Jump to content

1977 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1977 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record3–8 (1–5 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEdward L. Blackshear Field
Rice Stadium
Seasons
← 1976
1978 →
1977 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Grambling State $ 6 0 0 10 1 0
Jackson State 5 1 0 8 3 0
Texas Southern 3 2 1 6 4 1
Mississippi Valley State 2 4 0 5 5 0
Alcorn State 2 4 0 3 8 0
Southern 1 4 1 3 7 1
Prairie View A&M 1 5 0 3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1977 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Hoover J. Wright, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 3–8, with a conference record of 1–5, and finished seventh in the SWAC.

Schedule

[edit]
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 11vs. East Texas State*L 10–38[1]
September 17Jackson StateL 2–27[2]
September 24SouthernL 6–46[3][4]
October 1at Grambling StateL 7–70[5]
October 8at Southwest Texas State*
W 17–7[6]
October 15at Texas Lutheran*
L 14–19[7]
October 22at Bishop*W 39–7
October 29Mississippi Valley State
  • Edward L. Blackshear Field
  • Prairie View, TX
W 3–0[8]
November 5at Arkansas–Pine Bluff*
L 20–33[9]
November 12at Alcorn StateL 12–31[10]
November 19at Texas SouthernL 28–29[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "East Texas wins 38–10". The Galveston Daily News. September 11, 1977. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Prairie View falls". The El Paso Times. September 18, 1977. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Jags rout PV, 46–6". The Shreveport Times. September 25, 1977. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Prairie View vs Southern". Digital Commons @PVAMU. Prairie View A&M University. September 24, 1977. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "Five for Williams in 70–7 rout". The Shreveport Times. October 2, 1977. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "PV shocks SWT, 19–7". The Sunday Express-News. October 9, 1977. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "TLC defeats Prairie View". Del Rio News Herald. October 16, 1977. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Prairie View 3, Mississippi Valley 0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 30, 1977. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Ark.–Pine Bluff 33, Prairie View 20". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 6, 1977. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Alcorn rips PV". The Sunday Express-News. November 13, 1977. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "TSU 29, Prairie View 28". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 20, 1977. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.