1931 Prairie View Panthers football team
| 1931 Prairie View Panthers football | |
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SWAC champion | |
Prairie View Bowl, W 27–2 vs. Alabama State | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 9–1 (4–0 SWAC) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Blackshear Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bishop | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ? | – | ? | – | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Huston | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ? | – | ? | – | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas College | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ? | – | ? | – | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1931 Prairie View Panthers football team represented Prairie View Normal and Industrial College (now known as Prairie View A&M University) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1931 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Sam B. Taylor, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 9–1, with a conference record of 4–0, finished as SWAC champion, and with a victory over Alabama State in the Prairie View Bowl.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 3 | Houston Junior College* |
| W 32–0 | [2] | ||
| October 10 | Langston* |
| W 6–0 | [3] | ||
| October 19 | vs. Wiley | W 20–0 | [4] | |||
| October 23 | vs. Arkansas AM&N* | W 26–6 | 3,000 | [5] | ||
| October 31 | at Alcorn A&M* | W 39–0 | [6] | |||
| November 12 | Texas College |
| W 47–0 | [7] | ||
| November 14 | at Bishop | Marshall, TX | W 26–0 | [8] | ||
| November 26 | 2:00 p.m. | at Tuskegee* | L 0–21 | [9][10] | ||
| December 12 | at Samuel Huston |
| W 25–0 | [11] | ||
| January 1 | vs. Alabama State* | W 27–2 | 4,000 | [12] | ||
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References
- ↑ "Langston Voted To Vacancy Made By Paul Quinn in '28". The Louisiana Weekly. New Orleans, Louisiana. December 26, 1931. p. 5. Retrieved April 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Prairie View eleven tops Junior crew". The Chicago Defender. October 17, 1931. Retrieved April 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View whitewashes Langston in thriller by 6–0". The Chicago Defender. October 17, 1931. Retrieved April 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Wiley Wildcats take 20–0 trimming from Prairie View". The Marshall Morning News. October 20, 1931. Retrieved April 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View football team is victor over Arkansas; Neither team scored on before in 1931". Bryan Daily Eagle. October 24, 1931. Retrieved April 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View buries Alcorn". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 7, 1931. Retrieved April 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View wins". The Afro-American. November 21, 1931. Retrieved April 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View scores double win". The Chicago Defender. November 21, 1931. Retrieved April 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Tuskegee Battles Texas Team Today". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. November 26, 1931. p. 6. Retrieved May 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Tuskegee downs Texas team with great exhibition". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 27, 1931. Retrieved April 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Sam Taylor keeps promise; Gives Prairie View title". The Chicago Defender. December 19, 1931. Retrieved April 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View in 27–2 grid victory over 'Bama State". Houston Post-Dispatch. January 2, 1932. Retrieved April 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.