1946 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

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]

1946 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record6–2–2 (2–2–2 SWAC)
Head coach
1946 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Southern $ 6 0 09 2 1
Wiley 4 2 06 3 1
Arkansas AM&N 3 2 17 2 1
Prairie View A&M 2 2 27 2 2
Texas College 3 3 05 4 1
Langston 2 4 02 6 1
Samuel Huston 0 5 23 5 2
Bishop  ?  ?  ?4 3 1
  • $ Conference champion

The Dickinson System rated Prairie View as the No. 9 black college football team for 1946.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 283:15 p.m.at Samuel Huston
T 0–0[3]
Bergstrom AAFF*W 73–6
October 14vs. WileyL 0–1922,000[4]
October 26Arkansas AM&NPrairie View, TXT 7–7
November 1at Houston College for Negroes*Houston, TXW 6–0
November 9Texas CollegePrairie View, TXW 12–0
November 16at Grambling*Ruston, LAW 16–6
November 23at LangstonLangston, OKW 25–12
November 30SouthernPrairie View, TXL 0–35
January 1, 1947vs. Lincoln (MO)*Houston, TX (Prairie View Bowl)W 14–01,500[5]

References

  1. "Prairie View A&M; Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  2. Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennesssee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Football". The Austin American. Austin, Texas. September 28, 1946. p. 9. Retrieved December 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "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 open access.
  5. "Prairie View Takes Lincoln, 14 to 0". Austin American Statesman. January 2, 1946. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
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