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1997 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 12 Southern $   8 – 0     11 – 1  
No. 14 Jackson State ^   7 – 1     9 – 3  
Arkansas–Pine Bluff   6 – 2     8 – 3  
Texas Southern   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Alcorn State   4 – 4     4 – 7  
Mississippi Valley State   3 – 5     4 – 6  
Alabama State   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Grambling State   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Prairie View A&M   0 – 8     0 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

The 1997 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Eddie Robinson in his 55th year and finished the season with a record of three wins and eight losses (3–8, 2–5 SWAC). The Tigers offense scored 187 points while the defense allowed 258 points.[1]

This was Eddie Robinson's final season as head coach.[2] Robinson spent fifty-six years as the head coach at historically black Grambling State University in Grambling in Lincoln Parish in northern Louisiana, from 1941 through 1997.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at Alcorn State
L 20–44[3]
September 20at Langston*
W 20–020,000[4]
September 27vs. Hampton*
L 7–4249,156[5]
October 4vs. Prairie View A&M
W 33–655,119[6]
October 11Mississippi Valley State
W 20–13[7]
October 18vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff
L 16–2213,004[8]
October 25at No. 20 Jackson State
L 0–2335,430[9]
November 1Texas Southerndagger
  • Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
L 16–21[10]
November 9at Alabama State
L 13–20[12]
November 15North Carolina A&T*
  • Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
L 35–37[13]
November 29vs. Southern
L 7–30[14]

[1]

Team players in the NFL

Notes

  1. ^ This game was originally scheduled to be played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, but moved to Montgomery due to low ticket sales and a lack of up-front money from the promoters.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b DeLassus, David. "Grambling State Yearly Results: 1995–1999". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Ex-Grambling coach Robinson dead at 88". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 4, 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Robinson drops his final opener". The News Journal. September 7, 1997. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Grambling defense dominates". The Daily Oklahoman. September 21, 1997. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Hampton U. rumbles past Grambling". Daily Press. September 28, 1997. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Grambling finds familiar success against Prairie View". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 5, 1997. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Grambling survives late Valley rally". The Clarion-Ledger. October 12, 1997. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Lions spoil Tigers' night". The Shreveport Times. October 19, 1997. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "JSU gives Robinson early gift, late pain". The Clarion-Ledger. October 26, 1997. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Texas Southern beats Grambling". The Shreveport Times. November 2, 1997. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Grambling–Alabama State is moved from Rose Bowl". Los Angeles Times. LATimes.com. Associated Press. September 18, 1997. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  12. ^ "Farewell, Coach Rob". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 10, 1997. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Robinson bids farewell to Grambling faithful". The Charlotte Observer. November 16, 1997. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Bayou good-bye". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 30, 1997. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "1998 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team