• The Panthers started a key, six-game SWAC swing five weeks ago and have won four straight conference games and five consecutive games overall.  The Panthers are currently in second place in the SWAC West and will need to keep winning in order to keep their postseason hopes alive.  PVAMU has clinched a winning season for the first time since 2010 and has not won eight-plus games since 2009.

• Alabama State offensive coordinator Mark Orlando and offensive line coach Prince Pearson were on the PVAMU football staff together from 2011-2014.  Prior to Orlando's arrival, Pearson had been at PVAMU since 2004.

• This marks the second time ASU head coach Brian Jenkins will face PVAMU.  Jenkins squared off against PVAMU during the 2011 MEAC/SWAC Challenge as head coach at Bethune-Cookman and won 63-14.

• PVAMU defensive tackles coach Jo Nixon served as the defensive coordinator at Alabama State in 2009.

• PVAMU has the top offense in the SWAC at 477.8 yards per game and ranks first in scoring offense with 44.4 points per game while ASU averages 26.8 points per game and 372 total offensive yards.

• Winning in Montgomery, Ala. is rare for PVAMU as the Panthers haven't won in the city since 2009 and have only won there twice in series history (2007, 2009).

• PVAMU senior Nick Brewer, the reigning SWAC Specialist of the Week, has blocked six combined kicks this season, which places him two away from tying the all-time FCS season record (8).

• Trey Green ranks second in the SWAC with 270 yards per game passing and 18 touchdowns.  Running back Johnta' Hebert ranks fourth in rushing with 78 yards per game.

• The Panthers play eight games inside the state of Texas and are leaving the state for just the third time this season.

• Five players were named to the 2015 All-SWAC Preseason Team while Prairie View A&M was picked third in the SWAC West in the annual SWAC Preseason Poll.