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1947 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

1947 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record6–6 (5–2 SWAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Southern $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Prairie View A&M 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
No. 16 Texas College 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 3
Bishop 3 – 2 – 2 3 – 4 – 3
No. 20 Wiley 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Langston 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Samuel Huston 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 9 – 0
Arkansas AM&N 0 – 6 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.[1]

The 1947 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 1947 college football season. In their third season under head coach Billy Nicks, the team compiled a 6–6 record, lost to Wilberforce State in the Fruit Bowl and to Texas Southern in the Prairie View Bowl, and was outscored by a total of 137 to 89.[2] Prairie View ranked No. 17 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Samuel HustonPrairie View, TXW 12–0
October 4at BishopMarshall, TXW 8–6
October 13vs. Wiley
W 12–6[4]
October 25at Arkansas AM&NPine Bluff, ARW 6–0
October 31at Texas State*
L 7–13[5]
November 8at Texas CollegeTyler, TXL 6–9
November 15Grambling*Prairie View, TXL 0–13
November 22LangstonPrairie View, TXW 19–7
November 29at Southern
L 12–44
December 5at Paul Quinn*Waco, TXW 7–0
December 14vs. Wilberforce State*
L 0–2610,000[6]
January 1, 1948at Texas State*
L 0–12[7]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Prairie View A&M; Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Marshall Football Clubs Hit Road for Games This Week-End". Marshall News Messenger. October 13, 1947. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Texas upsets P.V., 13 to 12". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 8, 1947. Retrieved July 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Bob Brachman (December 15, 1947). "Wilberforce Wins Bowl Tilt, 26-0". The San Francisco Examiner. pp. 24, 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Texas State blanks Prairie View 12–0 for bowl crown". The Amarillo Globe-Times. January 2, 1948. Retrieved July 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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