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, Aug. 31 • 7:00 p.m. W, 37-13 PANTHERS HEAD WEST TO FACE FBS FOE @ TEXAS SOUTHERN GAME 2 ● TEXAS STATE (1-0, 0-0 SUN BELT) BBVA Stadium, Houston, Texas Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 ● Bobcat Stadium ● 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 • 6:00 p.m. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M QUICK HITS @ TEXAS STATE Bobcat Stadium, San Marcos, Texas MEDIA SERIES HISTORY RADIO: KPVU 91.3 FM Series Rec.: Texas State leads 10-2 PxP: Leonard Moon Last PVAMU Win: 19-7, 1977 Saturday, Sept. 14 • 6:00 p.m. Press Box #: (512) 245-2966 Last Texas State Win: 34-26, 2011 @ SOUTHERN SID: Ryan McGinty ([email protected]) Current Win Streak: Texas State, 10 A.W. Mumford, Baton Rouge, La. Biggest Margin of Victory (PV): 45-25, 1976 INTERNET / TV Biggest Margin of Victory (TEXAS STATE): 56-0, 1981 VIDEO: ESPN3 Saturday, Sept. 21 • 6:00 p.m. Longest Winning Streak (TEXAS STATE): 10, 1978-’11 TV: ESPN3 Longest Winning Streak (PV): 2, 1976-77 @ ALABAMA A&M KPVU Audio: www.pvamu.edu/kpvu Blackshear Field, Prairie View, Texas THE COACHES Saturday, Sept. 28 • 4:00 p.m. Heishma Northern (Southern ‘96) Dennis Franchione (Pittsburg State ‘73) @ STEPHEN F. AUSTIN Homer Bryce Stadium, Nacogdoches, TX PV Record: 9-14 (3rd year) Texas State Record: 24-23 (5th year) Overall: 9-14 (3rd year) Overall: 198-115-2 (28th year) Northern vs. Texas State: 0-1 Franchione vs. PVAMU: 2-0 Saturday, Oct. 5 • 4:30 p.m. vs. GRAMBLING THE GAME The Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas PANTHERS TO FACE FBS FOE Saturday, Oct. 12 • 1:00 p.m. The Prairie View A&M Panthers hit the road once again to face @ ALABAMA STATE the Texas State Bobcats this weekend at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, New Hornet Stadium, Montgomery, Ala. Texas at 6 p.m. Saturday’s game is the home opener for Texas State Saturday, Oct. 19 • 2:00 p.m. and it marks their second season as a member of the Football Bowl Sub- vs. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY division (FBS) ranks. Blackshear Field, Prairie View, Texas The Panthers are coming off a 37-13 win over Texas Southern in the annual Labor Day Classic last weekend and look to build on that Saturday, Oct. 26 • 4:00 p.m. performance as they rolled up nearly 500 yards of offense while display- JACKSON STATE ing a defensive scheme which produced its lowest output since 2008. Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La. Thursday, Nov. 7 • 6:30 p.m. ABOUT THE TEXAS STATE BOBCATS @ ALCORN STATE Texas State is coming off a solid win over Southern Miss last Spinks-Casem Stadium, Alcorn State, Miss. weekend in Hattiesburg, Miss. In this era of offensive shootouts, the Bobcats won the game with defense as they forced six turnovers and Saturday, Nov. 16 • 1:00 p.m. allowed Southern Miss to rush for only 23 yards. vs. ABILENE CHRISTIAN Blackshear Field, Prairie View, Texas The Bobcats are led by head coach Dennis Franchione and have found stability conference-wise (Sun Belt) as the team has been Saturday, Nov. 23 • 1:00 p.m. affiliated with four different conferences since 2010. This marks PV’s vs. ARKANSAS-PB first contest versus Texas State as a FBS member and the 13th meeting Blackshear Field, Prairie View, Texas in the overall series which dates back to 1976. Texas State is led offensively by quarterback Tyler Arndt as he FOLLOW THE PANTHERS ON... passed for 111 yards last week. Defensively, linebacker David Mayo Twitter Instagram PVPantherAthletics PVPantherAthletics has two interceptions followed by defensive end Michael Odiari’s six Facebook tackles. Prairie View A&M Athletics 1 2013 PANTHER FOOTBALL • OFFICIAL GAME NOTES OFFICE OF PANTHER GAME WEEK AVAILABILITY SPORTS INFORMATION Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Heishma North- Players and Players and coaches Call SID Office on Depends on Ryan McGinty - SID* ern 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.) Chris Elliott - Assistant SID (4:00 p.m.) E-mail: [email protected] marks the third time Prairie View A&M will face Texas State head coach Dennis *denotes main football contact LAST TIME Franchione. THEY MET In 1991, Franchione guided Office Phone: (936) 261-9140/9106 Texas State 34 the Bobcats to a 59-6 win over Prairie Office FAX: (936) 261-9159 Prairie View A&M 26 View A&M in San Marcos, Texas. The Nov. 5, 2011 Panthers were in their first year back MAILING ADDRESS Bobcat Stadium on the field as the program was dis- Prairie View A&M University San Marcos, Texas banded in 1990. Department of Athletics Isaiah Battle returned a kick- PO Box 519 Mail Stop 1500 off 93 yards for a touchdown and Tim NEW CHANGES Hawkins scored the go-ahead