1980 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

The 1980 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Cornelius Cooper, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 2–8, with a conference record of 0–6, and finished seventh in the SWAC.

1980 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	2–8 (0–6 SWAC)
Head coach	Cornelius Cooper (1st season)
Home stadium	Edward L. Blackshear Field
Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

1980 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Grambling State +^	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Jackson State +	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Alcorn State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Mississippi Valley State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Southern	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Texas Southern	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Prairie View A&M	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from Associated Press poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	vs. Southwest Texas State*	Alamo Stadium San Antonio, TX	L 0–49	3,200	[1]
September 20	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 6–57		[2]
September 27	at Southern	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 6–31		[3]
October 4	Grambling State	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX (rivalry)	L 0–68	6,100	[4][5]
October 11	at Bishop*	P.C. Cobb Stadium Dallas, TX	L 0–12
October 18	Texas Lutheran*	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	W 3–0		[6]
November 1	at Mississippi Valley State	Bulldog Stadium Greenwood, MS	L 7–47		[7]
November 8	Arkansas–Pine Bluff*	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	W 9–7
November 15	Alcorn State	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	L 11–38		[8]
November 22	at Texas Southern	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 6–21		[9]
*Non-conference game

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