESSEE STATE++     HOME

Oct. 3 at Savannah State* Savannah, Ga.

OCT. 10 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL*     HOME

OCT. 17 DELAWARE STATE *      HOME

OCT. 31 NORTH CAROLINA A&T*       HOME

Nov. 7 at Hampton University* Hampton, Va.

Nov. 14 at Morgan State University* Baltimore, Md.

Nov. 21 Bethune-Cookman * Orlando, Fla. (Florida Blue/Florida Classic)

*Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Games
+ American Athletic Conference

 **Southern Conference
++Ohio Valley Conference