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1998 Southern vs. Prairie View A&M football game

Field	Value
name	1998 Southern vs. Prairie View A&M football game
"Band Brawl"
football_season	1998
visitor_name_short	Southern
visitor_nickname	Jaguars
visitor_school	Southern University
home_name_short	Prairie View A&M
home_nickname	Panthers
home_school	Prairie View A&M University
visitor_record	1–1
home_record	0–2
visitor_coach	Pete Richardson
home_coach	Greg Johnson
visitor_1q	0
visitor_2q	10
visitor_3q	0
visitor_4q	27
home_1q	0
home_2q	0
home_3q	0
home_4q	7
date	September 19, 1998
stadium	Cardinal Stadium
city	Beaumont, Texas

"Band Brawl"

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.

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

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.

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.

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." Seven Prairie View band members reported injuries.

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

References

(April 6, 2009). "Cardinal Stadium reborn". Cardinal Cadence (Lamar University).
(September 21, 1998). "SWAC Suspends PVAMU and SU Marching Bands". Onnidan.com.
(September 20, 1998). "Battle of the bands goes too far". [[CNN.
DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-Game, Greg Johnson (1998)". [[College Football Data Warehouse]].
(September 20, 1998). "Box Score: Southern at Prairie View A&M". [[CNN.
(September 27, 1998). "Prairie View A&M Ends 80-Game Streak". Los Angeles Times.
(October 5, 1998). "SWAC suspends Prairie View over band flap". [[CNN.
(October 2, 1998). "Let them play". [[CNN.

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