{"id":29917,"date":"2025-11-02T04:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/29917\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T04:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:53:11","slug":"rattlers-come-up-short-in-a-41-16-setback-to-jackson-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/29917\/","title":{"rendered":"Rattlers come up short in a 41-16 setback to Jackson State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                     &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                &#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/convert\" alt=\"2\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                          &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jsu_logo.png\" alt=\"Jackson St. Logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t41&#13;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tWinner&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tJackson St.&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tJSU&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t6-2 , 4-1&#13;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760837471_899_site.png\" alt=\"Florida A&amp;M Logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t16&#13;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tFlorida A&amp;M&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tFAM&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t3-5 , 2-2&#13;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tWinner<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762059189_627_jsu_logo.png\" alt=\"Jackson St. Logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tJackson St.&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tJSU&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>6-2 , 4-1<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t41&#13;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t16&#13;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tFlorida A&amp;M&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tFAM&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>3-5 , 2-2<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760837472_25_site.png\" alt=\"Florida A&amp;M Logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    &#13;<br \/>\n        Score By Quarters    &#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n                Team&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        1st&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        2nd&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        3rd&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        4th&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                F&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    JSU&#13;<br \/>\n                    Jackson St.&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    3&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    7&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    14&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    17&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                41&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    FAM&#13;<br \/>\n                    Florida A&amp;M&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    0&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    3&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    7&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    6&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                16&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Game Recap: Football | 11\/2\/2025 12:32:00 AM <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/logo1.png\" alt=\"Arkansas - Pine Bluff\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Arkansas &#8211; Pine Bluff<\/p>\n<p>11\/8\/2025 | 3 PM EST<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        HBCU GO  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Nov. 08 (Sat) \/ 3 PM EST&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/logo1.png\" alt=\"Arkansas - Pine Bluff\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Arkansas &#8211; Pine Bluff&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; Florida A&amp;M fell 41-16 to Jackson State at home Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers improved to 6-2 on the year and 4-1 in Southwestern Athletic Conference play, while the Rattlers fell to 3-5 overall and 2-2 in conference play.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/rj-johnson-iii\/5034\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5034\" target=\"_blank\">RJ Johnson III<\/a> led Florida A&amp;M&#8217;s passing attack with 132 yards through the air, tossing two touchdowns without throwing an interception.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson III paced the Rattlers rushing attack by accumulating 31 yards over the course of the game, averaging 4.4 yards per carry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/jordan-edwards\/4548\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4548\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Edwards<\/a> reeled in four catches for 49 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Ah&#8217;mare Lee showed out for the Florida A&amp;M defense, collecting six tackles, 1.5 TFL, and one recovered fumble.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Defensively, Florida A&amp;M held up fairly well against the Jackson State passing attack, holding the Tigers to 104 yards 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In part because of that strong defense, Florida A&amp;M receivers out-gained their Jackson State counterparts 132-104.<\/p>\n<p>How It Happened<\/p>\n<p>After falling behind 3-0, Florida A&amp;M responded with a field goal with 2:42 left in the second quarter to tie it up at 3-3.Jackson State then scored to take a 24-3 lead before the Rattlers put a touchdown on the board to narrow the advantage and make it a 24-10 game.<\/p>\n<p>After Jackson State scored to increase its lead to 41-10, Florida A&amp;M got on the scoreboard again with 1:53 left in the fourth quarter to narrow the advantage and make it a 41-16 game. Both teams played the rest of the game without scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Game Notes<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Jackson State outgained Florida A&amp;M 496-202 in the contest.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb Florida A&amp;M converted 1 of 11 third downs while Jackson State was successful on 9 of 15.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb The Rattlers had three players with more than eight tackles in the ballgame led by <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/nay-ron-jenkins\/4274\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4274\" target=\"_blank\">Nay&#8217;Ron Jenkins<\/a>, who had nine.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb Florida A&amp;M went 1-for-2 on fourth down, converting on 50 percent of attempts.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb Florida A&amp;M forced one red zone turnover in the contest.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb Jared Lockhart led the Tigers passing attack, completing five of his 10 attempts for 104 yards and one touchdown.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb Ahmad Miller led the Jackson State rushing attack with 165 yards and one touchdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; 41&#13; &#13; &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-29917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}