1997 Grambling State Tigers football team

1997 Grambling State Tigers football
Conference	Southwest Athletic Conference
1997 record	3–8 (2–5 SWAC)
Head coach	Eddie Robinson
Home stadium	Eddie Robinson Stadium

The 1997 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Eddie Robinson in his 56th year and finished the season with a record of three wins and eight losses (3–8, 2–5 SWAC). The Tigers offense scored 187 points while the defense allowed 258 points.^[1]

This was Eddie Robinson's final season as head coach.^[2] Robinson spent fifty-six years as the head coach at historically black Grambling State University in Grambling in Lincoln Parish in northern Louisiana, from 1941 through 1997.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 6	at Alcorn State	Jack Spinks Stadium • Lorman, MS	L 20–44
September 20	at Langston*	Taft Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	W 20–0
September 27	Hampton*	Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA	L 7–42
October 4	vs. Prairie View A&M	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 33–6
October 11	Mississippi Valley State	Eddie Robinson Stadium • Grambling, LA	W 20–13
October 18	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA	L 16–22
October 25	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS	L 0–23
November 1	Texas Southern	Eddie Robinson Stadium • Grambling, LA	L 16–21
November 8	at Alabama State	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL[A 1]	L 13–20
November 15	North Carolina A&T	Eddie Robinson Stadium • Grambling, LA	L 35–37
November 29	vs. Southern	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (XXIV Bayou Classic)	L 7–30
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game.

• Reference:^[1]

Team players in the NFL

• None of the players from the Tigers were drafted in the 1998 NFL Draft.^[4]

Notes

1. This game was originally scheduled to be played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, but moved to Montgomery due to low ticket sales and a lack of up-front money from the promoters.^[3]

References

1. DeLassus, David. "Grambling State Yearly Results: 1995–1999". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
2. "Ex-Grambling coach Robinson dead at 88". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 4, 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
3. "Grambling–Alabama State is moved from Rose Bowl". Los Angeles Times (LATimes.com). Associated Press. September 18, 1997. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
4. "1998 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 25, 2013.