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American college football season

1978 Grambling State Tigers football
SWAC champion
Orange Blossom Classic, L 7–31 vs. Florida A&M
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record9–1–1 (5–0–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrambling Stadium
Seasons← 19771979 →
1978 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Grambling State $ 5 – 0 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
No. 2 Jackson State ^ 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Mississippi Valley State 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Alcorn State 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Southern 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Texas Southern 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
Prairie View A&M 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-AA and II programs. Mississippi Valley State was classified as NCAA Division II for the 1978 season. All the other teams were Division I-AA.
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1978 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 36th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 9–1–1, with a mark of 5–0–1 in conference play, winning the SWAC title. Grambling State was invited to the Orange Blossom Classic, where they lost to Florida A&M.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9vs. Alcorn StateW 21–13
September 23vs. Morgan State*W 21–039,118
September 30vs. Prairie View A&MNo. T–10W 37–6
October 7Tennessee StateW 16–11
October 14at Mississippi Valley StateT 0–05,924
October 21No. 2 Jackson State
  • Grambling Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
W 13–7
October 28at Texas SouthernW 22–16
November 4vs. Langston*W 63–64,500
November 11No. 4 South Carolina State*
  • Grambling Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
W 19–15
November 25vs. SouthernW 28–1575,000
December 2vs. No. 3 Florida A&M*L 7–3135,499

References

  1. "G-Men outslug Braves". The Shreveport Times. September 10, 1978. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Grambling trounces Bears, 21–0". The Baltimore Sun. September 24, 1978. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "G-Men flatten Prairie View". The Shreveport Times. October 1, 1979. p. 4D. Retrieved November 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Grambling nips Tennessee St. on late score". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 8, 1978. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Valley, Grambling ends in scoreless tie". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 15, 1978. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Final 1978 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Mississippi Valley State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  7. "Tigers lose first game". Enterprise-Journal. October 22, 1978. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Williams rallies Grambling". The Shreveport Times. October 29, 1978. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Grambling gambols". Tulsa World. November 5, 1978. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Unbeaten G-Men hold off S.C. State". The Shreveport Times. November 12, 1978. Retrieved March 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Grambling outpoints Southern". The Daily Advertiser. November 26, 1978. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Rattlers rip Grambling in OB, 31–7". The Miami Herald. December 3, 1978. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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