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PRAIRIE VIEW A&M PANTHER FOOTBALL BLACK COLLEGE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 1953 • ‘54 • ‘58 • ‘63 • ‘64 SWAC CHAMPIONS • 1931 • ‘33* • ‘51 • ’52 • ’53 • ’54 • ’58 • ’60 • ’63 • ’64 • 2009 Saturday, Sept. 1 • 7:00 p.m. L, 44-41 PANTHERS HEAD TO THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA vs. TEXAS SOUTHERN GAME 10 ● MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE (3-6, 3-4 SWAC) Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 ● Rice-Totten Stadium ● 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 • 7:00 p.m. L, 31-0 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M QUICK HITS @ LAMAR Provost Umphrey, Beaumont, Texas MEDIA SERIES HISTORY RADIO: KPVU 91.3 FM Series Rec.: MVSU leads 27-20 PxP: Leonard Moon Last PVAMU Win: 43-34, 2011 Saturday, Sept. 15 • 6:00 p.m. L, 42-30 Press Box #: (936) 261-9751 Last MVSU Win: 14-10, 2006 @ ALABAMA A&M SID: Ryan McGinty ([email protected]) Current Win Streak: PV, 5 Lewis Crews, Huntsville, Ala. Biggest Margin of Victory (PV): 38-0, 2009 INTERNET / TV Biggest Margin of Victory (MVSU): 71-6, 1984 VIDEO: n/a Saturday, Sept. 22 • 3:07 p.m. L, 66-7 Longest Winning Streak (MVSU): 10, 1991-00 TV: n/a Longest Winning Streak (PV): 5, 1966-70, 2007-11 @ NORTH DAKOTA ST. KPVU Audio: www.pvamu.edu/kpvu Fargodome, Fargo, N.D. THE COACHES Saturday, Sept. 29 • 4:00 p.m. L, 34-13 Heishma Northern (Southern ‘96) Karl Morgan (UCLA ‘84) @ JACKSON STATE PV Record: 8-12 (2nd year) MVSU Record: 4-26 (3rd year) Veterans Memorial, Jackson, Miss. Overall: 8-12 (2nd year) Overall: 4-26 (3rd year) Northern vs. MVSU: 1-0 Morgan vs. PV: 0-2 Saturday, Oct. 6 • 6:00 p.m. W, 31-14 vs. GRAMBLING THE GAME The Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas Saturday, Oct. 20 • 2:30 p.m. W, 52-37 PANTHERS PLAYING FOR PRIDE ALCORN STATE The Prairie View A&M Panthers return to the road for their final two Blackshear Field, Prairie View, Texas contests of the season as they begin their swing in the Mississippi Delta at Mis- sissippi Valley State on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. Due to renovations at Saturday, Oct. 27 • 4:00 p.m. W, 49-29 MVSU’s Rice-Totten Stadium in 2010, this marks the first trip to the MVSU cam- vs. SOUTHERN pus for the Panthers since 2008. Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La. Due to their loss at the hands of Alabama State last weekend and Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s win at TSU, the Panthers were officially eliminated from Saturday, Nov. 3 • 1:00 p.m. L, 35-21 the SWAC West race as UAPB will represent the SWAC West at the 2012 SWAC ALABAMA STATE Championship Game. At stake is Prairie View A&M’s five-game winning streak Blackshear Field, Prairie View, Texas over the Delta Devils and the opportunity to claim second place in the SWAC West for the second straight year. Saturday, Nov. 10 • 1:00 p.m. @ MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ABOUT THE MVSU DELTA DEVILS Rice-Totten Stadium, Itta Bena, Miss. Mississippi Valley State had two rough seasons under third-year head coach Karl Morgan as they compiled a 1-20 record. The Delta Devils look to Saturday, Nov. 17 • 2:30 p.m. have turned the corner this season with three wins at this point of the year in @ ARKANSAS-PB addition to a defensive unit which has proven to be stingy. Golden Lion Stadium, Pine Bluff, Ark. The Delta Devils are coming off a big win over Alcorn State this past weekend and are shooting for their first winning streak since 2009. They’re FOLLOW THE PANTHERS ON... ranked third nationally in total defense and first in the SWAC as the Delta Devils are allowing 280.6 yards per outing. MVSU also ranks first in the FCS ranks with Twitter 9.2 tackles per loss and seventh nationally in pass defense (158.5). PVPantherAthletics Senior linebacker Keven Woods is the Delta Devils’ top tackler with 71 stops. Offensively, running back Brandon Stansell leads the way with 61 rush- Facebook ing yards per outing while Julian Stafford has caught a team-high 33 receptions Prairie View A&M for 460 yards. Panther Athletics 1 2012 PANTHER FOOTBALL • OFFICIAL GAME NOTES OFFICE OF PANTHER GAME WEEK AVAILABILITY SPORTS INFORMATION Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Heishma Northern Players and Players and coaches Call SID Office on Depends on Ryan McGinty - SID* on SWAC coaches available available for post- Wednesday to team travel E-mail: [email protected] Conference Call for post-practice practice interviews. arrange plans (11:15 a.m.) interviews. (7:00 p.m.) (4:00 p.m.) Chris Elliott - Assistant SID E-mail: [email protected] LAST TIME AVOIDING HISTORY Prairie View A&M has reen- *denotes main football contact THEY MET Prairie View A&M 43 tered into treacherous waters the pro- gram worked tirelessly to navigate out Office Phone: (936) 261-9140/9106 Mississippi Valley 34 Sept. 24, 2011 of over the past few decades. Office FAX: (936) 261-9159 Blackshear Field The Panthers are currently 3- Prairie View, Texas 6 on the season and 3-4 in league play MAILING ADDRESS Fred Anderson rushed for after picking up their first three wins in October. Prairie View A&M University two touchdowns within a 23-second span in the fourth quarter to help Prai- The last time the Panthers Department of Athletics had a losing record this late in the year PO Box 519 Mail Stop 1500 rie View A&M come from behind for a 43-34 win against Mississippi Valley occurred in 2006 as the team finished 3 Prairie View, Texas 77446 State on Saturday night. -7. Anderson's 3-yard TD run With only two games left, INTERNET ACCESS capped a 95-yard drive and gave the the Panthers have unfortunately clinched their second straight losing Panthers (2-2, 2-1 SWAC) a 33-28 lead For the latest in the Prairie View season which hasn’t happened since A&M University Department of Ath- with 14:49 remaining. After the kickoff, Mississippi Valley backup quarterback 2005 and 2006. letics, please view Marvin Pittman fumbled, and Donald www.PVPanthers.com. The site fea- Law returned the ball to the 6-yard REUNION TIME tures up-to-date team news, statis- line. On the next play, Anderson scored A three-year head coach of tics, rosters, depth charts in addition to give Prairie View A&M a 12-point Mississippi Valley State, Karl Morgan is to links of interest. cushion. certainly not a stranger to the SWAC Pittman hit Paul Cox with a nor to several members on the Prairie SWAC 31-yard TD pass to get the Delta Devils View A&M coaching staff with stints at (0-4, 0-3) within 40-34, but Christopher Southern and Alcorn State. TELECONFERENCE Barrick kicked a 30-yard field goal for At Southern, Morgan served This call is available to media each the Panthers with 6:17 remaining. as defensive line coach in 1995 with Monday. To receive information on Jerry Lovelocke was 19 of 23 current PV offensive coordinator Mark how to call-in, contact the SWAC Of- for 242 yards and touchdown for Prai- Orlando. Also on the team as players rie View A&M. Anderson ran for 91 were current PV defensive coordinator fice at 205-251-7573 or e-mail yards. Cox had six catches for 137 yards Heishma Northern and defensive backs [email protected]. and two TDs. coach Raasaan Haralson. In addition, linebackers coach The schedule is as follows: John Pearce and MVSU linebackers THE LAST TIME 10:00 -- SWAC News Prairie View has a five-game coach Terrence Graves were on the same staff at Norfolk State in 2003 10:05 -- Anthony Jones, AAMU winning streak over the Delta Devils while Graves and Orlando were at 10:15 -- Reggie Barlow, Alabama St. which dates back to 2007. This marks the longest winning streak for the Pan- Southern together in the late 2000s. 10:25 -- Jay Hopson, Alcorn State thers since a five-game wining streak 10:35 -- Monte Coleman, Arkansas-PB over the Delta Devils from 1966 to 10:45 -- Doug Williams, GSU 1970. 10:55 -- Rick Comegy, Jackson State Due to renovations at Rice- 11:05 -- Karl Morgan, MVSU Totten Stadium in 2010, the Panthers 11:15 -- Heishma Northern, PVAMU return to the MVSU campus for the first time since 2008. In 2010, both 11:25 -- Dawson Odums, Southern teams met in Greenville, Miss. 11:35 -- Darrell Asberry, TSU 11:45 -- Commissioner’s Corner 12:00 -- SIGN-OFF 2 2012 PANTHER FOOTBALL • OFFICIAL GAME NOTES PRAIRIE VIEW A&M RUN, RUN, RUN PLEASE PUNT IT The Panthers led the SWAC in TO ME Location:……………..Prairie View, Texas rushing last fall with 174.4 yards per Redshirt senior wideout Founded:…….……………..…………….1876 outing and 17 rushing touchdowns. Spencer Nelson is having a career year Enrollment:…..………………………...8,900 The team was over the 200- as he averages 16.1 yards per punt Affiliation:……….…………………….NCAA I yard mark per game earlier this year return. Nelson has fielded 11 punts in Conference:…………………………….SWAC but dropped below that mark in mid- 2012 for a total of 178 yards with a September. However, the month of Nickname:..…………………………Panthers long of 46 yards. October was good for the Panthers as Nelson leads the SWAC in School Colors:............Purple and Gold they’re inching closer to that mark with Stadium:……………...Blackshear (6,000) punt return yardage and ranks third a current average of 192.2 yards per nationally.