1979 Grambling State Tigers football team

1979 Grambling State Tigers football
SWAC co-champion
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record8–3 (5–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrambling Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Associated Press poll

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.