1956 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

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1956 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record5–5 (4–2 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBlackshear Field
Seasons
  1955
1957  
1956 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas Southern + 5 1 09 2 0
Wiley + 5 1 06 3 1
Southern 4 2 05 5 0
Prairie View A&M 4 2 05 5 0
Langston 2 4 03 7 0
Arkansas AM&N 0 5 12 6 1
Texas College 0 5 12 6 1
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1956 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 1956 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Billy Nicks, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 5–5, with a conference record of 4–2, and finished tied for third in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Jackson *
L 12–20 [1]
October 6at Texas Southern L 7–1311,000 [2]
October 15vs. Tennessee A&I *L 0–455,000 [3] [4]
October 27 Arkansas AM&N
W 43–6 [5]
November 3 Texas College Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Blackshear Field
  • Prairie View, TX
W 36–128,500 [6]
November 10at Grambling *
L 0–46 [7]
November 17at Langston
W 12–0 [8]
November 24 Southern
  • Blackshear Field
  • Prairie View, TX
W 14–6 [9]
December 1vs. Wiley L 0–27 [10]
January 1, 1957vs. Texas Southern*
W 27–65,500 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

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