1979 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

The 1979 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Hoover J. Wright, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 0–11, with a conference record of 0–6, and finished seventh in the SWAC.

1979 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	0–11 (0–6 SWAC)
Head coach	Hoover J. Wright (10th season)
Home stadium	Edward L. Blackshear Field

1979 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Alcorn State +	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 1 Grambling State +	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
No. 8 Jackson State	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
No. T–10 Southern	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Mississippi Valley State	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Texas Southern	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Prairie View A&M	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from Associated Press poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	vs. Southwest Texas State*	Alamo Stadium San Antonio, TX	L 13–38	6,000
September 15	Jackson State	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	L 6–24
September 22	Southern	Houston, TX	L 0–44
September 29	at No. 6 Grambling State	Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA (rivalry)	L 6–61
October 6	at Bishop*	P.C. Cobb Stadium Dallas, TX	L 16–33
October 13	at Texas Lutheran*	Matador Stadium Seguin, TX	L 21–30
October 20	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	L 0–65	28,839
October 27	Mississippi Valley State	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX	L 0–22
November 3	at Arkansas–Pine Bluff*	Pumphrey Stadium Pine Bluff, AR	L 0–37
November 10	at No. 8 Alcorn State	Henderson Stadium Lorman, MS	L 0–19
November 17	at Texas Southern	Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 8–43
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game