2017 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

2017 Prairie View A&M Panthers football

Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division	West Division
Record	6–5 (4–3 SWAC)
Head coach	Willie Simmons (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Alex Jackson (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Ralph Street (3rd season)
Home stadium	Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Alcorn State xy	5	–	2	7	–	5
Alabama State	4	–	3	5	–	6
Alabama A&M	3	–	4	4	–	7
Jackson State	3	–	4	3	–	8
Mississippi Valley State	1	–	6	2	–	9
West Division
No. 16 Grambling State xy$	7	–	0	11	–	2
Southern	5	–	2	7	–	4
Prairie View A&M	4	–	3	6	–	5
Texas Southern	2	–	5	2	–	9
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	1	–	6	2	–	9
Championship: Grambling State 40, Alcorn State 32
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by third-year head coach Willie Simmons and played their home games at Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field in Prairie View, Texas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Panthers finished the season 6–5, 4–3 in SWAC play to finish in third place in the West Division.

On December 9, head coach Willie Simmons resigned to become the head coach at Florida A&M^[1] He finished at PVA&M with a three-year record of 21–11.

Preseason

The Panthers were picked to finish in third place in the West Division.^[2]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7^[3]	6:30 p.m.	No. 3 Sam Houston State*	Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	ESPNU	L 31–44	8,465
September 16	6:00 p.m.	at Nicholls State*	John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA	SLDN	L 13–44	8,212
September 23	7:00 p.m.	at Alabama State	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL	ASAA	W 34–0	10,500
September 30	4:00 p.m.	Jackson State	Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX		W 38–9	6,601
October 7	4:00 p.m.	vs. Grambling State	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (State Fair Classic)		L 21–34	55,231
October 14	2:00 p.m.	at Alcorn State	Casem-Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS		L 21–34	21,509
October 28	2:00 p.m.	Bacone*	Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX		W 34–17	10,627
November 4	4:00 p.m.	at Southern	Ace W. Mumford Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 31–37	13,085
November 11	1:00 p.m.	at Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX		W 35–12	8,092
November 16	6:00 p.m.	at Incarnate Word*	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium San Antonio, TX		W 42–28	4,430
November 25	8:00 p.m.	at Texas Southern	BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, TX (Labor Day Classic)	AT&T SW	W 30–16	14,102
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Venues	Edward L. Blackshear Field (1960–2014) Waller ISD Football Stadium (2015) Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field (2016–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Grambling State: State Fair Classic Texas Southern: Labor Day Classic
Culture & lore	Marching bands brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	1907 1908–1919 1920 1921–1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National championship seasons in bold

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