Prairie View A&M Panthers football

2015 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

First season

1907

Head coach

Willie Simmons
1st year, 9–2–0 (.818)

Stadium

Panther Stadium (Under Construction)

Seating capacity

15,000

Field surface

Natural grass

Location

Prairie View, Texas

Conference

SWAC

Division

West

All-time record

401–459–34 (.468)

Bowl record

24–25–1 (.490)

Claimed nat'l titles

5 Black college football national championships

Conference titles

Colors

Purple and Gold^[1]

Mascot

Panthers

Marching band

"Marching Storm"

Website

pvpanthers.com

The Prairie View A&M Panthers football team is the college football team representing the Prairie View A&M University. The Panthers play in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. From 1989-1998, Prairie View A&M lost 80 straight games, the longest losing streak in NCAA history.^[2]

Annual Classics

Labor Day Classic versus Texas Southern Tigers
State Fair Classic versus Grambling State Tigers

History

Classifications

1951–1972: NCAA College Division
1952–1969: NAIA
1970–1986: NAIA Division I
1973–1979: NCAA Division II
1980–present: NCAA Division I–AA

Conference memberships

1907–1922: Independent
1923–present: Southwestern Athletic Conference

Championships

Black college football national championships

1953
1954
1958
1963
1964

SWAC Championships

1931
1933 (shared with Langston)
1951
1952
1953
1954
1958
1960 (shared with Southern and Grambling State)
1963
1964
2009

College Football Hall of Fame members

William J. Nicks (head coach; 1945-1965)

Alumni in the NFL

Over 30 Prairie View alumni have played in the NFL,^[3] including:

References

↑ PVAMU Visual Identity Guidelines (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-09.
↑ http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/colfootball/teams/worst.html
↑ Pro Football Reference

External links

College Football Database Warehouse: Prairie View A&M Historical Data

Prairie View A&M Panthers football

Venues	Edward L. Blackshear Field (1960–present)

Bowls & rivalries	State Fair Classic (Grambling State)

Culture & lore	Marching Bands Brawl

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Southwestern Athletic Conference football

East Division	Alabama A&M Bulldogs Alabama State Hornets Alcorn State Braves Jackson State Tigers Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils

West Division	Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions Grambling State Tigers Prairie View A&M Panthers Southern Jaguars Texas Southern Tigers

Championships & awards	SWAC Championship Game

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