Prairie View A&M's schedule highlighted by three classics
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - Prairie View A&M Athletics Department has released its 2008football schedule which features a total of eleven games.
The Panthers will open the season with the Annual State Farm Labor Day Classic against cross town rival Texas Southern on August 30th. Prairie View A&M will then hosts Texas College on September 6th before heading to Huntsville to take on Sam Houston State on September 13th.
“We’re extremely excited about the 2008 Prairie View A&M Panthers football schedule,” said Athletics Director Charles McClelland. The schedule features eleven games with the addition of the Sam Houston State Bearkats from the Southland conference,”
Photo: PVAMU Panthers football coach Henry Frazier III.After facing the Bearkats, the Prairie View A&M Panthers will make their first out of state appearances as they travel to Itta Bena, Miss. on September 20th and Los Angeles, Calif. on September 27th to square off against Mississippi Valley State University and Morehouse College, respectively.
“It’s definitely an honor for our football program to have the opportunity to travel back to Los Angeles to participate in the Angel City Classic,” said McClelland. “We’re looking forward to an exciting game between the Panthers and the Morehouse Tigers”.
Prairie View A&M will take on Grambling State in the Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic on October 4th, followed by a Southwestern Athletic Conference East vs. West showdown against Alabama State for Homecoming 2008 on October 11th.
“Traditionally our Homecoming game has been scheduled for the last weekend in October or first weekend in November,” said McClelland. “Due to a change in SWAC scheduling policy several of our conference games were moved down. Our annual game against Southern which is typically played during the third week of the season, has been moved to October 25th at Reliant Stadium which left October 11th as the most viable option for Homecoming.”
The week following Homecoming, PVAMU will travel to Pine Bluff, Ark. for a game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on October 18th, before hosting the Southern Jaguars on October 25th at Reliant Stadium.
The Panthers will close out their 2008 season with a road outing versus Alabama A&M on November 8th and a home contests against Alcorn State at Blackshear Field on November 15th.
“Overall we’re highly anticipating the 2008 football season,” said McClelland. “We look forward to bringing exciting Panther football to Prairie View A&M fans and athletics supporters.”
Prairie View A&M head football coach Henry Frazier III is also pleased with the Panthers 2008 schedule.
“We were able to put together a highly competitive schedule and we’re looking forward to the upcoming season,” said Frazier. “We will face two ex Big 12 starting quarterbacks the first three weeks of the season. Our first couple of games should be a great gage for measuring what type of football team we have.”
On August 30th the Panthers defensive unit will look to contain former Oklahoma State starting quarterback Bobby Reid who recently signed to play at TSU. Two weeks later the Prairie View A&M Panthers will once again find themselves tangling with another former Big 12 starting quarterback as they travel to Huntsville to take on OU transfer Rhett Bomar and the Sam Houston State Bearkats.
DATE OPPONENT STADIUM LOCATION TIME
Aug. 30 * Texas Southern (Labor Day Classic)Reliant Houston, Texas 7:00 pm
Sept. 6 Texas College Blackshear Field Prairie View 4:00 pm
Sept. 13 Sam Houston State Bowers Stadium Huntsville, Texas 6:00 pm
Sept. 20 Miss. Valley State Rice-Totten Stadium Itta Bena, Miss. 2:00 pm
Sept. 27 Morehouse (Angel City Classic)Coliseum Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Oct. 4 * Grambling State (State Fair Classic)Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas 6:00 pm
Oct. 11 * Alabama State (Homecoming) Blackshear Field Prairie View 2:00 pm
Oct. 18 * Arkansas- Pine Bluff Golden Lion Pine Bluff, Ark. TBA
Oct. 25 * Southern Reliant Houston, Texas 6:00 pm
Nov. 8 * Alabama A&M Lewis Crews Huntsville, Ala. TBA
Nov. 15 * Alcorn State Blackshear Field Prairie View 2:00 pm
*Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) games.
For season pass and ticket information please call 936-261-9100 or 9111 or visit the Pathers online at http://sports.pvamu.edu/.
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