The 1976 Florida A&M Rattlers football team represented Florida A&M University as a member of Division I of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. Led by third-year head coach Rudy Hubbard, the Rattlers finished the season overall record of 5–4–2 and a mark of 3–1–1 in conference play, tying for second play in the SIAC's Division I.^[1] Florida A&M defeated the Central State Marauders in the Orange Blossom Classic. Alabama State later forfeited their win over Florida A&M, improving the Rattlers' overall record to 6–3–2.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	2:00 p.m.	at Albany State	Albany, GA	W 35–22	9,500	[2][3]
September 25	7:00 p.m.	North Carolina A&T*	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	W 24–22	12,102–14,000	[4][5][6][7][8]
October 2	7:00 p.m.	Howard*	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	W 16–14	12,800–12,831	[9][10][11]
October 9	2:30 p.m.	vs. Alabama State*	Ladd Stadium Mobile, AL	W 13–16 (forfeit win)	7,893–7,991	[12][13][14]
October 16		at Morris Brown	Herndon Stadium Atlanta, GA	T 14–14	10,000–15,000	[15][16]
October 23	7:00 p.m.	No. T–10 Tennessee State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 3–21	27,500	[17][18][19][20]
October 30	7:30 p.m.	vs. Tuskegee	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL	T 28–28	9,000–17,000	[21][22]
November 6		Alabama A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	W 53–14	15,800–15,831	[23]
November 13		at Southern*	Southern University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 6–24	14,500–15,500	[24]
November 20		vs. Bethune–Cookman	Tangerine Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Classic)	L 0–34	30,000	[25]
December 4		vs. Central State (OH)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Blossom Classic)	W 26–21	18,042	[26]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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