The 1979 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 37th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 8–3 and a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as SWAC co-champion.
1979 Grambling State Tigers football | |
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SWAC co-champion | |
Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Record | 8–3 (5–1 SWAC) |
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Home stadium | Grambling Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Alcorn State + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Grambling State + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Jackson State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. T–10 Southern | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi Valley State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Southern | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prairie View A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 8 | vs. Morgan State* | W 28–18 | 38,164 | [1] | ||
September 15 | at Alcorn State | W 40–6 | [2] | |||
September 22 | vs. No. 2 Florida A&M* | No. 3 | L 7–25 | 30,000 | [3] | |
September 29 | Prairie View A&M | No. 6 | W 61–6 | [4] | ||
October 6 | at Tennessee State* | No. 5 | L 13–24 | 16,200 | [5] | |
October 13 | Mississippi Valley State |
| W 25–13 | [6] | ||
October 20 | at No. 2 Jackson State | No. T–8 |
| W 25–13 | 28,128 | [7] |
October 27 | at Texas Southern | No. 4 | W 32–3 | [8] | ||
November 3 | Alabama State* | No. 1 |
| W 21–7 | [9] | |
November 10 | at South Carolina State* | No. 1 | W 22–15 | 13,097 | [10] | |
December 1 | vs. No. T–10 Southern | No. 1 | L 7–14 | 68,000 | [11] | |
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