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2009 Prairie View A&M

8–⁠1 (8–⁠0 Southwestern Athletic Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 9–⁠1, over 10 games to the nine on file here.

Schedule and results

Prairie View A&M in 2009, game by game: won vs. Texas Southern 17–7; lost at New Mexico State 18–21; won vs. Grambling 35–32; won vs. Alabama State 24–10; won vs. Mississippi Valley State 38–0; won at Southern 16–14; won vs. Alabama A&M 33–27; won at Alcorn State 34–14; won vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff 49–17+38−3Won 17–7 vs. Texas Southern+10Texas SouthernLost 18–21 at New Mexico State-3New Mexico StateWon 35–32 vs. Grambling+3GramblingWon 24–10 vs. Alabama State+14Alabama StateWon 38–0 vs. Mississippi Valley State+38Mississippi Val…Won 16–14 at Southern+2SouthernWon 33–27 vs. Alabama A&M+6Alabama A&MWon 34–14 at Alcorn State+20Alcorn StateWon 49–17 vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff+32Arkansas–Pine B…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsTexas SouthernW 17–⁠778%
Sep 12atNew Mexico StateL 18–⁠2154%
Oct 3vsGramblingW 35–⁠3245%
Oct 10vsAlabama StateW 24–⁠1069%
Oct 17vsMississippi Valley StateW 38–⁠082%
Oct 22atSouthernW 16–⁠1454%
Nov 7vsAlabama A&MW 33–⁠2769%
Nov 14atAlcorn StateW 34–⁠1478%
Nov 21vsArkansas–Pine BluffW 49–⁠1775%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arkansas–Pine Bluff 49–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; Southwestern Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 23 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of Prairie View A&M’s 2009 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 12vsAlabama A&MW 30–⁠24Alabama A&M’s article, Prairie View A&M’s article

Southwestern Athletic Conference champions8–⁠0 in the conference

Record
8–⁠1
Conference
8–⁠0 first in Southwestern Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
264–⁠142
Coach
—
Elo
1471 +87 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−26.7 No. 56 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2009 Southwestern Athletic Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Prairie View A&M8–⁠08–⁠1
Grambling6–⁠27–⁠4
Texas Southern5–⁠26–⁠5
Alabama A&M4–⁠37–⁠4
Southern3–⁠46–⁠5
Arkansas–Pine Bluff3–⁠45–⁠5
Alcorn State3–⁠43–⁠6
Jackson State3–⁠53–⁠7
Alabama State1–⁠64–⁠7
Mississippi Valley State1–⁠73–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.