The 1983 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach James McKinley, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 0–11, with a conference record of 0–6, and finished tied for seventh in the SWAC.
| 1983 Prairie View A&M Panthers football | |
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| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 0–11 (0–6 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Edward L. Blackshear Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Grambling State $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Jackson State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Mississippi Valley State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 1 | at Stephen F. Austin* | L 6–37 | [1] | ||
| September 10 | at Southwest Texas State* | L 7–46 | 11,533 | [2] | |
| September 17 | Jackson State | L 0–50 | 4,000 | [3] | |
| September 24 | Southern | Houston, TX | L 9–23 | ||
| October 1 | at No. 17 Grambling State | L 8–42 | [4] | ||
| October 8 | Bishop* |
| L 20–32 | [5] | |
| October 15 | at Texas Lutheran* |
| L 14–33 | [6] | |
| October 29 | Mississippi Valley State |
| L 12–54 | [7] | |
| November 5 | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff* |
| L 6–34 | [8] | |
| November 12 | at Alcorn State | L 6–38 | [9] | ||
| November 19 | at Texas Southern | L 20–28 | |||
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References
edit- ^ "SFA upends Prairie View". Tyler Morning Telegraph. September 2, 1983. Retrieved August 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southwest Texas wins first game for O'Hara". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 11, 1983. Retrieved August 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gorden's paranoia unfounded, J-State rolls 50–0". The Clarion-Ledger. September 18, 1983. Retrieved August 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "GSU romps by Prairie View, 42–8". The Shreveport Times. October 2, 1983. Retrieved August 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bishop 32, Prairie View 20". Longview News-Journal. October 9, 1983. Retrieved August 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Lutheran whips PV A&M". New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung. October 16, 1983. Retrieved August 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mississippi Valley St. 54, Prairie View 12". The Bradenton Herald. October 30, 1983. Retrieved August 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ark.–Pine Bluff 34, Prairie View 6". The Marshall News Messenger. November 6, 1983. Retrieved August 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jones put Alcorn over Prairie View". The Commercial Appeal. November 13, 1983. Retrieved August 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Prairie View A&M Yearly Results (1980–1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
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