The Prairie View Interscholastic League was formed in 1939 as the Texas Interscholastic League of Colored Schools with 21 original members. Organized by Houston Yates coach Andrew “Pat” Patterson and administered by Prairie View A&M, the PVIL governed athletic competition between Texas’ segregated black schools, set up districts and scheduling, and established age and residency requirements, just as the UIL did for white schools. It was disbanded in 1970 when membership dwindled after the desegregation of Texas high schools, but not before producing Pro Football and College Football Hall of Famers like Dick “Night Train” Lane (Austin Anderson), Charley Taylor (Grand Prairie Dalworth), Gene Upshaw (Robstown), Ken Houston (Lufkin Dunbar), Bubba Smith (Beaumont Charlton-Pollard) and “Mean” Joe Greene (Temple Dunbar), as well as thousands of collegiate players.
1940
2A Fort Worth Terrell 26, Austin Anderson 0
1941
2A Dallas Washington 12, Houston Wheatley 0
1942
2A Austin Anderson 40, Paris Gibbons 0
1943
2A Wichita Falls Washington 7, Houston Yates 7
(CO-CHAMPIONS)
1944
2A Houston Wheatley 7, Fort Worth Terrell 6
1945
2A Wichita Falls Washington 12, Austin Anderson 2
1946
2A Dallas Washington 19, Galveston Central 19
(CO-CHAMPIONS)
1947
2A Fort Worth Terrell 13, Corpus Christi Coles 6
1A Denison Terrell 6, Taylor Price 6 (CO-CHAMPIONS)
1948
2A Corpus Christi Coles 6, Dallas Washington 0
1A Denison Terrell 13, Orange Wallace 0
1949
2A Dallas Lincoln 13, Port Arthur Lincoln 13
(CO-CHAMPIONS)
1A Orange Wallace 34, Victoria Gross 13
1950
2A Dallas Washington 24, Houston Yates 21
1A San Angelo Blackshear 32, Huntsville Sam Houston 0
1951
2A Houston Yates 6, Waco Moore 6 (CO-CHAMPIONS)
1A Huntsville Sam Houston 7, Hillsboro Peabody 6
1952
3A Waco Moore 14, Corpus Christi Coles 0
2A Amarillo Carver 7, Palestine Lincoln 0
1A Arp Industrial defeated Lockhart Carver (No score available)
1953
3A Port Arthur Lincoln 38, Dallas Washington 7
2A Corsicana Jackson 19, Abilene Woodson 0
1A Livingston Dunbar defeated West Columbia Brown
(No score available)
1954
3A Houston Wheatley 13, Waco Moore 0
2A Orange Wallace 39, Greenville Carver 0
1A Livingston Dunbar 25, College Station Lincoln 20
1955
3A Port Arthur Lincoln 9, Dallas Lincoln 6
2A Baytown Carver 33, Gladewater Weldon 13
1A Rockdale Aycock 21, West Dunbar 7
1956
3A Austin Anderson 26, Dallas Washington 7
2A Corsicana Jackson 18, Denton Moore 0
1A Sealy County Austin 19, Kaufman Pyle 18
1957
3A Austin Anderson 22, Dallas Washington 14
2A Corsicana Jackson 46, Denton Moore 0
1A Galena Park Fidelity Manor 29, Vernon Washington 6
1958
3A Dallas Washington 35, Houston Washington 0
2A Baytown Carver 17, Denton Moore 14
1A Livingston Dunbar 26, Grand Prairie Dal-Worth 24
1959
3A Beaumont Hebert 37, Dallas Lincoln 0
2A Bay City Hilliard 22, Fort Worth Kirkpatrick 14
1A West Dunbar 42, Livingston Dunbar 12
1960
4A Houston Washington 6, Waco Moore 6 (CO-CHAMPIONS)
3A Corpus Christi Coles 38, Wichita Falls Washington 21
2A Conroe Washington 16, Midland Carver 6
1A Freeport Lanier 28, West Dunbar 24
1961
4A Austin Anderson 20, Houston Yates 13
3A Baytown Carver 21, Fort Worth Kirkpatrick 6
2A Midland Carver 42, Conroe Washington 16
1A Richardson Hamilton Park 24, Sweeny Carver 0
1962
4A Houston Yates 18, Fort Worth Dunbar 15
3A Fort Worth Kirkpatrick 6, Houston Fidelity Manor 0
2A Wharton Training 40, Lubbock Dunbar 6
1A Taylor Price 42, Dayton Colbert 6
1963
4A Galveston Central 34, Dallas Madison 14
3A Fort Worth Kirkpatrick 46, Gladewater Weldon 14
2A Lubbock Dunbar 19, Conroe Washington 14
1A Smithville Brown 38, Mineola McFarland 6
1964
4A Waco Moore 16, Houston Yates 14
3A Lufkin Dunbar 20, Marlin Washington 7
2A Sherman Douglas 32, Conroe Washington 18
1A Bartlett Washington 8, Garland Carver 6
1965
4A Houston Yates 18, Fort Worth Terrell 0
3A Wichita Falls Washington 31, Nacogdoches Campbell 0
2A Conroe Washington 33, Sherman Douglas 12
1A Sweeny Carver 21, Cameron Price 14
1966
4A Beaumont Hebert 14, Dallas Madison 3
3A Lufkin Dunbar 14, Wichita Falls Washington 7
2A Bay City Hilliard 42, Denton Moore 0
1967
3A Lufkin Dunbar 44, Texarkana Dunbar 24
2A Jasper Rowe 55, Hallsville Gallilee 12
1968
3A Corsicana Jackson 31, Gladewater Weldon 6