Florida A&M Rattlers NCAA Football News

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Nov. 25 -- Florida A&M University , a component of the public university system in Florida , issued the following news release: Florida A&M University senior quarterback Curtis Pulley was announced Wednesday as the 2009 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year as voted on by the MEAC head football coaches ...

Nine Norfolk State football players were named Wednesday to the All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference teams, second-most in program history.

N.C. A&T running back Mike Mayhew was named MEAC Rookie of the Year on Wednesday in voting by the league's coaches and sports information directors.

Considering where they once were, it was amazing that Bethune-Cookman had a chance to salvage a winning season Saturday.

The season isn't over yet for coach Joe Taylor and nine players from FAMU's football team.

Florida A&M fans, welcome to your future. With starting quarterback Curtis Pulley injured and backup Eddie Battle also on the mend, redshirt freshman Martin Ukpai was pressed into duty.

They thought their performance against archrival Bethune-Cookman would warrant one of the final berths in the NCAA playoffs.

He was hit hard. He threw an interception. He was sacked. But freshman quarterback Martin Ukpai spent most of Saturday afternoon proving that he is very capable of directing FAMU's offense as he carried the Rattlers to a 42-6 victory over Bethune-Cookman University in the Citrus Bowl.

Philip Sylvester ran for 121 yards and two touchdowns as Florida A&M University beat Bethune-Cookman 42-6 in the 30th Florida Classic on Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams.

After consecutive 5-6 seasons in 2006-07, Bethune-Cookman's Dexter Jackson would have been satisfied with the Wildcats' 8-3 record last year -- if that third loss hadn't come against Florida A&M in the season-ending Florida Classic.

Past the trophy cases filled with mementos of FAMU 's past football glory, sitting on a table near the receptionist in the Rattlers' coaches office, are a stack of posters with FAMU's team motto this season written across them: "To get to, you must go through." It's a slogan that wasn't necessarily supposed to be so fitting.

When Florida A&M's 2010 football schedule is released, the reaction to seeing the University of Miami as the first game won't change from what it was this year: Count that one as a loss.

When defensive tackle Lyman Reed turned away Hampton University's running back LaMarcus Coker on fourth-and-1 from FAMU's 13-yard-line, that was one of few hopeful moments in the game.

Steve Robinson carried 17 times for 150 yards and two touchdowns and Hampton rolled up 341 rushing yards in a 25-0 victory over Florida A&M on Saturday.

Steve Robinson carried 17 times for 150 yards and two touchdowns and Hampton rolled up 341 rushing yards in a 25-0 victory over Florida A&M on Saturday.

Time: Today at 1 p.m. n Site: Armstrong Stadium, Hampton, Va. n Online: Live-game blog on RattlerNews.com. n TV: None.

The final run through the game plan for Saturday's game had been over for almost an hour and the weight room inside Galimore Fieldhouse was buzzing with some of the same FAMU players who were on the practice field.

Kyle Newhall-Caballero threw two touchdown passes and ran for another, and Brown steamrolled one of the nation's best defenses for nearly 500 yards in a 35-21 win over Yale on Saturday.

The one quarter Alonzo Lee's team has dominated all season turned out to be the difference in an unpredictable game between North Carolina A&T and Florida A&M. A four-point halftime lead disappeared in the third quarter as the Rattlers overcame fumbles, and the loss of quarterback Curtis Pulley to take a lead they would not relinquish in a 31-27 ...

LeRoy Vann can breathe again. After going five games without a punt or kick return for a touchdown, Vann took one back 51 yards to get FAMU's final score in a 31-27 victory over North Carolina A&T Saturday at Bragg Stadium.