1978 Grambling State Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1978 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 36th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 9–1–1, with a mark of 5–0–1 in conference play, winning the SWAC title. Grambling State was invited to the Orange Blossom Classic, where they lost to Florida A&M.
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record9–1–1 (5–0–1 SWAC)
Headcoach
- Eddie Robinson (36th season)
HomestadiumGrambling Stadium
| 1978 Grambling State Tigers football | |
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SWAC champion | |
Orange Blossom Classic, L 7–31 vs. Florida A&M | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 9–1–1 (5–0–1 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Grambling Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Jackson State ^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from Associated Press poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 9 | vs. Alcorn State | W 21–13 | [3] | |||
| September 23 | vs. Morgan State* | W 21–0 | 39,118 | [4] | ||
| September 30 | vs. Prairie View A&M | No. T–10 | W 37–6 | [5] | ||
| October 7 | Tennessee State | W 16–11 | [6] | |||
| October 14 | at Mississippi Valley State | T 0–0 | 5,924 | [7][8] | ||
| October 21 | No. 2 Jackson State |
| W 13–7 | [9] | ||
| October 28 | at Texas Southern | W 22–16 | [10] | |||
| November 4 | vs. Langston* | W 63–6 | 4,500 | [11] | ||
| November 11 | No. 4 South Carolina State* |
| W 19–15 | [12] | ||
| November 25 | vs. Southern | W 28–15 | 75,000 | [13] | ||
| December 2 | vs. No. 3 Florida A&M* | L 7–31 | 35,499 | [14] | ||
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