1947 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record6–6 (5–2 SWAC)
Head coach
1947 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Southern $ 7 0 010 2 0
No. 17 Prairie View A&M 5 2 06 6 0
No. 16 Texas College 3 1 15 2 3
Bishop 3 2 23 4 3
No. 20 Wiley 3 3 14 3 2
Langston 2 4 12 7 1
Samuel Huston 1 6 03 9 0
Arkansas AM&N 0 6 12 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. WileyW 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 SouthernL 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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