Misplaced Pages

1986 Grambling State Tigers football team

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
American college football season

1986 Grambling State Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record7–4 (4–3 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium
Seasons← 19851987 →
1986 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Jackson State $^ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Alcorn State 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Grambling State 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Southern 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Mississippi Valley State 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Alabama State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Texas Southern 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 8 – 1
Prairie View A&M 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 44th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 7–4 and a mark of 4–3 in conference play, and finished tied for third in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13vs. Alcorn StateW 19–1721,016
September 20vs. North Carolina Central*No. 14W 32–2431,968
September 27vs. Bethune–Cookman*No. 16W 30–2422,000
October 4vs. Prairie View A&MNo. 13L 19–2433,480
October 11No. 7 Tennessee State*No. 20L 10–21
October 18vs. Mississippi Valley StateL 10–1316,454
October 25Jackson State
  • Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
L 14–2522,000
November 1at Texas SouthernW 49–2112,000
November 8Alabama State
  • Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
W 16–74,798
November 15at South Carolina State*W 20–167,413
November 29vs. SouthernW 30–358,960

References

  1. "G-Men kick Alcorn, 19–17". The Shreveport Times. September 14, 1986. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Grambling foils Central's rally". Daily News. September 21, 1986. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Bethune–Cookman rallies late, still falls to Grambling 30–24". St. Petersburg Times. September 28, 1986. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Prairie View upsets Grambling, 24–19". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 5, 1986. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Big Blue mows down G-Men". The Tennessean. October 12, 1986. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Valley kicks G-Men 13–10". The Clarion-Ledger. October 19, 1986. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "G-Men plunge to fourth straight defeat, 25–14". The Shreveport Times. October 26, 1986. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "G-Men sock TSU to end loss skein". The Shreveport Times. November 2, 1986. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Grambling tops Hornets 16–7". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 9, 1986. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Grambling's late surge topples Bulldogs 20–16". The State. November 16, 1986. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Grambling takes Classic". Daily World. November 30, 1986. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
Grambling State Tigers football
Venues
Bowls & rivalries
Culture & lore
People
Seasons
National championship seasons in bold
Stub icon

This college football 1980s season article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
1986 Grambling State Tigers football team Add topic