1934 Prairie View Panthers football team

1934 Prairie View Panthers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record5–4 (2–3 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBlackshear Field
1934 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas College $4–0–19–0–1
Langston3–1–07–2–0
Southern1–1–04–3–0
Prairie View2–3–05–4–0
Wiley1–2–15–4–1
Samuel Huston0–4–0?–?–?
Bishop0–0–06–0–1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1934 Prairie View Panthers football team was an American football team that 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 1934 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Sam B. Taylor the Panthers compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the SWAC.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at Paul Quinn*Waco, TXW 33–0[2]
October 10Mary Allen*
W 47–0[2]
October 15vs. WileyW 13–128,500[3]
October 20Samuel Huston
  • Blackshear Field
  • Prairie View, TX
W 27–0[4]
October 27at Arkansas AM&N*
W 13–6
November 3Texas Collegedagger
  • Blackshear Field
  • Prairie View, TX
L 7–17[5]
November 24at Langston
L 0–7[6]
November 29Southern
  • Blackshear Field
  • Prairie View, TX
L 0–7[7]
January 1vs. Tuskegee*L 6–152,000[8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ↑ Okeson, Walter R., ed. (1935). Spalding's Official Intercollegiate Foot Ball Guide 1935. New York, New York: American Sports Publishing Co. pp. 181–207.
  2. 1 2 "Both were undefeated". The Call. October 19, 1934. Retrieved May 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Wiley Loses To Prairie View". The Marshall News Messenger. Marshall, Texas. October 16, 1934. p. 2. Retrieved August 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ↑ "Prairie View, minus three stars, victor". The Call. October 26, 1934. Retrieved May 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Texas College down Prairie View, 17 to 7". The Chicago Defender. November 10, 1934. Retrieved May 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Prairie View falls before Langston, 7–0". The Call. November 30, 1934. Retrieved May 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Southern is victor over Prairie View". The Louisiana Weekly. December 8, 1934. Retrieved May 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Tuskegee Defeats Prairie View 15-6". Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Texas). January 2, 1935. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon