Prairie View A&M Panthers
SWACPrairie View, TXPanther Stadium
2026: 3–5 (3–2 SWAC). Last: beat Alcorn State 41–38 at home. Next: at East Texas A&M, Saturday, Oct 24, 7 p.m. ET.
- L 30–49at Tarleton State
- W 52–14Texas Southern
- L 3–44at Baylor
- L 10–31Stephen F. Austin
- W 21–14vs. Grambling
- L 27–28at Mississippi Valley State
- L 14–28Southern
- W 41–38Alcorn State
- Oct 24at East Texas A&M
- Nov 7Alabama A&M
- Nov 14at Arkansas–Pine Bluff
- Nov 21at Alabama State
Prairie View A&M has played football since 1907 and is officially 600–544–34; 219 of its 1,178 games are in our file. They have won 12 Southwestern Athletic Conference titles (the last in 2025), counting shared titles. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 coach from Prairie View A&M. The most-played rival is Grambling: 20 meetings, Prairie View A&M leads 12–8. This season, they’re 3–5.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 600–544–34 official; 121–98 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–2 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1286
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 94 · Composite No. 93 in FCS, Oct 17; up 2 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 12 last in 2025
- Bowl record
- 24–25–1 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 23 since 1977, 219 games
Identity
- Fight song
- Cheer for Prairie View
2026 season 3–5
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | at Tarleton State | L 30–49 | 29% |
| Sep 6 | vs Texas SouthernLabor Day Classic | W 52–14 | 62% |
| Sep 12 | at Baylor | L 3–44 | 26% |
| Sep 19 | vs Stephen F. Austin | L 10–31 | 39% |
| Sep 26 | vs GramblingState Fair Classic | W 21–14 | 53% |
| Oct 3 | at Mississippi Valley State | L 27–28 | 75% |
| Oct 10 | vs Southern | L 14–28 | 78% |
| Oct 17 | vs Alcorn State | W 41–38 | 58% |
| Oct 24 | at East Texas A&M | Preview | 57% |
| Nov 7 | vs Alabama A&M | Preview | 50% |
| Nov 14 | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Preview | 52% |
| Nov 21 | at Alabama State | Preview | 29% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Tevin Carter1,268 passing yards, 11 TD (leads Prairie View A&M in passing yards)
- Kam Canterbury55 tackles (leads Prairie View A&M in tackles)
- Jahbari Kuykendall328 rushing yards, 1 TD
- Rodny Ojo30 catches, 372 yards, 2 TD (leads Prairie View A&M in receiving yards)
- Malachi Williams28 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 INT (leads Prairie View A&M in sacks)
- Damien McDaniel32 catches, 325 yards, 2 TD
Program strength since 1977
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Grambling
12–8 in 20
- 2017 L 21–34
- 2018 W 22–16
- 2019 W 42–36
- 2020 W 17–10
- 2021 W 24–10
- 2022 W 34–14
- 2023 L 20–35
- 2024 W 36–34
- 2025 W 28–13
- 2026 W 21–14
Won the last three.
- Texas Southern
16–4 in 20
- 2017 W 30–16
- 2018 W 60–14
- 2019 W 44–23
- 2020 W 20–19
- 2021 W 40–17
- 2022 W 40–23
- 2023 W 37–34
- 2024 L 9–27
- 2025 W 22–21
- 2026 W 52–14
Won the last two; holds the Durley-Nicks Trophy.
- Arkansas–Pine Bluff
14–6 in 20
- 2016 W 57–7
- 2017 W 35–12
- 2018 W 62–13
- 2019 W 37–20
- 2020 L 31–36
- 2021 W 27–17
- 2022 W 55–24
- 2023 W 38–14
- 2024 L 17–21
- 2025 W 56–9
Won the last one.
Next: Nov 14
| Opponent | Games | PV record |
|---|---|---|
| Grambling | 20 | 12–8 |
| Texas Southern | 20 | 16–4 |
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 20 | 14–6 |
| Alcorn State | 19 | 10–9 |
| Southern | 19 | 8–11 |
| Alabama State | 18 | 12–6 |
| Mississippi Valley State | 17 | 13–4 |
| Jackson State | 14 | 6–8 |
Rivals the program names: Texas Southern.
