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The 1947 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 1947 college football season. In their third season under head coach Billy Nicks, the team compiled a 6–6 record, lost to Wilberforce State in the Fruit Bowl and to Texas Southern in the Prairie View Bowl, and was outscored by a total of 137 to 89.[2] Prairie View ranked No. 17 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.[3]

Record6–6 (5–2 SWAC)
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1947 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record6–6 (5–2 SWAC)
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1947 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Southern $7–0–010–2–0
No. 17 Prairie View A&M5–2–06–6–0
No. 16 Texas College3–1–15–2–3
Bishop3–2–23–4–3
No. 20 Wiley3–3–14–3–2
Langston2–4–12–7–1
Samuel Huston1–6–03–9–0
Arkansas AM&N0–6–12–7–1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.[1]
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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Samuel HustonPrairie View, TXW 12–0[4]
October 4at Bishop
W 8–6[5]
October 13vs. WileyW 12–6[6]
October 25at Arkansas AM&N
W 6–0[7]
October 31at Texas State*L 7–13[8]
November 8at Texas College
L 6–9[9]
November 15Grambling*Prairie View, TXL 0–13[10]
November 22LangstonPrairie View, TXW 19–7[11]
November 29at SouthernL 12–44[12]
December 5at Paul Quinn*W 7–0[13]
December 14vs. Wilberforce State*L 0–2610,000[14]
January 1, 1948at Texas State*
L 0–12[15]
  • *Non-conference game
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