SWAC details spring football plan with Feb. start
The SWAC announced it will begin its spring football season on Feb. 27, with a plan to play the conference championship game on May 1.
The SWAC announced it will begin its spring football season on Feb. 27, with a plan to play the conference championship game on May 1.
The SWAC has joined other conferences in postponing fall sports, but it is the first to announce specific plans to move football to the spring, including a six-game conference schedule with games beginning in late February or early March.
Trazon Connley passed for 323 yards and three TDs and ran 10 times for 85 yards to help Prairie View A&M beat NAIA Edward Waters 41-14 on Saturday.
Dawonya Tucker ran for 91 yards and three touchdowns and Prairie View A&M defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff 37-20 on Saturday.
CJ Anderson blocked Amaury Martinez's 27-yard field goal attempt in second overtime to secure Jackson State's 38-35 win over Prairie View A&M on Thursday night.
Ladarius Skelton scored on a 6-yard run after Southern blocked a punt and Devon Benn added a late TD run to help the Jaguars hold off Prairie View A&M 34-28 on Saturday night.
Dawonya Tucker ran for 263 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries and Prairie View A&M held off a late rally to beat Grambling 42-36 on Saturday.
Felix Harper connected with Tim McNair Jr. for a 3-yard touchdown with 40 seconds left in the game and Alcorn State opened its Southwest Athletic Conference play with a thrilling 45-41 victory over Prairie View A&M on Saturday.
Chase Fourcade threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores to guide Nicholls to a 42-35 victory over Prairie View A&M on Saturday.
D'Eriq King threw for a touchdown and ran for two more scores as Houston beat Prairie View 37-17 on Saturday night.
Jalen Morton threw for 350 yards and two scores and Dawonya Tucker ran for 190 yards and three touchdowns to lead Prairie View past Texas Southern 44-23 on Saturday.
Rice survives a scare from Prairie View A&M by converting a last-second 22-yard Jack Fox field goal for a 31-28 win. The Owls, who came into the game as 22.5 point favorites, notch their first win under new coach Mike Bloomgren, the former Stanford offensive coordinator.
Prairie View A&M flirting with history against Rice tonight. The current 10-member SWAC has not beaten an FBS team since 1985, according to ESPN Stats and Information. The Panthers lead the Owls 28-19 entering the fourth quarter in Houston.
Eric Dooley, the offensive coordinator for two-time reigning SWAC champion Grambling, has been hired as the new head coach at Prairie View.
Texas A&M has won 24 straight non-conference games against in-state opponents. Prairie View is facing a ranked FBS team for the first time in school history. Streaming live on SEC+
EAST | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
Jackson State | 0-0 | 1-0 |
Alabama A&M | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Alcorn State | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Mississippi Valley State | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Alabama State | 0-1 | 0-1 |
WEST | CONF | OVR |
Southern | 1-0 | 1-0 |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Grambling | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Prairie View A&M | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Texas Southern | 0-0 | 0-0 |
NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
---|---|---|---|
Luis Chavarria | OG | Committed | 76 |
YEAR | PLAYER | AWARD |
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2009 | H. Frazier III | Eddie Robinson Award |