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In-game action during the 2019 State Fair Classic. The State Fair Classic (formerly known as the Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic, for sponsorship purposes) is an annual college football game between the Grambling State University Tigers and the Prairie View A&M University Panthers of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
The classic is accompanied by a fellowship luncheon/press conference hosted by The Touchdown Club of Houston, a golf tournament, pep rallies, tailgating, various social mixers, and a highly anticipated battle of the bands on Friday and Saturday night between Texas Southern's Ocean of Soul and Prairie View's Marching Storm.
Prairie View A&M is a charter member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), and is a member of the West Division. Prairie View competes in NCAA Division I in all varsity sports; in football, the Panthers play in the Division I FCS. Prairie View's most notable rivals are Texas Southern University and Grambling State University.
No. 15 Prairie View A&M xy$ 7 – 0 9 – 1 Grambling State 5 – 2 7 – 4 Texas Southern 5 – 2 6 – 5 Southern 3 – 4 6 – 6 Arkansas–Pine Bluff 3 – 4 5 – 5 Championship: Prairie View A&M 30, Alabama A&M 24
The 1998 Southern vs. Prairie View A&M was a college football game that took place between the Prairie View A&M Panthers and the Southern Jaguars on September 19, 1998, in Beaumont, Texas, United States.
Texas Southern University (Texas Southern or TSU) is a public historically black university in Houston.The university is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. [6]
The first football coach at Prairie View was Henry B. Hucles, who began in 1924. Before Hucles's arrival at Prairie View, the school played two games without a coach on record: a 1907 7–0 win against a team from Wylie, Texas [3] and a 1920 7–6 loss to Tuskegee University. [4] Prairie View's most recognized and celebrated coach was Billy Nicks.
The Tigers were to travel to SWAC foes Prairie View A&M, Jackson State, Arkansas–Pine Bluff, and Alabama State. The Tigers were to host to SWAC opponents Houston Baptist , Alabama A&M , Grambling State , and Mississippi Valley State .