1957 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team
American college football season
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The 1957 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 1957 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Billy Nicks, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 6–3–1, with a conference record of 4–2, and finished tied for second in the SWAC.
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record6–3–1 (4–2 SWAC)
Headcoach
- Billy Nicks (9th season)
HomestadiumBlackshear Field
| 1957 Prairie View A&M Panthers football | |
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Prairie View Bowl, T 6–6 vs. Texas Southern | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 6–3–1 (4–2 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Blackshear Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas AM&N | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas College | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Langston | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Their 28–0 victory at Arkansas AM&N was the first live televised game that featured two HBCUs.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 28 | Jackson* |
| W 22–7 | [2] |
| October 14 | vs. Texas Southern | W 7–6 | [3] | |
| October 26 | Grambling* |
| W 25–14 | [4] |
| November 2 | at Arkansas AM&N |
| W 28–0 | [5] |
| November 9 | at Texas College |
| W 20–13 | [6] |
| November 16 | at Tennessee A&I* | L 7–32 | [7] | |
| November 23 | Langston |
| W 19–0 | [8] |
| November 30 | at Southern | L 13–18 | [9] | |
| December 7 | Wiley |
| L 6–14 | [10] |
| January 1, 1958 | vs. Texas Southern* | T 6–6 | [11] | |
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