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1975 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Grambling State * 4 – 2 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 9 Southern + 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 7 Jackson State + 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. T–19 Alcorn State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Mississippi Valley State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Texas Southern 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Prairie View A&M 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Grambling State vacated a share of the conference championship.
Rankings from NCAA Division II AP poll for Grambling State and NAIA Division I poll for Southern and Jackson State

The 1975 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Rod Paige, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 4–6, with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13Sam Houston State*
W 49–22[1]
September 20at Southern
L 13–35[2]
September 27Bethune–Cookman*
L 27–30[3]
October 11Alcorn State
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
L 0–15[4]
October 18at Bishop*
L 10–21[5]
October 25at Mississippi Valley State
W 7–0[6]
November 1No. 5 Grambling State
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
L 21–37[7]
November 8No. 12 Jackson State
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
L 9–135,000[8][9]
November 15Langston*
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 41–0[10]
November 26Prairie View A&M
W 18–14[11][12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Sam Houston downed by TSU". Victoria Advocate. September 14, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Jaguars shred Texas Southern". The Shreveport Times. September 22, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Bethune by 30–27 in Texas". The Orlando Sentinel Star. September 28, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Alcorn Braves blank Texas Southern". The Clarion-Ledger. October 12, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bishop College, 21–10". Austin American-Statesman. October 19, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "TSU squeezes by Valley". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 26, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Grambling Batters TSU". The Shreveport Times. November 2, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tillman's sprint stops TSU 13–9". The Clarion-Ledger. November 9, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Final 1975 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "Langston falls". The Daily Oklahoman. November 16, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Last second pass propels TSU past Prairie View". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 27, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Prairie View vs Texas Southern". Digital Commons @PVAMU. Prairie View A&M University. November 23, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Texas_Southern_Tigers_football_team