1945 Prairie View Panthers football team
| 1945 Prairie View Panthers football | |
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Prairie View Bowl, W 12–0 vs. Tuskegee | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 3–5–1 (1–4–1 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Blackshear Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas College | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Langston | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Huston | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ? | – | ? | – | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas AM&N | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1945 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 1945 college football season. In their first season under head coach Billy Nicks, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 3–5–1, with a mark of 1–4–1 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SWAC.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 29 | Samuel Huston |
| T 0–0 | [1] | |
| October 15 | vs. Wiley | L 7–35 | 19,000 | [2] | |
| October 27 | at Arkansas AM&N |
| W 20–0 | [3] | |
| November 3 | Tillotson* | W 16–13 | |||
| November 9 | vs. Texas College | L 0–12 | [4] | ||
| November 17 | at Samuel Huston | Austin, TX | L 8–12 | [5] | |
| November 24 | Langston |
| L 13–27 | [6] | |
| December 1 | at Southern | L 6–46 | [7] | ||
| January 1 | vs. Tuskegee* |
| W 12–0 | 10,000 | [8] |
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References
- ↑ "Prairie View tied by Samuel Huston". The Houston Post. September 30, 1945. Retrieved May 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Wiley Wildcats win". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 16, 1945. Retrieved May 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View tops Arkansas State, 20–0". The Chicago Defender. November 3, 1945. Retrieved May 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View bows to Texas, 12 to 0". The Houston Post. November 10, 1945. Retrieved May 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Sam Huston, 7; P.V., 8". The Chicago Defender. November 24, 1945. Retrieved May 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Langston spoils P.V. homecoming". The Chicago Defender. December 1, 1945. Retrieved May 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Southern Cats claw P. View". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 8, 1945. p. 17. Retrieved May 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Prairie View is 12–0 victor over Tuskegee eleven". The Houston Chronicle. January 2, 1946. Retrieved May 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.