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Football season is right around the corner and Alabama A&M Sports Information is taking you inside each of the 11 games throughout the spring and summer with an in-depth look at each over an 11-week stretch leading up to Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Media Day on Thursday, July 21.

 

Each release will come out on Sunday and will feature info on the opponent, series history, location and even insight from head coach Connell Maynor to get you primed for the 2022 campaign.

 

Make sure to check www.AAMUSports.com every Sunday to catch the latest release and each of the previous ones.

 

GAME NO. 4: FLORIDA A&M • SEPTEMBER 24 • TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA • 5 P.M. (CST)

 

Game Details

Date: Saturday, September 24

Location: Tallahassee, Fla.

Time: 5 p.m. (CST)

Stadium: Bragg Memorial Stadium (25,550)

Address: 1601 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida

 

About The Game

The Bulldogs hit the road once again, this time at Florida A&M to kick off eight straight SWAC contests through the end of the 2022 regular season. It is also one of just two true league road games on the schedule with the other coming at Mississippi Valley State on November 5.

 

A&M will take to the road three more times the rest of the way but each will be at a neutral site, beginning with the St. Louis River City HBCU Football Classic against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on October 16.

 

That will be followed with the Magic City Classic against Alabama State on October 29 in Birmingham, Alabama and a trip to Mobile, Alabama for a showdown with Jackson State in the 2022 Gulf Coast Challenge on November 12.

 

Beyond that, this will be just the third trip to the State of Florida in the program's NCAA Division I history (since 1998) and only the second time they will have played a Florida based team in their home state.

 

The first trip was a 47-13 loss to North Carolina A&T on August 31, 2014 as part of the 10th Annual MEAC/SWAC Challenge in Orlando, Florida. It would be seven years until the next trip to the Sunshine State when the Bulldogs played SWAC newcomer Bethune-Cookman on ESPN2, notching a 30-27 victory in a driving rainstorm on September 16, 2021.

 

Overall, A&M has a 1-1 record against teams from Florida, with both coming last year. They earned that three-point win over the Wildcats and then later fell 35-31 to FAMU on October 16.

 

Series History vs. Florida A&M

It is one of the briefest series histories in the history of the program as last year's meeting was the first ever. The Rattlers hold a 1-0 advantage by virtue of their four-point victory.

 

Series Flashback

This week's flashback doesn't take us back that far, returning to the only meeting against FAMU on October 16, 2021. Check out the full recap to get the full story of that 35-31 decision.

 

From Head Coach Connell Maynor

"Florida A&M is our first conference game this year and it will be a huge game to set the tone for the season. Playing at FAMU, they have one of the toughest stadiums to win in. Coach [Willie] Simmons is a great coach and always has a good team. We look forward to the challenge."

 

2022 Alabama A&M Football Schedule Series Release Dates

May 8 – Game No. 1 at Alabama-Birmingham (9/1)

May 15 – Game No. 2 at Troy (9/10)

May 22 – Game No. 3 vs. Austin Peay (9/17)

May 29 – Game No. 4 at Florida A&M (9/24)

June 5 – Game No. 5 vs. Bethune-Cookman (10/1)

June 12 – Game No. 6 vs. Grambling (10/8)

June 19 – Game No. 7 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (10/16) - Neutral

June 26 – Game No. 8 vs. Alabama State (10/29) - Neutral

July 3 – Game No. 9 at Mississippi Valley State (11/5)

July 10 – Game No. 10 vs. Jackson State (11/12) - Neutral

July 17 – Game No. 11 vs. Texas Southern (11/19)

Original source can be found here.