1953 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team
The 1953 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Prairie View A&M University in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1953 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Billy Nicks, the Panthers compiled a perfect 12–0 record, won the SWAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 387 to 88. In two post-season games, they defeated Florida A&M in the Orange Blossom Classic and Texas Southern in the Prairie View Bowl. The Panthers were recognized as the 1953 black college national champion.
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| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| 1953 record | 12–0 (6–0 SWAC) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas College | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas AM&N | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Langston | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bishop | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 19 | Fort Hood* | W 21–6 | |||||
| October 3 | Bishop | Prairie View, TX | W 40–19 | ||||
| October 10 | at Jackson State* | Jackson, MS | W 61–0 | ||||
| October 19 | at Wiley | Dallas, TX | W 32–0 | ||||
| October 24 | at Morris Brown* | Atlanta, GA | W 27–15 | ||||
| October 31 | at Arkansas AM&N | Pine Bluff, AR | W 34–6 | ||||
| November 7 | at Texas College | Tyler, TX | W 27–7 | ||||
| November 14 | Grambling* | Prairie View, TX | W 32–0 | ||||
| November 21 | Langston | Prairie View, TX | W 27–0 | ||||
| November 28 | at Southern | Baton Rouge, LA | W 20–0 | ||||
| December 5 | vs. Florida A&M* | W 33–27 | 41,313 | [1] | |||
| January 1, 1954 | vs. Texas Southern* | Houston, TX (Prairie View Bowl) | W 33–8 | 15,000 | [2] | ||
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References
- "Prairie View Nips Rattlers, 33-27". The Miami News. December 6, 1953. pp. 1B, 4B – via Newspapers.com.
- "Prairie View Gets Easy Win". The Corpus Christi Times. January 2, 1954. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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