1988 Grambling State Tigers football team

The 1988 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 46th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 8–3 and a mark of 5–2 in conference play, and finished second in the SWAC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	vs. Alcorn State		Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA (Red River Classic)	W 27–13	29,500	[1]
September 10	vs. Howard*		Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (Whitney Young Memorial Classic)	L 20–35	25,356	[2]
September 24	vs. Bethune–Cookman*		Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL	W 17–16	8,600	[3]
October 1	vs. Prairie View A&M		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	W 40–14		[4]
October 8	Tennessee State*		Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium Grambling, LA	W 35–33		[5]
October 15	at Mississippi Valley State		Magnolia Stadium Itta Bena, MS	W 27–17		[6]
October 22	No. 17 Jackson State	No. 19	Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium Grambling, LA	L 17–24	13,107	[7]
October 29	at Texas Southern		Houston Astrodome Houston, TX	W 49–7		[8]
November 5	Alabama State		Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium Grambling, LA	W 34–0	15,000	[9]
November 10	at South Carolina State*		Oliver C. Dawson Stadium Orangeburg, SC	W 45–16	11,158	[10]
November 26	vs. Southern	No. 20	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Bayou Classic)	L 3–10		[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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