| 1964Prairie View A&M Panthers football | |
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Black college national champion SWAC champion | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 8 (UPI College Division) |
| AP | No. 2 (AP College Division) |
| Record | 9–0 (7–0 SWAC) |
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| No. 5/2Prairie View A&M $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19/NRGrambling | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn A&M | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas AM&N | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1964 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team was anAmerican football team that representedPrairie View A&M University in theSouthwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the1964 NCAA College Division football season. In their 16th season under head coachBilly Nicks, the Panthers compiled a perfect 9–0 record, won the SWAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 303 to 110.[1]
ThePittsburgh Courier selected Prairie View as the 1964black college football national champion with a rating of 25.71, ahead of second-placeGrambling with a 24.14 rating and third-placeFlorida A&M with a 23.29 rating.[2] Prairie View was also ranked No. 2 in the finalAP small college poll and No. 8 in the finalUnited Press International poll.
At the end of the 1964 season, thePittsburgh Courier selected Prairie View's Billy Nicks as the national Coach of the Year and quarterback Jimmy Kearney as the Back of the Year.[3] Another key player was endOtis Taylor who later played 11 seasons for theKansas City Chiefs.
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 11 | atLackland Air Force Base |
| W 27–16 | [4] | ||||
| September 19 | atJackson State |
| W 36–13 | |||||
| October 3 | Grambling | W 22–14 | [5] | |||||
| October 10 | atTexas Southern | No. 4 | Houston, TX | W 16–13 | [6] | |||
| October 19 | vs.Wiley | No. 5 | Dallas, TX (State Fair Classic) | W 39–13 | 5,000 | [7] | ||
| October 24 | Arkansas AM&N | No. 3 |
| W 31–13 | [8] | |||
| November 7 | atBishop | No. 2 | Dallas, TX | W 28–14 | ||||
| November 14 | Alcorn A&M | No. 4 |
| W 44–0 | 10,000 | [9][10] | ||
| November 21 | Southern | No. 2 |
| W 60–14 | [11] | |||
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