1938 Prairie View Panthers football team

1938 Prairie View Panthers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record4–2–3 (2–2–2 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBlackshear Field
1938 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Southern +4–1–17–1–1
Langston +3–0–34–1–3
Prairie View2–2–24–2–3
Wiley2–3–15–3–2
Texas College2–3–15–3–1
Arkansas AM&N2–3–14–4–1
Bishop1–4–14–5–1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1938 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 1938 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Sam B. Taylor, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 4–2–3, with a mark of 2–2–2 in conference play, and finished third in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Samuel Huston*Austin, TXCanceled [1]
October 1Tillotson*
W 46–0[2]
October 8Texas College
  • Blackshear Field
  • Prairie View, TX
L 7–143,000[3]
October 17vs. Wiley
T 6–610,000[4]
October 29Arkansas AM&Ndagger
  • Blackshear Field
  • Prairie View, TX
W 13–65,000[5]
November 5at Xavier (LA)*
T 0–0[6]
November 11at Bishop
W 32–19[7]
November 19at Langston
T 0–07,500[8]
November 24Southern
  • Blackshear Field
  • Prairie View, TX
L 12–20[9]
January 2vs. Tuskegee*
W 34–0[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ↑ "Prairie View grid opener postponed". The Houston Chronicle. September 24, 1939. Retrieved May 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Tillotson loses to Prairie View gridders, 46 to 0". The Houston Chronicle. October 2, 1938. Retrieved May 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Texas wins over Prairie View, 14 to 7". The Chicago Defender. October 15, 1938. Retrieved May 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Wiley-P.V. battle to 6–6 tie before 10,000 fans". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 22, 1938. Retrieved May 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Prairie View whips Arkansas State, 13–6". The Houston Chronicle. October 30, 1938. Retrieved May 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Xavier, Prairie View play to scoreless tie on grid". The Times-Picayune. November 6, 1938. Retrieved May 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Prairie View stops Bishop in wild tilt". The Chicago Defender. November 19, 1938. Retrieved May 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Lions–Panthers in scoreless tie". The Black Dispatch. November 26, 1938. Retrieved May 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Prairie View beaten by Louisiana team". The Houston Chronicle. November 25, 1938. Retrieved May 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Prairie View wins 34 to 0 tilt from Tuskegee". The Houston Post. January 3, 1939. Retrieved May 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
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