1978 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team
| 1978 Prairie View A&M Panthers football | |
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| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 3–7 (1–5 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Edward L. Blackshear Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Jackson State ^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Hoover J. Wright, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 3–7, with a conference record of 1–5, and finished seventh in the SWAC.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 16 | at Jackson State | L 14–41 | [1] | ||
| September 23 | at Southern | L 14–15 | [2][3] | ||
| September 30 | vs. No. T–10 Grambling State | L 6–37 | [4] | ||
| October 7 | vs. Southwest Texas State* | L 6–58 | 6,500 | [5] | |
| October 14 | Texas Lutheran* | W 12–7 | [6] | ||
| October 21 | at Bishop* | L 34–35 | |||
| October 28 | at Mississippi Valley State | L 23–42 | [7] | ||
| November 4 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff* |
| W 20–12 | [8] | |
| November 11 | Alcorn State |
| L 7–28 | [9] | |
| November 18 | at Texas Southern | W 20–6 | |||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Harris leads J. State to win". Hattiesburg American. September 17, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jags gamble, win". The Shreveport Times. September 24, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southern coach has rare career". Daily World. August 27, 1978. Retrieved August 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "G-Men flatten Prairie View". The Shreveport Times. October 1, 1979. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SWT wins 58–6 as records fall". Austin American-Statesman. October 8, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Prairie View nudges TLC". Del Rio News Herald. October 15, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss. Valley wins 42–23". Enterprise-Journal. October 29, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Prairie View 20, Pine Bluff 12". Austin American-Statesman. November 5, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alcorn wins, 28–7". The Yazoo Herald. November 12, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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