Prairie View A&M at UAPB
WHEN 6 p.m. today
WHERE Simmons Bank Field (16,000), Pine Bluff
RADIO None
INTERNET uapblionsroar.com
TELEVISION None
COACHES Cedric Thomas (1-2 in first season at UAPB and overall); Eric Dooley (1-3 in first season at Prairie View A&M and overall)
SERIES Prairie View A&M leads 40-23-2
LAST MEETING Prairie View A&M won 35-12 on Nov. 11, 2017, in Prairie View, Texas
COMMENTS Prairie View A&M is averaging 48 points during its five-game winning streak over UAPB. The Panthers scored 57 points (2016) and 51 points (2014) on their past two trips to Pine Bluff. ... After leaving UAPB, Eric Dooley spent four seasons at Grambling State as the Tigers offensive coordinator before becoming head coach at Prairie View A&M. Dooley won two SWAC titles as part of Grambling State's staff and another at UAPB in 2012. ... The top two rushers in the league will be opposite of one another, with the Panthers' Dawonya Tucker on one side and the Golden Lions' Taeyler Porter on the other. Each has ran for a SWAC-high three touchdowns. ... Prairie View A&M senior linebackers Isaac Claiborne and Anthony Stubbs lead the conference in tackles with 35 and 29, respectively. ... UAPB senior linebacker Kevin Agee is tops in the league with 3 sacks. ... The Golden Lions have won their Week 4 game just once in the past five seasons. ... UAPB will play three of its next four games on the road after today's game.
-- Erick Taylor
Sports on 09/22/2018