touch- Prairie View, Texas 77446 For the first time since the down with 10 minutes left to 2005 campaign, all eyes will be on the INTERNET ACCESS help Texas State to a 34-26 victory defensive side of the ball as the team over Prairie View A&M on Saturday. unveiled a revamped scheme under For the latest in the Prairie View A&M Texas State (6-4) jumped to a new defensive coordinator Charles University Department of Athletics, please 14-0 lead on touchdown runs by Shaun McMillian. view www.PVPanthers.com. The site Rutherford and Marcus Curry. The After finishing ninth in total features up-to-date team news, statistics, Panthers (4-5) scored when Jerry Love- defense last fall, head coach Heishma rosters, depth charts in addition to links of locke threw a touchdown pass Northern made several personnel interest. to Spencer Nelson, and eventually took changes on the defensive side of the the lead 19-17 late in the third quarter SWAC ball during the offseason which began on Christopher Barrick’s second field with McMillian's hire. In addition to TELECONFERENCE goal. But Battle returned the kickoff for adding McMillian, a former assistant at a score to put the Bobcats in front Texas A&M and TCU who has coached This call is available to media each again. against Texas State’s Dennis Fran- Monday. To receive information on how Prairie View went ahead chione, Northern also reshuffled the to call-in, contact the SWAC Office at 205- again 26-24 when Fred Ander- defensive staff and moved running 251-7573 or e-mail [email protected]. son scored from 7 yards out with 13:08 backs coach Brian Morgan to inside to go, but just three minutes later, linebackers while cornerbacks coach The schedule is as follows: Hawkins scored on a 4-yard run to put Raasaan Haralson moves to outside the Bobcats in the lead for good. linebackers. 10:00 -- SWAC News It was the schools’ first meet- A former defensive coordina- 10:05 -- Anthony Jones, AAMU ing since 1992. tor at Prairie View A&M and Grambling 10:15 -- Reggie Barlow, Alabama St. State in addition to coaching on the 10:25 -- Jay Hopson, Alcorn State THE LAST TIME offensive side of the ball while begin- 10:35 -- Monte Coleman, Arkansas-PB Saturday’s game marks the ning his coaching career, Northern said 10:45 -- Doug Williams, GSU second time in three seasons the Pan- the changes remind him of a similar 10:55 -- Rick Comegy, Jackson State thers will play at Texas State and the staff change early in his career at 11:05 -- Karl Morgan, MVSU first matchup against a Football Bowl Grambling State which began a run of 11:15 -- Heishma Northern, PVAMU Subdivision foe since 2010. three straight SWAC Championships. 11:25 -- Dawson Odums, Southern The Panthers have limited The early returns have the 11:35 -- Darrell Asberry, TSU history against teams from the FBS Panther trending upward as they held 11:45 -- Commissioner’s Corner ranks (0-2) as they’ve played two FBS rival Texas Southern to 260 total yards 12:00 -- SIGN-OFF teams since 2009. In 2009, PV traveled last weekend. The output marked PV’s to New Mexico State and ventured to best defensive outing yardage wise Southern Miss in 2010. since 2008. In addition to the FBS matchup, Saturday’s meeting also 2 2013 PANTHER FOOTBALL • OFFICIAL GAME NOTES PRAIRIE VIEW A&M HISTORY THE COACHES REPEATED Location:……………..Prairie View, Texas Prairie View A&M has reen- Northern………Franchione Founded:…….……………..…………….1876 tered into treacherous waters the Enrollment:…..………………………...8,900 program worked tirelessly to navigate 9 Wins 198 Affiliation:……….…………………….NCAA I out of over the past few decades. 14 Losses 115 Conference:…………………………….SWAC The Panthers finished 3-8 Nickname:..…………………………Panthers last season and 3-6 in league play after — BCF Titles — School Colors:............Purple and Gold picking up their first three wins in the Stadium:……………...Blackshear (6,000) month of October last season. As a — League Titles 9 Surface:…..……………..……Natural Grass result, the team suffered their second consecutive losing campaign. The last President:………..Dr. George C. Wright SPREADING THE time the Panthers had back-to-back Ath. Director:………….Ashley Robinson losing seasons occurred in 2005 and WEALTH SWA:…………………………….….Alicia Pete 2006. Playing wide receiver in of- fensive coordinator Mark Orlando’s HISTORY offense has to be exciting as a total of RUN, RUN, RUN 16 players caught a pass last fall. First Year of Football:……………….1907 The Panthers ranked third The Panthers will either Black College Titles:………………………..5 amongst SWAC teams in rushing last match or exceed that total this fall as fall with an average of 186.7 yards per SWAC Titles:…………..………………….…11 nine players caught passes last week- outing and 20 rushing touchdowns.