1980 Grambling State Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1980 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 38th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiling an overall record of 10–2 and a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and sharing the SWAC title with Jackson State. Grambling State was invited to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they lost to eventual national champion Boise State. The Tigers won a black college football national championship.
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record10–2 (5–1 SWAC)
Headcoach
- Eddie Robinson (38th season)
HomestadiumGrambling Stadium
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Black college national champion SWAC champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal, L 9–14 at Boise State | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 10–2 (5–1 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Grambling Stadium |
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| No. 2 Grambling State +^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 13 | vs. Morgan State* | W 34–13 | 36,631 | [1] | ||
| September 20 | vs. Alcorn State | L 27–29 | 35,000 | [2] | ||
| September 27 | at Florida A&M* | W 27–10 | 23,202 | [3] | ||
| October 4 | at Prairie View A&M | W 68–0 | 6,100 | [4][5] | ||
| October 11 | Tennessee State* | W 52–27 | 13,571 | [6] | ||
| October 18 | at Mississippi Valley State |
| W 34–24 | [7] | ||
| October 25 | Jackson State | No. T–10 |
| W 24–14 | [8] | |
| November 1 | at Texas Southern | No. T–7 | W 43–14 | [9] | ||
| November 8 | at Alabama State | No. T–5 | W 28–12 | 11,000 | [10] | |
| November 15 | No. 1 South Carolina State* | No. T–5 |
| W 26–3 | [11] | |
| November 29 | vs. Southern | No. 2 | W 43–6 | 72,000 | [12] | |
| December 13 | at No. 7 Boise State | No. 2 | L 9–14 | 8,157 | [13] | |
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Roster
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