1951 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

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1951 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
SWAC champion
Prairie View Bowl, W 27–26 vs. Arkansas AM&N
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	9–1 (6–1 SWAC)
Head coach	James A. Stevens (3rd season)
Home stadium	Blackshear Field
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Prairie View A&M $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 17 Texas College	4	–	1	–	2	5	–	3	–	2
No. 21 Southern	4	–	1	–	2	5	–	4	–	2
No. 20 Arkansas AM&N	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Langston	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Wiley	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Samuel Huston	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Bishop	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from Associated Negro Press^[1]

The 1951 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M College of Texas—now known as Prairie View A&M University—as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1951 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach James A. Stevens, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 9–1 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, winning the SWAC title.^[2] Prairie View A&M defeated Arkansas AM&N in the Prairie View Bowl, 27–26.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22		Samuel Huston	Prairie View, TX	W 64–0		^[3]
September 29		vs. Bishop	Port Arthur, TX	W 72–0	4,500	^[4]
October 15		vs. Wiley	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (State Fair Classic)	W 32–0	28,000	^[5]
October 27		at Arkansas AM&N	Pumphrey Stadium Pine Bluff, AR	W 20–6		^[6]
November 3	2:30 p.m.	at Texas College	Steer Stadium Tyler, TX	W 33–6	8,000	^[7]^[8]
November 10		Grambling*	Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	W 34–12		^[9]^[10]
November 17		Langston	Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	W 25–0	10,000	^[11]^[12]
November 24	8:00 p.m.	at Southern	Memorial Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–13		^[13]^[14]
November 30		at Texas Southern*	Buffalo Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 33–13	6,000–14,500	^[15]^[16]
January 1	2:00 p.m.	vs. Arkansas AM&N*	Buffalo Stadium Houston, TX (Prairie View Bowl)	W 27–26	8,500	^[17]^[18]
*Non-conference game All times are in Central time

References

^ "The Pigskin Huddle". The Call. December 14, 1951. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2018 Southwestern Athletic Conference Media Guide | Football" (PDF). Southwestern Athletic Conference. p. 81. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
^ "Prairie View Dazzles Sam Houston, 64-0". Alabama Tribune. Montgomery, Alabama. September 28, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Dixon, R. E. (October 5, 1951). "'Skipper's Southwest Sport-O-Graph'; P. V. Swamps Bishop". The Call. Kansas City, Missouri. p. 11. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Wiley Falls 32-0 In Cotton Bowl". The Marshall News Messenger. Marshall, Texas. October 16, 1951. p. 9. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Prairie View Hangs Arkansas State 20-0[sic]". The Call. Kansas City, Missouri. November 2, 1951. p. 10. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Texas College, Prairie View Clash Saturday". Tyler Morning Telegraph. Tyler, Texas. November 3, 1951. p. 7. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Panthers' Second Half Rally Dims League Rivals' Title Hopes". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1951. p. 16. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Dixon, R. E. (November 16, 1951). "Coach Henry Kean's Tenn. State Cats Squelch National Aim of Morris Brown; Prairie View Plunders On". The Call. Kansas City, Missouri. p. 20. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Grambling becomes Prairie View's seventh straight victim". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 17, 1951. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Dixon, R. E. (November 16, 1951). "Southwest Round-Up". The Call. Kansas City, Missouri. p. 20. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Prairie View Wins Crown In Southwest Conference". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1951. p. 14. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Southern Cats Meet Prairie View Saturday". Alabama Tribune. Montgomery, Alabama. November 23, 1951. p. 7. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Dixon, R. E. (November 30, 1951). "'Skipper's Southwest Sport-O-Graph'; Southern Upsets P. V. Panthers, 13-0". The Call. Kansas City, Missouri. p. 12. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Wood, C. A. (December 7, 1951). "P. V. Panthers Top Texas Southern Cats, 33-13". The Call. Kansas City, Missouri. p. 11. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Nunn, Bill Jr. (December 8, 1951). "Panthers Prove Top Team In Southwest". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 14. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Expect 10,000 At Prairie View Bowl Tilt New Year's Day". The Call. Kansas City, Missouri. December 28, 1951. p. 11. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Prairie View Scores 27-26 Win In Bowl". Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi). January 2, 1952. p. 8. Retrieved March 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

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National championship seasons in bold

Southwestern Athletic Conference football champions

Wiley (1921)
Paul Quinn (1922)
Wiley (1923)
Paul Quinn (1924)
Bishop (1925)
Samuel Huston (1926)
Wiley (1927)
Wiley (1928)
Wiley (1929)
Wiley (1930)
Prairie View (1931)
Wiley (1932)
Langston & Prairie View (1933)
Texas College (1934)
Texas College (1935)
Texas College & Langston (1936)
Texas College (1937)
Southern & Langston (1938)
Langston (1939)
Southern & Langston (1940)
No champion (1941)
Texas College (1942)
No champion (1943)
Wiley, Texas College, & Langston (1944)
Wiley (1945)
Southern (1946)
Southern (1947)
Southern (1948)
Southern & Langston (1949)
Southern (1950)
Prairie View (1951)
Prairie View (1952)
Prairie View (1953)
Prairie View (1954)
Southern (1955)
Texas Southern & Wiley (1956)
Wiley (1957)
Prairie View (1958)
Southern (1959)
Southern, Prairie View, & Grambling (1960)
Jackson State (1961)
Jackson State (1962)
Prairie View (1963)
Prairie View (1964)
Grambling (1965)
Grambling, Southern, & Texas Southern (1966)
Grambling (1967)
Alcorn A&M, Grambling, & Texas Southern (1968)
Alcorn A&M (1969)
Alcorn A&M (1970)
Grambling (1971)
Grambling & Jackson State (1972)
Grambling & Jackson State (1973)
Grambling State & Alcorn State (1974)
Grambling State, Jackson State, & Southern (1975)
Alcorn State (1976)
Grambling State (1977)
Grambling State (1978)
Grambling State & Alcorn State (1979)
Grambling State & Jackson State (1980)
Jackson State (1981)
Jackson State (1982)
Grambling State (1983)
Alcorn State (1984)
Jackson State & Grambling State (1985)
Jackson State (1986)
Jackson State (1987)
Jackson State (1988)
Grambling State (1989)
Jackson State (1990)
Alabama State (1991)
Alcorn State (1992)
Southern (1993)
Alcorn State & Grambling State (1994)
Jackson State (1995)
Jackson State (1996)
Southern (1997)
Southern (1998)
Southern (1999)
Grambling State (2000)
Grambling State (2001)
Grambling State (2002)
Southern (2003)
Alabama State (2004)
Grambling State (2005)
Alabama A&M (2006)
Jackson State (2007)
Grambling State (2008)
Prairie View (2009)
Texas Southern (2010) vacated
Grambling State (2011)
Arkansas–Pine Bluff (2012)
Southern (2013)
Alcorn State (2014)
Alcorn State (2015)
Grambling State (2016)
Grambling State (2017)
Alcorn State (2018)
Alcorn State (2019)
Alabama A&M (2020)
Jackson State (2021)
Jackson State (2022)
Florida A&M (2023)
Jackson State (2024)

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