The trophy it holds: Durley-Nicks Trophy (Texas Southern). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (48)
Every program Prairie View A&M has played, A to Z, with Prairie View A&M’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Abilene Christian 0–3
- Alabama A&M 9–2
- Alabama State 12–6
- Alcorn State 10–9
- Arkansas–Pine Bluff 14–6
- Bacone College 1–0
- Baylor 0–1
- Bethune-Cookman 2–1
- Bishop 1–0
- East Texas A&M 1–1
- Edward Waters 1–0
- Florida A&M 1–2
- Grambling 12–8
- Hawai’i 0–1
- Houston 0–1
- Houston Christian 1–1
- Incarnate Word 1–3
- Jackson State 6–8
- Lamar 1–1
- Lincoln (CA) 1–0
- Lincoln (MO) 1–0
- McNeese 0–1
- Michigan State 0–0 †
- Mississippi Valley State 13–4
- Morehouse 1–0
- New Mexico State 0–1
- Nicholls 0–2
- North Carolina A&T 1–0
- North Carolina Central 1–0
- North Dakota State 0–1
- Northwestern State 2–0
- Rice 0–3
- Sam Houston 0–2
- SE Louisiana 0–1
- SMU 0–1
- South Carolina State 0–1
- Southern 8–11
- Southern Miss 0–1
- Stephen F. Austin 1–1
- Tarleton State 0–1
- Texas A&M 0–2
- Texas College 1–0
- Texas Lutheran 0–1
- Texas Southern 16–4
- Texas State 1–3
- UNLV 0–1
- UT Rio Grande Valley 0–1
- Virginia Lynchburg 1–0
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
12, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Black college football
Black college national titles 6
- 1953
- 1954
- 1958
- 1963
- 1964
- 2009
Who named them
- 1953 12–0: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Associated Negro Press (Luix Virgil Overbea); Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1954 10–1: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1958 10–0–1: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Associated Negro Press (Luix Virgil Overbea); Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll) (retired W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy as first three-time winner)
- 1963 10–1: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1964 9–0: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 2009 9–1: American Sports Wire (Dick Simpson); Black College Sports Page (Carl “Lut” Williams & formerly Major Broadcasting Cable); Dr. Cavil’s Classic Cuts (Jafus Kenyatta Cavil & formerly SWAC Page Network)–Major Division Poll
Black College Football Hall of Fame: 5 inductees from Prairie View A&M.
Black college national champions as Wikipedia’s list gives each season’s selections since 1920 (the black press’s polls, bowls and later media polls; some seasons have several). Black college football history: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Conferences
- Independent 1907–1922
- SWAC 1978–1989 and since 1991
Prairie View A&M’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 0
- Coaches
- 1
| 1999 | Billy Nicks coach, career 1930–1965 |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 8 since 1955
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
Prairie View A & M University- Enrollment
- 9,922 8,877 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Prairie View, Texas
- Public or private
- Public Research 2
- Founded
- 1876
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $45,411 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Media guides 20
19621965196919701973197419751976197719781979198119821983198519861993199819992003
Prairie View A&M’s football media guides, from Prairie View A&M University library’s repository. Where our roster source has no full roster for a season, the roster page shows the guide’s printed one.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3–5 | 3–2 | 1286 | ||||
| 2025 | 10–4 | 7–1 | 1366 | ||||
| 2024 | 5–7 | 3–5 | 1233 | ||||
| 2023 | 6–6 | 6–2 | 1269 | ||||
| 2022 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1270 | ||||
| 2021 | 7–5 | 6–2 | 1332 | ||||
| 2020 | 2–1 | 1321 | |||||
| 2019 | 6–5 | 4–3 | 1320 | ||||
| 2018 | 5–6 | 4–3 | 1307 | ||||
| 2017 | 6–5 | 4–3 | 1342 | ||||
| 2016 | 7–4 | 7–2 | 1378 | ||||
| 2015 | 7–1 | 7–0 | 1437 | ||||
| 2014 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 1326 | ||||
| 2013 | 5–6 | 4–4 | 1269 | ||||
| 2012 | 3–8 | 3–6 | 1262 | ||||
| 2011 | 5–6 | 5–4 | 1308 | ||||
| 2010 | 6–4 | 5–3 | 1400 | ||||
| 2009 | 8–1 | 8–0 | 1471 | ||||
| 2008 | 9–1 | 7–1 | 1426 | ||||
| 2007 | 7–3 | 6–3 | 1328 | ||||
| 2003 | 0–1 | 1160 | |||||
| 1979 | 0–1 | 1128 | |||||
| 1977 | 3–8 | 1–5 | 1131 | -25.5 |
Officially 600–544–34 since 1907 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 121–98 (219 of its 1,178 games are on file). Our file starts in 1977; the program began in 1907. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1978, 1980–2002, 2004–06: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.