1978 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

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.

1978 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record3–7 (1–5 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEdward L. Blackshear Field
1978 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Grambling State $ 5 0 19 1 1
No. 2 Jackson State ^ 5 1 010 2 0
Mississippi Valley State 3 2 16 3 1
Alcorn State 2 3 15 4 1
Southern 2 4 04 7 0
Texas Southern 1 4 13 7 1
Prairie View A&M 1 5 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Jackson StateL 14–41[1]
September 23at SouthernL 14–15[2][3]
September 30vs. No. T–10 Grambling StateL 6–37[4]
October 7vs. Southwest Texas State*L 6–586,500[5]
October 14Texas Lutheran*W 12–7[6]
October 21at Bishop*L 34–35
October 28at Mississippi Valley StateL 23–42[7]
November 4Arkansas–Pine Bluff*
  • Edward L. Blackshear Field
  • Prairie View, TX
W 20–12[8]
November 11Alcorn State
  • Edward L. Blackshear Field
  • Prairie View, TX
L 7–28[9]
November 18at Texas SouthernW 20–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Harris leads J. State to win". Hattiesburg American. September 17, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Jags gamble, win". The Shreveport Times. September 24, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Southern coach has rare career". Daily World. August 27, 1978. Retrieved August 20, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "G-Men flatten Prairie View". The Shreveport Times. October 1, 1979. Retrieved August 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "SWT wins 58–6 as records fall". Austin American-Statesman. October 8, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Prairie View nudges TLC". Del Rio News Herald. October 15, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Miss. Valley wins 42–23". Enterprise-Journal. October 29, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Prairie View 20, Pine Bluff 12". Austin American-Statesman. November 5, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Alcorn wins, 28–7". The Yazoo Herald. November 12, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.


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