1998 Southern vs. Prairie View A&M football game

1998 Southern vs. Prairie View A&M football game
"Band Brawl"
Southern Jaguars Prairie View A&M Panthers
(1–1) (0–2)
37 7
Head coach: 
Pete Richardson		 Head coach: 
Greg Johnson
1234 Total
Southern 010027 37
Prairie View A&M 0007 7
DateSeptember 19, 1998
Season1998
StadiumCardinal Stadium[1]
LocationBeaumont, Texas

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. The game was the final loss of 80 straight losses for the Prairie View program, but the game is infamous for a halftime brawl between the marching bands of the two schools.[2]

The game was played at the "neutral-ground" Cardinal Stadium on the campus of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.[3] Southern won the game 37–7.[4]

There were 17,389 recorded in attendance for the game. At halftime, Southern held a 10–0 lead and continued to hold the lead through the remainder of the game.[5]

The following weekend on September 26, Prairie View would end its NCAA all-division record 80-game losing streak by defeating Langston University 14–12 in Oklahoma City.[6]

Legacy

The Southwestern Athletic Conference suspended both marching bands for the next two games because "...the bands' actions violate provisions of the SWAC Constitution and Bylaws governing unsportsmanlike conduct at athletic events."[2] Seven Prairie View band members reported injuries.[7]

Complicating matters, the Southern band honored the suspension, but Prairie View's band did not.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Beth Gallaspy (April 6, 2009). "Cardinal Stadium reborn". Cardinal Cadence (Lamar University). Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "SWAC Suspends PVAMU and SU Marching Bands". Onnidan.com. September 21, 1998. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
  3. ^ "Battle of the bands goes too far". CNN/SI.com. September 20, 1998. Archived from the original on May 1, 2001. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
  4. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-Game, Greg Johnson (1998)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
  5. ^ "Box Score: Southern at Prairie View A&M". CNN/SI.com. September 20, 1998. Archived from the original on May 3, 2001. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  6. ^ "Prairie View A&M Ends 80-Game Streak". Los Angeles Times. September 27, 1998. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  7. ^ "SWAC suspends Prairie View over band flap". CNN/SI.com. October 5, 1998. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
  8. ^ "Let them play". CNN/SI.com. October 2, 1998. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2011.