1947 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1947

| team = Prairie View A&M Panthers

| sport = football

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| conference = Southwestern Athletic Conference

| short_conf = SWAC

| record = 6–6

| conf_record = 5–2

| head_coach = Billy Nicks

| hc_year = 3rd

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| bowl = Fruit Bowl L 0–26 vs. Wilberforce State
Prairie View Bowl L 0–13 vs. {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Texas Southern Tigers|title=Texas Southern}}

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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 {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Texas Southern Tigers|title=Texas Southern}} in the Prairie View Bowl, and was outscored by a total of 137 to 89.{{cite web|title=Prairie View A&M; Yearly Results (1945-1949)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=December 15, 2019|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/prairie_view_a&m/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906032648/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/prairie_view_a%26m/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2015}} Prairie View ranked No. 17 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.{{cite news|title=Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=December 6, 1947|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40070100/tennessee_no_1_in_natl_grid_ratings/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Schedule

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|September 27||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Samuel Huston Dragons|title=Samuel Huston}}||Prairie View, TX|W 12-0||

|October 4|at|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Bishop Tigers|title=Bishop}}||Marshall, TX|W 8-6||

|October 13|vs|Wiley|Cotton Bowl|Dallas, TX (State Fair Classic)|W 12-6||{{cite news|title=Marshall Football Clubs Hit Road for Games This Week-End|newspaper=Marshall News Messenger|date=October 13, 1947|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40613601/marshall_football_clubs_hit_road_for/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 25|at|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Arkansas AM&N Lions|title=Arkansas AM&N}}||Pine Bluff, AR|W 6-0||

|October 31|at|Texas State|Buffalo Stadium|Houston, TX (rivalry)|L 7-13||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-courier-texas-upsets-pv/128183952/|title=Texas upsets P.V., 13 to 12|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=November 8, 1947|access-date=July 13, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 8|at|Texas College||Tyler, TX|L 6-9||

|November 15||Grambling||Prairie View, TX|L 0-13||

|November 22||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Langston Lions|title=Langston}}||Prairie View, TX|W 19-7||

|November 29|at|Southern|University Stadium|Baton Rouge, LA|L 12-44||

|December 5|at|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Paul Quinn Tigers|title=Paul Quinn}}||Waco, TX|W 7-0||

|December 14|vs|Wilberforce State|Kezar Stadium|San Francisco, CA (Fruit Bowl)|L 0-26|10,000|{{cite news|title=Wilberforce Wins Bowl Tilt, 26-0|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|date=December 15, 1947|pages=24, 26|author=Bob Brachman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40410268/wilberforce_wins_bowl_tilt_260/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|January 1, 1948|at|Texas State|Buffalo Stadium|Houston, TX (Prairie View Bowl)|L 0-12||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-amarillo-globe-times-texas-state-bla/18125717/|title=Texas State blanks Prairie View 12–0 for bowl crown|newspaper=The Amarillo Globe-Times|date=January 2, 1948|access-date=July 13, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

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References

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