1947 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

American college football season

1947 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
Fruit Bowl L 0–26 vs. Wilberforce State Prairie View Bowl L 0–13 vs. Texas Southern
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	6–6 (5–2 SWAC)
Head coach	Billy Nicks (3rd season)
Seasons← 19461948 →

1947 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Southern $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Prairie View A&M	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
No. 16 Texas College	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	3
Bishop	3	–	2	–	2	3	–	4	–	3
No. 20 Wiley	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	3	–	2
Langston	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
Samuel Huston	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	9	–	0
Arkansas AM&N	0	–	6	–	1	2	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.

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. Prairie View ranked No. 17 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	Samuel Huston	Prairie View, TX	W 12–0
October 4	at Bishop	Marshall, TX	W 8–6
October 13	vs. Wiley	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (State Fair Classic)	W 12–6
October 25	at Arkansas AM&N	Pine Bluff, AR	W 6–0
October 31	at Texas State*	Buffalo Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 7–13
November 8	at Texas College	Tyler, TX	L 6–9
November 15	Grambling*	Prairie View, TX	L 0–13
November 22	Langston	Prairie View, TX	W 19–7
November 29	at Southern	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 12–44
December 5	at Paul Quinn*	Waco, TX	W 7–0
December 14	vs. Wilberforce State*	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA (Fruit Bowl)	L 0–26	10,000
January 1, 1948	at Texas State*	Buffalo Stadium Houston, TX (Prairie View Bowl)	L 0–12
*Non-conference game

"Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
"Prairie View A&M; Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
"Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
"Marshall Football Clubs Hit Road for Games This Week-End". Marshall News Messenger. October 13, 1947. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
"Texas upsets P.V., 13 to 12". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 8, 1947. Retrieved July 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
Bob Brachman (December 15, 1947). "Wilberforce Wins Bowl Tilt, 26-0". The San Francisco Examiner. pp. 24, 26 – via Newspapers.com.
"Texas State blanks Prairie View 12–0 for bowl crown". The Amarillo Globe-Times. January 2, 1948. Retrieved July 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Prairie View A&M Panthers football
Venues	Edward L. Blackshear Field (1960–2014) Waller ISD Football Stadium (2015) Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field (2016–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Grambling State: State Fair Classic Texas Southern: Labor Day Classic
Culture & lore	Marching bands brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1907 1908–1919 1920 1921–1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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