1971 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

1971 Prairie View A&M Panthers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record3–7 (2–4 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEdward L. Blackshear Field
Astrodome
1971 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Grambling $ 5 1 0 9 2 0
Jackson State 4 1 1 9 1 1
No. 16 Alcorn A&M 4 2 0 6 3 0
Texas Southern 3 2 1 7 2 1
Prairie View A&M 2 4 0 3 7 0
Mississippi Valley State 1 5 0 4 7 0
Southern 1 5 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll for Grambling and UPI small college poll for Alcorn A&M

The 1971 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M College of Texas (now known as Prairie View A&M University) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. Led by first-year head coach Jim Hillyer, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 3–7, with a conference record of 2–4, and finished fifth in the SWAC.