1968 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

1968 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	4–6 (2–5 SWAC)
Head coach	Hoover J. Wright (3rd season)
Home stadium	Edward L. Blackshear Field

1968 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Alcorn A&M +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Grambling +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Texas Southern +	6	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Arkansas AM&N	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Southern	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Prairie View A&M	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Jackson State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Wiley	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1968 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1968 NCAA College Division football season. They were led by third-year head coach Hoover J. Wright and played their home games at Edward L. Blackshear Field in Prairie View, Texas. Prairie View A&M finished the season with an overall record of 4–6 and a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the SWAC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 21	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	W 10–8
September 28	at Southern	A. W. Mumford Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–26
October 5	Grambling*	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	L 14–22
October 19	at Bishop*	Dallas, TX (State Fair Classic)	L 10–13
October 26	Arkansas AM&N	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	L 0–9
November 2	Mississippi Valley State*	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	W 19–7
November 9	at Allen*	Columbia, SC	W 20–2
November 16	Alcorn A&M	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	L 3–17
November 23	at Texas Southern	Jeppesen Stadium Houston, TX	L 14–22
November 30	at Wiley	Maverick Stadium Marshall, TX	W 22–15
*Non-conference game