The 1937 Florida A&M Rattlers football team was an American football team that represented Florida A&M College as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1937 college football season. In their second season under head coach William M. Bell, the Rattlers compiled an overall record of 6–1–1 record with a mark of 5–0–1 in conference play, winning the SIAC title, and outscored opponents by a total of 132 to 74. In postseason play, the Rattlers defeated in the Orange Blossom Classic and then lost to Prairie View in the Prairie View Bowl on New Year's Day. The Rattlers played their home games at College Field in Tallahassee, Florida.
Jake Gaither, who later led the Rattlers from 1945 to 1969, was an assistant coach for the 1937 team.
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