2020 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

2020 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record2–1 (2–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumPanther Stadium at Blackshear Field
2020 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 24 Alabama A&M x$  3 0   5 0  
Alabama State  3 2   3 3  
Jackson State  3 2   4 3  
Mississippi Valley State  1 3   1 3  
West Division
Arkansas–Pine Bluff x  4 0   4 1  
Southern  4 1   5 1  
Prairie View A&M*  2 1   2 1  
Texas Southern  1 2   1 2  
Grambling State  0 4   0 4  
Championship: Alabama A&M 40, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 33
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • Note: The SWAC played a spring conference-only schedule (February–May 2021) due to COVID-19 pandemic. Alcorn State opted out of the spring season; all of their scheduled games were counted as forfeit wins for their opponents.
    * – Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by third-year head coach Eric Dooley, who played their home games at Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field in Prairie View, Texas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

On July 20, 2020, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes the football program. The conference formalized plans to conduct a competitive schedule for football during the 2021 spring semester.