1929 Prairie View Panthers football team
| 1929 Prairie View Panthers football | |
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Prairie View Bowl, L 0–20 vs. Fisk | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 6–2–2 (1–1–2 SWAC) |
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| Captain | Prince |
| Home stadium | Blackshear Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bishop | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Huston | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ? | – | ? | – | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas College | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ? | – | ? | – | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1929 Prairie View Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Prairie View State Normal & Industrial College (now known as Prairie View A&M University) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1929 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Arthur J. Willis, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 6–2–2, with a mark of 1–1–2 in conference play, and finished third in the SWAC.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Bryan Baptist Academy* |
| W 28–0 | [1] | |
| October 5 | Beaumont YMCA* |
| W 6–0 | [2] | |
| October 12 | Houston Junior College* |
| W 32–0 | [3] | |
| October 21 | vs. Wiley | T 0–0 | [4] | ||
| November 2 | Jarvis* |
| W 73–0 | [5] | |
| November 11 | at Bishop |
| L 6–14 | [6] | |
| November 28 | at Texas College | Tyler, TX | T 6–6 | [7] | |
| December 7 | Samuel Huston |
| W 7–0 | [8] | |
| December 13 | vs. Alcorn A&M* |
| W 6–0 | [9] | |
| January 1 | vs. Fisk* | L 0–20 | 6,000–10,000 | [10][11][12] | |
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References
- ↑ "Prairie View downs Bryan Academy, 28–0". The Chicago Defender. October 5, 1929. Retrieved May 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View triumphs over Beaumont "Y" 6–0". The St. Louis Argus. October 11, 1929. Retrieved May 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View romps over Houston, 32 to 0". The Chicago Defender. October 19, 1929. Retrieved May 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Untilted". The Marshall Morning News. October 22, 1929. Retrieved May 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View 73, Jarvis 0". The St. Louis Argus. November 15, 1929. Retrieved May 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bishop Bears beat Prairie View 14 to 6". The Marshall Morning News. November 12, 1929. Retrieved May 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View in 6 to 6 deadlock wih Texas team". The Chicago Defender. December 7, 1929. Retrieved May 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View defeats Sam Houston, 7–0". The Chicago Defender. December 14, 1929. Retrieved May 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Texas gridders defeat Alcorn". Daily Clarion-Ledger. December 14, 1929. Retrieved May 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Fisk eleven in win over Prairie View". Houston Post-Dispatch. January 2, 1930. Retrieved May 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Atlanta In 7-0 Win Over Texas Team". Houston Post-Dispatch. Houston, Texas. January 2, 1929. p. 19. Retrieved April 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Atlanta Hurricane Downs Prairie View". The Afro-American. Baltimore, Maryland. January 12, 1929. p. 8. Retrieved April 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .