1984 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

The 1984 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Conway Hayman, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 0–11 and a mark of 0–7 in conference play, and finished eighth in the SWAC.

1984 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	0–11 (0–7 SWAC)
Head coach	Conway Hayman (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Ronald Beard (1st season)
Home stadium	Edward L. Blackshear Field
Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

1984 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Alcorn State $^	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 6 Mississippi Valley State ^	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Grambling State	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Southern	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Jackson State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Texas Southern	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Alabama State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Prairie View A&M	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at Stephen F. Austin*	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX	L 14–43		[1]
September 15	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 14–34		[2]
September 22	at Southern	A. W. Mumford Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 7–28		[3]
September 29	vs. Grambling State	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	L 0–42	22,457	[4]
October 6	at Bishop*	Dallas, TX	L 8–34		[5]
October 13	Texas Lutheran*	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	L 14–23		[6]
October 20	Alabama State	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	L 20–29		[7]
October 27	at No. 5 Mississippi Valley State	Magnolia Stadium Itta Bena, MS	L 6–71	11,341	[8][9][10]
November 3	at Florida A&M*	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 8–41		[11]
November 10	No. 3 Alcorn State	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	L 12–35		[12]
November 17	at Texas Southern	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 0–51		[13][14]
*Non-conference game Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Lumberjacks top Prairie View A&M". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. September 9, 1984. Retrieved August 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Jackson State wins easily". Enterprise-Journal. September 16, 1984. Retrieved August 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Southern drops PV". The Shreveport Times. September 23, 1984. Retrieved August 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Robinson moves past Stagg with 42–0 victory". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 30, 1984. Retrieved August 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Bishop 34, Prairie View 8". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 7, 1984. Retrieved August 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Texas Lutheran 23, Prairie View 14". Longview News-Journal. October 14, 1984. Retrieved August 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Hornet unlikely as hero". Alabama Journal. October 22, 1984. Retrieved August 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Nance, Roscoe (October 28, 1984). "No pity: Valley 71, PV 6". The Clarion-Ledger. p. 1D. Retrieved August 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
9. Nance, Roscoe (October 28, 1984). "No pity (continued)". The Clarion-Ledger. p. 7D. Retrieved August 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
10. "Miss. Valley 71, Prairie View 6". The Clarion-Ledger. October 28, 1984. p. 16D. Retrieved August 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
11. "Florida A&M outclasses hapless Prairie View". The Orlando Sentinel. November 4, 1984. Retrieved August 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Alcorn clinches SWAC crown". The Clarion-Ledger. November 11, 1984. Retrieved August 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Texas Southern 51, Prairie View A&M 0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 18, 1984. Retrieved August 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Prairie View vs Texas Southern". Digital Commons @PVAMU. Prairie View A&M University. November 17, 1984. Retrieved August 10, 2023.