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1980 Grambling State Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record10–2 (5–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrambling Stadium
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Grambling State +^ 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Jackson State + 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Alcorn State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Mississippi Valley State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Southern 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Texas Southern 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Prairie View A&M 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1980 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 38th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiling an overall record of 10–2 and a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and sharing the SWAC title with Jackson State. Grambling State was invited to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they lost to eventual national champion Boise State. The Tigers won a black college football national championship.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13vs. Morgan State*
W 34–1336,631[1]
September 20vs. Alcorn State
L 27–2935,000[2]
September 27at Florida A&M*
W 27–1023,202[3]
October 4at Prairie View A&M
W 68–06,100[4][5]
October 11Tennessee State*
W 52–2713,571[6]
October 18at Mississippi Valley State
W 34–24[7]
October 25Jackson StateNo. T–10
  • Grambling Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
W 24–14[8]
November 1at Texas SouthernNo. T–7
W 43–14[9]
November 8at Alabama StateNo. T–5
W 28–1211,000[10]
November 15No. 1 South Carolina State*No. T–5
  • Grambling Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
W 26–3[11]
November 29vs. SouthernNo. 2
W 43–672,000[12]
December 13at No. 7 Boise StateNo. 2
L 9–148,157[13]

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Roster[edit]

1980 Grambling State Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 2 Trumaine Johnson So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 29 Albert Lewis So
DB 9 Everson Walls Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Grambling pounds Morgan State, 34–13". The Baltimore Sun. September 14, 1980. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "G-Men left Green with envy by ASU". The Shreveport Times. September 21, 1980. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Grambling beats FAMU". The Palm Beach Post. September 28, 1980. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ McIntyre, Bill (October 4, 1980). "College capsules". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 2C. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Parham sets GSU record". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. October 5, 1980. p. 2D. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Grambling rips Tennessee State". The Tennessean. October 12, 1980. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Devils nailed by Grambling, 34–24". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 19, 1980. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Jackson State comes back, but comes up short, 24–14". The Clarion-Ledger. October 26, 1980. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Grambling routs TSU". The Shreveport Times. November 2, 1980. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Grambling pounds out solid 28–12 win over ASU". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 9, 1980. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "'Gambling' Grambling crunches Bulldogs". The State. November 16, 1980. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "G-Men offense tunes Southern". Daily World. November 30, 1980. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Boise State moves into I-AA finals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Lewiston, Idaho. Associated Press. December 14, 1980. p. 7B.
  14. ^ "Grambling State Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
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