1964 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

The 1964 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Prairie View A&M University in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. In their 16th season under head coach Billy Nicks, the Panthers compiled a perfect 9–0 record, won the SWAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 303 to 110.

1964 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8 (UPI College Division)
APNo. 2 (AP College Division)
Record9–0 (7–0 SWAC)
Head coach
1964 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5/2 Prairie View A&M $ 7 0 09 0 0
No. 19/NR Grambling 6 1 09 2 0
Jackson State 4 3 06 4 0
Alcorn A&M 3 4 05 5 0
Arkansas AM&N 3 4 05 5 0
Texas Southern 3 4 05 5 0
Southern 2 5 04 6 0
Wiley 0 7 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll and AP small college poll

The Pittsburgh Courier selected Prairie View as the 1964 black college football national champion with a rating of 25.71, ahead of second-place Grambling with a 24.14 rating and third-place Florida A&M with a 23.29 rating. Prairie View was also ranked No. 2 in the final AP small college poll and No. 8 in the final United Press International poll.

At the end of the 1964 season, the Pittsburgh Courier selected Prairie View's Billy Nicks as the national Coach of the Year and quarterback Jimmy Kearney as the Back of the Year. Another key player was end Otis Taylor who later played 11 seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs.

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