---
"title": "Reports: Prairie View Football To Play Texas A&M, Rice In 2016"
"description": "Prairie View A&M has agreed to play SEC member Texas A&M in a football game scheduled for the 2016 season according to FBSchedules.com. The game, to be played at Kyle Field on Sept. 10 on the A&M campus, will be a historic first-time meeting between the two programs on the gridiron. Texas A&M will pay […]"
"date": "2015-09-09"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Kenn Rashad"
"url": "https://hbcusports.com/2015/09/09/reports-prairie-view-football-to-play-texas-am-rice-in-2016/"
"categories":
  - "Football"
"tags":
  - "Prairie View"
---

# Reports: Prairie View Football To Play Texas A&M, Rice In 2016

Prairie View A&M has agreed to play SEC member Texas A&M in a football game scheduled for the 2016 season [according to FBSchedules.com](http://www.fbschedules.com/2015/09/texas-am-ulm-fcs-teams-future-schedules/).  The game, to be played at Kyle Field on Sept. 10 on the A&M campus, will be a historic first-time meeting between the two programs on the gridiron. Texas A&M will pay Prairie View a $450,000 guarantee to make the less than 1-hour trip to College Station. This game marks the second FBS opponent the Panthers will face during the 2016 season. [In April it was announced](http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/04/rice-completes-2016-football-schedule/) that Prairie View agreed to play at Rice on Oct. 22.