1971 Grambling Tigers football team

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1971
Grambling Tigers football
SWAC champion
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record9–2 (5–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrambling Stadium
Seasons
1971 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Grambling $ 5 1 0 9 2 0
Jackson State 4 1 1 9 1 1
No. 16 Alcorn A&M 4 2 0 6 3 0
Texas Southern 3 2 1 7 2 1
Prairie View A&M 2 4 0 3 7 0
Mississippi Valley State 1 5 0 4 7 0
Southern 1 5 0 2 7 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll for Grambling and UPI small college poll for Alcorn A&M

The 1971 Grambling Tigers football team represented Grambling College (now known as Grambling State University) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. Led by 29th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 9–2 and a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as SWAC co-champion.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11vs. Morgan State*
W 31–1365,005[1]
September 17vs. Alcorn A&MW 21–633,000–39,710[2]
September 25at
Arkansas AM&N*
No. 3W 20–1627,000[3]
October 2Prairie View A&MNo. 3W 30–715,175[4]
October 9at Tennessee State*No. 3L 35–4118,000–25,000[5]
October 16Mississippi Valley StateNo. 7
  • Grambling Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
W 25–1515,745–16,000[6][7]
October 23at Jackson StateL 7–1320,000–26,000[8]
October 30at Texas SouthernW 21–733,000–33,556[9]
November 13at Norfolk State*W 55–021,000[10]
November 20Southern
  • Grambling Stadium
  • Grambling, LA (rivalry)
W 31–333,897–33,981[11]
November 27at Cal State Fullerton*W 59–2660,415[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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