Prairie View football team ends 80-game losing streak

Jet, Oct 19, 1998

With its recent 14-12 victory over Langston University in Oklahoma City, the Prairie View A&M football team broke a record 80-game losing streak.

For head coach Greg Johnson, the victory was extra sweet. He left Langston two years ago to rebuild the struggling Panthers' program.

"It was well overdue," Johnson said. "There wasn't any doubt in my mind what we could do. We just had to believe and come through in the stretch."

Ironically, it was Langston in 1989 who started the losing streak.

The last victory the Panthers had was against Mississippi Valley State on Oct. 28, 1989.

Students on the school's campus, located about 45 miles northwest of Houston, celebrated long into the night after the victory. Some were still awake to meet the team when its buses returned from Oklahoma City.

Now the players are determined to keep winning.

"One isn't good enough for me," said running back Kevin Bell. "I don't want people to think it's a fluke."