---
"title": "Jackson State-Prairie View game canceled due to COVID-19 issues"
"description": "The season finale for Jackson State first-year head coach Deion Sanders will not happen after the Jackson State football program announced that Saturday’s game versus Prairie View has been canceled because of COVID-19 issues impacting the Tigers. “Due to COVID-19 protocols and contact tracing within the Jackson State football program Saturday’s football game versus Prairie […]"
"date": "2021-04-20"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Kendrick Marshall"
"url": "https://hbcusports.com/2021/04/20/jackson-state-prairie-view-game-canceled-due-to-covid-19-issues/"
"categories":
  - "Football"
  - "News"
"tags":
  - "Jackson State"
  - "Prairie View"
---

# Jackson State-Prairie View game canceled due to COVID-19 issues

The season finale for Jackson State first-year head coach Deion Sanders will not happen after the Jackson State football program announced that Saturday’s game versus Prairie View has been canceled because of COVID-19 issues impacting the Tigers. “Due to COVID-19 protocols and contact tracing within the Jackson State football program Saturday’s football game versus Prairie View A&M is canceled and will not be made up,” JSU stated in a news release Tuesday. The cancelation marks the 10th SWAC game this spring to be impacted by COVID-19. **Also read: [A return to football normalcy relies on widespread vaccinations, Texas Southern coach says](https://hbcusports.com/2021/04/19/a-return-to-football-normalcy-relies-on-widespread-vaccinations-texas-southern-coach-says/)** Jackson State finishes the spring season with a 4-3 overall record. Prairie View wraps up the year at 2-1 having three of its six scheduled games canceled due to the virus.