Grambling State Tigers football

Grambling State Tigers football
2018 Grambling State Tigers football team
First season 1928
Athletic director Paul Bryant
Head coach Broderick Fobbs
5th season, 40–14 (.741)
Stadium Eddie Robinson Stadium
(Capacity: 19,600)
Field surface Artificial Turf
Location Grambling, Louisiana
Conference SWAC (since 1958)
Division West
All-time record 534–239–18 (.686)
Bowl record 19–8 (.704)
Claimed nat'l titles 15 Black college football national championships
Conference titles 26
Rivalries Jackson State
Southern
Prairie View A&M
Colors Black and Gold[1]
         
Website gsutigers.com

The Grambling State Tigers are the college football team representing the Grambling State University. The Tigers play in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

The prominence of Grambling football is longstanding. The Tigers, under Hall of Fame coach Eddie Robinson (who guided them to 408 victories in 55 seasons from 1941 to 1942 and 1945 to 1997), were built as a small-school powerhouse with more than 200 players who played professional football.

On September 24, 1976, Grambling State and Morgan State became the first collegiate football teams from the United States to play a game in the continent of Asia. GSU defeated Morgan State 42-16 in Tokyo, Japan. In fall 1977, the GSU Tigers were invited back to Tokyo where they defeated Temple University 35-32 in the inaugural Mirage Bowl game.[2]

Among its accomplishments include: 15 Black college football national championships (tied for second most in HBCU history) and 26 Conference Championships (1 Midwest Conference & 25 SWAC). The Tigers have won the most SWAC Championships to date.[3]

Football classifications

Conference affiliations

Annual Classics

Championships

Year Conference Coach Overall record[4][5] Conference record[4][5]
1955Midwestern ConferenceEddie Robinson10-0-02-0-0
1960Southwestern Athletic Conference*Eddie Robinson9-1-06-1-0
1965Southwestern Athletic ConferenceEddie Robinson8-3-06-1-0
1966Southwestern Athletic Conference*Eddie Robinson6-2-14-2-1
1967Southwestern Athletic ConferenceEddie Robinson9-1-06-1-0
1968Southwestern Athletic Conference*Eddie Robinson9-2-06-1-0
1971Southwestern Athletic ConferenceEddie Robinson9-2-05-1-0
1972Southwestern Athletic Conference*Eddie Robinson11**-2-05**-1-0
1973Southwestern Athletic Conference*Eddie Robinson10-3-05-1-0
1974Southwestern Athletic Conference*Eddie Robinson11-1-05-1-0
1975Southwestern Athletic Conference* (vacated)[6]Eddie Robinson10-2**-04-2**-0
1977Southwestern Athletic ConferenceEddie Robinson10-1-06-0-0
1978Southwestern Athletic ConferenceEddie Robinson9-1-15-0-1
1979Southwestern Athletic Conference*Eddie Robinson8-3-05-1-0
1980Southwestern Athletic Conference*Eddie Robinson10-2-05-1-0
1983Southwestern Athletic ConferenceEddie Robinson10-2-06-0-1
1985Southwestern Athletic Conference*Eddie Robinson9-3-06-1-0
1989Southwestern Athletic ConferenceEddie Robinson9-3-07-0-0
1994Southwestern Athletic Conference*Eddie Robinson9-3-06-1-0
2000Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division
Southwestern Athletic Conference		Doug Williams10-26-1
2001Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division
Southwestern Athletic Conference		Doug Williams11**-06**-1
2002Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division
Southwestern Athletic Conference		Doug Williams11-26-1
2003Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division*Doug Williams9-36-1
2005Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division
Southwestern Athletic Conference		Melvin Spears11-19-0
2007Southwestern Athletic Conference Western DivisionRod Broadway8-48-1
2008Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division
Southwestern Athletic Conference		Rod Broadway11-27-0
2010Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division*Rod Broadway9-28-1
2011Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division
Southwestern Athletic Conference		Doug Williams8-46-3
2015Southwestern Athletic Conference Western DivisionBroderick Fobbs9-39-0
2016Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Celebration Bowl (HBCU National Champions)		Broderick Fobbs11-19-0
2017Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Celebration Bowl (HBCU National Runners-Up)		Broderick Fobbs11-27-0
Total conference and division championships 26 (+1 vacated) conference and 10 division

Notes: an asterisk denotes co-championships; a double-asterisk denotes forfeits

Midwestern Conference Championships[4]
  • 1955
SWAC Championships[5]
  • 1960 (shared with Prairie View A&M and Southern)
  • 1965
  • 1966 (shared with Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Southern, and Texas Southern)
  • 1967
  • 1968 (shared with Alcorn State and Texas Southern)
  • 1971
  • 1972 (shared with Jackson State)
  • 1973 (shared with Jackson State)
  • 1974 (shared with Alcorn State)
  • 1975 (shared with Jackson State and Southern; vacated[6] due to violation of SWAC rules for scheduling opponents)[7]
  • 1977
  • 1978
  • 1979 (shared with Alcorn State)
  • 1980 (shared with Jackson State)
  • 1983
  • 1985 (shared with Jackson State)
  • 1989
  • 1994 (shared with Alcorn State)
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2005
  • 2008
  • 2011
  • 2016
  • 2017
Grambling football game in 2005
Black college football national championships

Division I-AA/FCS Playoffs results

The Tigers have appeared in the I-AA/FCS playoffs three times with a record of 0–3.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1980SemifinalsBoise StateL 9–14
1985First RoundArkansas StateL 7–10
1989First RoundStephen F. AustinL 56–59

Division II Playoffs results

The Tigers have appeared in the Division II playoffs one time with an overall record of 1–1.

YearRoundOpponentResultnotes
1973QuarterfinalsDelawareW 17–8Boardwalk Bowl
SemifinalsWKUL 20–28Grantland Rice Bowl

College Football Hall of Fame members

Pro Football Hall of Fame members

Over 100 Grambling State alumni have played in the NFL,[8] including four Pro Football Hall of Famers:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Grambling State University Style Guide (PDF). November 6, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ http://theundefeated.com/features/back-in-the-day-40-years-ago-morgan-state-and-grambling-played-in-tokyo/
  3. ↑ "Grambling's Eddie Robinson changed college football and his legacy still impacts the game".
  4. 1 2 3 "Conference Champions". Cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  5. 1 2 3 "2015 SWAC Football Media Day by SWAC". issuu. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  6. 1 2 "Log in to NewsBank".
  7. ↑ "Log in to NewsBank".
  8. ↑ "Grambling St. Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
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