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The State Fair Classic

The State Fair Classic (known as the Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic ) is an annual college football game between the Grambling University Tigers and the Prairie View A&M University Panthers of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
It is held annually at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas during the State Fair of Texas.
The first game was played on Monday, Oct. 19,1925 featuring the Wiley College Wildcats and Langston University Lions and ended in a 0–0 tie before a crowd of 5,000.

State Fair Classic

Classic History Scores

Date

Winning team

Losing team

Oct.  19, 1925

Langston

0

Wiley

0

Oct.  19, 1926

Langston

13

Wiley

0

Oct.  17, 1927

Langston

27

Wiley

0

Oct.  15, 1928

Langston

7

Wiley

7

Oct.  21, 1929

Prairie View

0

Wiley

0

Oct.  20, 1930

Wiley

17

Prairie View

13

Oct.  19, 1931

Prairie View

20

Wiley

0

Oct.  17, 1932

Wiley

13

Prairie View

0

Oct.  16, 1933

Wiley

6

Prairie View

0

Oct.  15, 1934

Prairie View

13

Wiley

12

Oct.  19, 1935

Prairie View

0

Wiley

0

Oct.  19, 1936

Wiley

7

Prairie View

0

Oct.  18, 1937

Prairie View

13

Wiley

0

Oct.  17, 1938

Prairie View

6

Wiley

6

Oct.  16, 1939

Wiley

13

Prairie View

6

Oct.  14, 1940

Prairie View

18

Wiley

0

Oct.  13, 1941

Prairie View

32

Wiley

7

Oct.  19, 1942

Prairie View

6

Wiley

0

Oct.  16, 1943

Prairie View

0

Wiley

0

Oct.  14, 1944

Wiley

28

Prairie View

0

Oct.  15, 1945

Wiley

35

Prairie View

7

Oct.  14, 1946

Wiley

19

Prairie View

0

Oct.  13, 1947

Prairie View A&M

12

Wiley

6

Oct.  18, 1948

Prairie View A&M

19

Wiley

0

Oct.  17, 1949

Prairie View A&M

27

Wiley

7

Oct.  16, 1950

Prairie View A&M

47

Wiley

0

Oct.  13, 1951

Prairie View A&M

38

Wiley

0

Oct.  13, 1952

Prairie View A&M

53

Wiley

0

Oct.  19, 1953

Prairie View A&M

32

Wiley

0

Oct.  18, 1954

Prairie View A&M

19

Wiley

6

Oct.  17, 1955

Prairie View A&M

34

Wiley

7

Oct.  15, 1956

Tennessee State

45

Prairie View A&M

0

Oct.  14, 1957

Prairie View A&M

7

Texas Southern

6

Oct.  13, 1958

Prairie View A&M

26

Texas Southern

19

Oct.  19, 1959

Prairie View A&M

34

Texas Southern

15

Oct.  17, 1960

Prairie View A&M

36

Wiley

15

Oct.  16, 1961

Prairie View A&M

48

Wiley

13

Oct.  15, 1962

Prairie View A&M

26

Wiley

17

Oct.  14, 1963

Prairie View A&M

27

Wiley

10

Oct.  19, 1964

Prairie View A&M

39

Wiley

13

Oct.  18, 1965

Prairie View A&M

16

Wiley

7

Oct.  17, 1966

Prairie View A&M

21

Wiley

0

Oct.  16, 1967

Prairie View A&M

31

Bishop

7

Oct.  19, 1968

Bishop

13

Prairie View A&M

10

Oct.  18, 1969

Bishop

36

Prairie View A&M

21

Oct.  24, 1970

Prairie View A&M

29

Bishop

26

Oct.  16, 1971

Tennessee State

42

Prairie View A&M

20

Oct.  21, 1972

Prairie View A&M

14

Bishop

10

Oct.  20, 1973

Prairie View A&M

25

Bishop

3

Oct.  26, 1974

Bishop

21

Prairie View A&M

14

Oct.  25, 1975

Prairie View A&M

14

Bishop

13

Oct.  23, 1976

Prairie View A&M

22

Bishop

14

Oct.  22, 1977

Prairie View A&M

39

Bishop

7

Oct.  21, 1978

Bishop

35

Prairie View A&M

34

Oct.  6, 1979

Bishop

33

Prairie View A&M

16

Oct.  11, 1980

Bishop

12

Prairie View A&M

0

Oct.  10, 1981

Bishop

40

Prairie View A&M

0

Oct.  9, 1982

Prairie View A&M

24

Bishop

13

Oct.  8, 1983

Bishop

32

Prairie View A&M

20

Oct.  6, 1984

Bishop

34

Prairie View A&M

8

Oct.  5, 1985

Grambling State

27

Prairie View A&M

7

Oct.  4, 1986

Prairie View A&M

24

Grambling State

19

Oct.  3, 1987

Grambling State

28

Prairie View A&M

7

Oct.  1, 1988

Grambling State

40

Prairie View A&M

14

Sept.  30, 1989

Grambling State

49

Prairie View A&M

0

Sept.  29, 1990

Grambling State

67

Elizabeth City State

3

Sept.  28, 1991

North Carolina A&T

28

Grambling State

12

Oct.  3, 1992

Grambling State

63

Prairie View A&M

3

Oct.  2, 1993

Grambling State

49

Prairie View A&M

0

Oct.  1, 1994

Grambling State

66

Prairie View A&M

0

Sept.  30, 1995

Grambling State

64

Prairie View A&M

0

Sept.  28, 1996

Grambling State

54

Prairie View A&M

12

Oct.  4, 1997

Grambling State

33

Prairie View A&M

6

Oct.  3, 1998

Grambling State

55

Prairie View A&M

40

Oct.  2, 1999

Grambling State

47

Prairie View A&M

19

Sept.  30, 2000

Grambling State

47

Prairie View A&M

7

Sept.  29, 2001

Grambling State

40

Prairie View A&M

6

Oct.  5, 2002

Grambling State

35

Prairie View A&M

13

Oct.  4, 2003

Grambling State

65

Prairie View A&M

7

Oct.  2, 2004

Grambling State

53

Prairie View A&M

32

Oct.  1, 2005

Grambling State

50

Prairie View A&M

7

Sept.  30, 2006

Grambling State

53

Prairie View A&M

7

Sept.  29, 2007

Grambling State

17

Prairie View A&M

14

Oct.  4, 2008

Grambling State

40

Prairie View A&M

16

Oct.  3, 2009

Prairie View A&M

35

Grambling State

32

Sept.  25, 2010

Grambling State

34

Prairie View A&M

17

Oct.  1, 2011

Prairie View A&M

31

Grambling State

23

Oct.  6, 2012

Prairie View A&M

31

Grambling State

14

Oct.  5, 2013

Prairie View A&M

31

Grambling State

3

Sept.  27, 2014

Grambling State

26

Prairie View A&M

20

Sept.  26, 2015

Grambling State

70

Prairie View A&M

54

Oct.  1, 2016

Grambling State

36

Prairie View A&M

16

Oct.  7, 2017

Grambling State

34

Prairie View A&M

21

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