1944 Prairie View Panthers football team
| 1944 Prairie View Panthers football | |
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Prairie View Bowl, L 0–26 vs. Wiley | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 3–6 (2–4 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Blackshear Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas College + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Langston + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Huston | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas AM&N | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1944 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 1944 college football season. In their first season under head coach LeRoy T. Walker, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 3–6, with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the SWAC.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 30 | Samuel Huston |
| L 0–6 | [1] | |
| October 16 | vs. Wiley | L 0–28 | 14,000 | [2] | |
| October 21 | at Xavier (LA)* | L 6–7 | [3] | ||
| October 28 | at Arkansas AM&N |
| W 40–6 | [4] | |
| November 11 | Texas College |
| L 6–26 | 4,000 | [5] |
| November 18 | at Samuel Huston | Austin, TX | W 2–0 | ||
| November 25 | vs. Langston |
| L 6–15 | ||
| December 2 | at Southern | W 6–8 | [6] | ||
| January 1 | vs. Wiley* | L 0–26 | 7,000 | [7] | |
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References
- ↑ "Huston upset Prairie View 6–0". Atlanta Daily World. October 8, 1944. Retrieved May 9, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Wiley runs over Prairie View, 28–0". The Houston Post. October 17, 1944. Retrieved May 9, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Xavier defeats Prairie View, 7–6". The Times-Picayune. October 22, 1944. Retrieved May 9, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "P.V. downs Ark. State". The Chicago Defender. November 4, 1944. Retrieved May 9, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Steers defeat Prairie View". The Chicago Defender. November 18, 1944. Retrieved May 9, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View beats Southern University". The Houston Chronicle. December 3, 1944. Retrieved May 9, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Houston boys lead Wiley to victory". The Houston Post. January 2, 1945. Retrieved May 9, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.