FAMU homecoming game brings pageantry to Bragg

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- A week-long celebration reaches its climax Saturday.

Florida A&M’s football team will battle conference titan North Carolina A&T at 3 p.m. in Bragg Memorial Stadium for its annual homecoming game in front of what should be a sold-out crowd.

The game will be a challenge, for sure, but FAMU’s homecoming kicked off earlier this week – the Rattlers have been in celebration mode much longer than the lead-up to the game.

Still, it’s not homecoming without a football game at the end of the week, and this season’s contest promises to be as packed as it has been in recent years.

Chris Asa, associate athletic director for tickets and corporate sales at FAMU, said the turnout for the game should rival the 26,044 who came out to watch the Rattlers’ 2016 homecoming win over Hampton. Attendance for last season’s homecoming was the highest since 2010.

“We’ve got our hands full here for homecoming,” said football head coach Alex Wood.



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