1997: An Unexpected Easy Homecoming Win
Usually a homecoming opponent is someone you expect to beat rather easily, or at least that’s what many people think it should be. Florida A&M decided to take the opposite route, inviting SU to Bragg for its big game.
“No coach likes to play a tough homecoming game,” Billy Joe told the Tallahassee Democrat. “I don’t know one coach that would love that situation. I’m in that class as well. I would love to have an easy homecoming game.”
The Jaguars came into the game a perfect 8-0 thanks to its run offense (280 yards per game) and run defense (78 yards allowed per game). It was rated as the fifth best team in Division I-AA football. FAMU was a solid 6-2, but again the home team found itself to be the underdog.
And once again, the home team pulled off a suprising win, and this time it wasn’t even close. FAMU gripped the game from the start and never let go, coming up with a 33-3 win. Sampson stepped up big time with a 370 yard, three touchdown performance to take down the previously unbeaten Jags in front of 33,441 fans. Freshman Jaquay Nunnally caught all three TDs.
You forgot when FAMU blew there socks off something like 62-3 back in like 99. Southern came in ranked #2 in FCS. But left with no pride.