1976 Grambling State Tigers football team

1976 Grambling State Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record8–4 (4–2 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrambling Stadium
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. T–8 Alcorn State $ 5 1 0 8 2 0
Southern 4 2 0 8 3 0
Grambling State 4 2 0 8 4 0
Prairie View A&M 3 3 0 6 5 0
Jackson State 3 3 0 5 4 0
Mississippi Valley State 1 5 0 4 6 0
Texas Southern 1 5 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1976 Grambling Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. In its 34th season under head coach Eddie Robinson, Grambling State compiled an 8–4 record (4–2 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the SWAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 313 to 202.

The game played in September in Tokyo against Morgan State was the first regular-season NCAA game played in Japan.[a]

  1. ^ "Coaches see football in Japan". The Baltimore Afro-American. October 5, 1976. p. 16. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  2. ^ History of American Football in Japan, Japan American Football Association, accessed May 28, 2024.
  3. ^ Kaz Nagastuka, Coaches recall trail-blazing '71 Utah State visit, The Japan Times, January 20, 2016.
  4. ^ Bobak Ha'Eri, /r/CFB Reporting: Mills Bowl IV is this Saturday: What to know about the team from Japan and notes from the ground at Southern Oregon, /r/CFB, May 3, 2024.


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