1946 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team
| 1946 Prairie View A&M Panthers football | |
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Prairie View Bowl, W 14–0 vs. Lincoln (MO) | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 6–2–2 (2–2–2 SWAC) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Southern $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Wiley | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Arkansas AM&N | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Prairie View A&M | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Texas College | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Langston | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Samuel Huston | 0 | – | 5 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Bishop | ? | – | ? | – | ? | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Prairie View A&M University in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their second season under head coach Billy Nicks, the team compiled a 6–2–2 record (2–2–2 against SWAC opponents), defeated Lincoln (MO) in the Prairie View Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 153 to 85.[1]
The Dickinson System rated Prairie View as the No. 9 black college football team for 1946.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 28 | 3:15 p.m. | at Samuel Huston |
| T 0–0 | [3] | |||
| Bergstrom AAFF* | W 73–6 | |||||||
| October 14 | vs. Wiley | L 0–19 | 22,000 | [4] | ||||
| October 26 | Arkansas AM&N | Prairie View, TX | T 7–7 | |||||
| November 1 | at Houston College for Negroes* | Houston, TX | W 6–0 | |||||
| November 9 | Texas College |
| W 12–0 | [5] | ||||
| November 16 | at Grambling* | Ruston, LA | W 16–6 | |||||
| November 23 | at Langston | Langston, OK | W 25–12 | |||||
| November 30 | 2:30 p.m. | Southern |
| L 0–35 | [6] | |||
| January 1, 1947 | vs. Lincoln (MO)* | Houston, TX (Prairie View Bowl) | W 14–0 | 1,500 | [7] | |||
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References
- ^ "Prairie View A&M; Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ^ Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Football". The Austin American. Austin, Texas. September 28, 1946. p. 9. Retrieved December 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Wiley Defeats Prairie View By 19-0 Score". The Marshall News Messenger. Marshall, Texas. Associated Press. October 15, 1946. p. 6. Retrieved December 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1297&context=pv-announcement
- ^ https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1298&context=pv-announcement
- ^ "Prairie View Takes Lincoln, 14 to 0". Austin American Statesman. January 2, 1946. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.