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2004 Florida A&M Rattlers football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–8
Head coach	Billy Joe (11th season)
Home stadium	Bragg Memorial Stadium

The 2004 Florida A&M Rattlers football team represented Florida A&M University as an independent during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by eleventh-year head coach Billy Joe, the Rattlers compiled an overall record of 3–8.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 4	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 13–52	46,106
September 11	at Tulane	Caesars Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 19–39	23,214
September 18	at Temple	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–38	17,104
September 25	vs. Tennessee State	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (Atlanta Football Classic)	W 21–15	67,712
October 2	Virginia Union	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	W 35–10	11,098
October 9	Nicholls State	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 25–42	8,196
October 16	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 0–62	65,115
October 23	Savannah State	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	W 50–14	24,163
October 30	Florida Atlantic	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 8–38	13,436
November 20	vs. Bethune–Cookman	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Classic)	L 52–58 OT	71,153
November 27	at FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL	L 23–40	21,010

Game summaries

At Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rattlers	0	0	0	13	13
Fighting Illini	7	24	21	0	52

At Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rattlers	6	7	0	6	19
Green Wave	6	19	7	7	39

At Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rattlers	7	0	0	0	7
Owls	17	7	7	7	38

vs. Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	13	0	2	15
Rattlers	0	6	0	15	21

Virginia Union

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	3	0	0	10
Rattlers	6	8	7	14	35

Nicholls State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	7	14	21	0	42
Rattlers	0	13	6	6	25

At Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rattlers	0	0	0	0	0
Hokies	24	24	14	0	62

Savannah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	6	8	14
Rattlers	6	30	14	0	50

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	10	14	7	38
Rattlers	0	0	0	8	8

vs. Bethune–Cookman

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Rattlers	21	17	14	0	0	52
Wildcats	7	14	17	14	6	58

At FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rattlers	6	0	8	9	23
Golden Panthers	2	24	7	7	40