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American college football season
The 1966 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 1966 NCAA College Division football season. Led by first-year head coach Hoover J. Wright, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 5–3–1, with a conference record of 3–3–1, and finished tied for fourth in the SWAC.
Schedule[edit]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 17 | at Jackson State | | L 7–14 | 5,321 | [1] |
September 24 | at Southern | | L 0–35 | 10,173 | [2] |
October 1 | Grambling | | T 10–10 | 6,000 | [3] |
October 17 | vs. Wiley | | W 21–0 | 1,000 | [4] |
October 22 | Arkansas AM&N | - Edward L. Blackshear Field
- Prairie View, TX
| W 31–0 | 4,000 | [5] |
October 29 | Mississippi Valley State* | - Edward L. Blackshear Field
- Prairie View, TX
| W 17–8 | 3,000 | [6] |
November 5 | at Bishop* | Dallas, TX | W 30–16 | 3,000 | [7] |
November 12 | Alcorn A&M | - Edward L. Blackshear Field
- Prairie View, TX
| L 10–19 | 10,000 | [8] |
November 19 | at Texas Southern | | W 31–18 | 16,500 | [9] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
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References[edit]
- ^ "Tigers beat Conference opposition". The Clarion-Ledger. September 18, 1966. Retrieved September 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jaguars clobber Prairie View 35–0 for first SWAC win". Alexandria News Leader. October 2, 1966. Retrieved September 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grambling, Prairie View battle to 10–10 deadlock". The Shreveport Times. October 2, 1966. Retrieved September 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Prairie View wins State Fair Football Classic". The Kilgore News Herald. October 18, 1966. Retrieved September 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Its Prairie View 31–0". Wichita Falls Times. October 23, 1966. Retrieved September 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Prairie View tops Mississippi Valley". San Angelo Standard-Times. October 30, 1966. Retrieved September 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Prairie View romps, 30–16". The Austin American-Statesman. November 6, 1966. Retrieved September 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alcorn upsets Prairie View". The Shreveport Times. November 13, 1966. Retrieved September 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Prairie View wins". Victoria Advocate. November 20, 1966. Retrieved September 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1966 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Prairie View A&M)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
- ^ "Prairie View A&M Yearly Results (1965–1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
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