Southern and Prairie View have combined to score almost 400 points against each other the last four years

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- If recent history is a useful indicator, the A.W. Mumford Stadium scoreboard operator may be busy at this Saturday’s game between Southern and Prairie View A&M.

The two teams have combined to score 346 points in their last four meetings (86.5 points per game), including barnburners like the 62-59 Southern win in 2013 and the 47-42 Prairie View win in 2015.

Only once in the last four seasons has either Prairie View or Southern failed to crack 34 points in the game, when the Panthers were held to 24 points in 2014.

The reason, Southern coach Dawson Odums said, was obvious.

“It’s because you had some really explosive football players and two very good offenses,” Odums said on the Southwestern Athletic Conference coaches teleconference Monday.

Perhaps that is why both Odums and his counterpart, Prairie View A&M coach Willie Simmons, stressed the importance the defenses will play in Saturday’s matchup.



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