1961 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

1961 Florida A&M Rattlers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record10–0 (5–0 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBragg Memorial Stadium
1961 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Florida A&M $ 5 0 010 0 0
Alabama A&M 5 0 08 1 0
Allen 4 2 05 4 0
Bethune–Cookman 5 2 05 3 0
Morris Brown 4 2 05 4 0
Fisk 4 2 05 4 0
Tuskegee 4 1 14 4 1
Morehouse 3 3 04 4 0
Clark (GA) 2 3 13 3 2
Lane 1 4 02 5 1
Benedict 2 4 02 7 0
South Carolina State 2 5 02 7 0
Alabama State 1 5 01 7 0
Knoxville 1 5 01 7 0
Fort Valley State 0 5 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1961 Florida A&M Rattlers football team was an American football team that represented Florida A&M University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1961 college football season. In their 17th season under head coach Jake Gaither, the Rattlers compiled a perfect 10–0 record, including a victory over Jackson State in the Orange Blossom Classic for the black college football national championship, and shut out six of ten opponents. The team was ranked No. 4 in the final AP small college poll and No. 6 in the final UPI coaches poll.

Center Curtis Miranda received first-team honors on the 1961 Little All-America college football team.

The team's statistical leaders included Robert Paremore with 376 rushing yards, 11 touchdowns and 66 points scored, Emory Collier with 742 passing yards, and Al Denson with 395 receiving yards.

The team played its home games at Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.