Grambling Tigers
SWACGrambling, LAEddie Robinson Stadium
2026: 4–3 (2–2 SWAC). Last: lost at Alabama A&M 61–31. Next: at Texas Southern, Saturday, Oct 31, 8:30 p.m. ET.
- W 49–7Clark Atlanta
- W 48–26Central State
- L 7–63at TCU
- L 14–21vs. Prairie View A&M
- W 63–59Alcorn State
- W 45–38Jackson State
- L 31–61at Alabama A&M
- Oct 31at Texas Southern
- Nov 7Arkansas–Pine Bluff
- Nov 14at Bethune-Cookman
- Nov 28vs. Southern
Grambling has played football since 1928 and is officially 536–240–18; 244 of its 794 games are in our file. They have won 26 Southwestern Athletic Conference titles (the last in 2017) and one Midwest Athletic Association title, counting shared titles. Since 1961, the NFL Draft has taken 60 players from here in its first seven rounds, 5 of them in the first round. The AFL draft also took one player from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 4 players and 1 coach from Grambling. The most-played rival is Alcorn State: 21 meetings, Grambling leads 13–8. This season, they’re 4–3.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 536–240–18 official; 139–105 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 2–1 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1287
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 104 · Composite No. 72 in FCS, Oct 17; down 13 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 27 last in 2017
- Bowl record
- 19–8 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 34 since 1968, 244 games
Identity
- Band
- GSU Tiger Marching Band since 1926, 200 members
2026 season 4–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vsClark Atlanta | W 49–7 | 82% |
| Sep 5 | vsCentral State | W 48–26 | 86% |
| Sep 12 | at TCU | L 7–63 | 13% |
| Sep 26 | vs Prairie View A&MState Fair Classic | L 14–21 | 47% |
| Oct 3 | vs Alcorn State | W 63–59 | 58% |
| Oct 10 | vs Jackson State | W 45–38 | 34% |
| Oct 17 | at Alabama A&M | L 31–61 | 43% |
| Oct 31 | at Texas Southern | Preview | 55% |
| Nov 7 | vs Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Preview | 67% |
| Nov 14 | at Bethune-Cookman | Preview | 42% |
| Nov 28 | vs Southern | Preview | 62% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Tyson George38 catches, 505 yards, 7 TD (leads Grambling in receiving yards)
- Marcellius Johnson50 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT (leads Grambling in tackles)
- Jacobe Robinson737 passing yards, 9 TD (leads Grambling in passing yards)
- Jonathan Horton29 tackles, 4.5 sacks (leads Grambling in sacks)
- Jordan Bride23 catches, 352 yards
- Byron Eaton Jr.15 catches, 206 yards, 2 TD
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Grambling.
Doug WilliamsHall of Fame, 2001
Gary JohnsonHall of Fame, 1997- Buck BuchananHall of Fame, 1996
Paul “Tank” YoungerHall of Fame, 2000
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1968
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Alcorn State
13–8 in 21
- 2017 W 41–14
- 2017 W 40–32
- 2018 L 26–33
- 2019 W 19–16
- 2021 L 20–24
- 2022 W 35–6
- 2023 L 24–25
- 2024 L 15–17
- 2025 L 16–27
- 2026 W 63–59
Won the last one.
- Southern
34–43 ‡ in 77
- 2016 W 52–30
- 2017 W 30–21
- 2018 L 28–38
- 2019 L 28–30
- 2020 L 7–49
- 2021 W 29–26
- 2022 L 17–34
- 2023 L 22–27
- 2024 L 14–24
- 2025 L 27–28
Lost the last four.
Next: Nov 28
- Prairie View A&M
8–12 in 20
- 2017 W 34–21
- 2018 L 16–22
- 2019 L 36–42
- 2020 L 10–17
- 2021 L 10–24
- 2022 L 14–34
- 2023 W 35–20
- 2024 L 34–36
- 2025 L 13–28
- 2026 L 14–21
Lost the last three.
| Opponent | Games | GRAM record |
|---|---|---|
| Alcorn State | 21 | 13–8 |
| Southern | 77 | 34–43 ‡ |
| Prairie View A&M | 20 | 8–12 |
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 19 | 14–5 |
| Texas Southern | 18 | 13–5 |
| Alabama A&M | 17 | 11–6 |
| Jackson State | 17 | 14–3 |
| Alabama State | 15 | 9–6 |
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.
Rivals the program names: Jackson State, Prairie View A&M, Southern.
Every opponent (57)
Every program Grambling has played, A to Z, with Grambling’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Alabama A&M 11–6
- Alabama State 9–6
- Alcorn State 13–8
- Arizona 0–1
- Arkansas State 0–1
- Arkansas–Pine Bluff 14–5
- Bethune-Cookman 3–5
- California 0–1
- Central State 1–0
- Clark Atlanta 2–0
- Concordia (AL) 2–0
- East Texas A&M 2–0
- Florida A&M 0–2
- Florida Memorial University 1–0
- Hampton 0–2
- Hawai’i 2–0
- Houston 0–3
- Jackson State 14–3
- Kentucky State 1–0
- Lamar 0–2
- Langston 3–0
- Lincoln (MO) 0–1
- Long Beach State 1–1
- Louisiana 0–2
- Louisiana Tech 0–2
- Louisville 0–1
- LSU 0–1
- McNeese 0–1
- Mississippi Valley State 13–1
- Morgan State 1–0
- Nevada 0–1
- Norfolk State 1–0
- North Carolina A&T 0–1
- North Carolina Central 1–0
- Northwestern State 3–2
- Ohio State 0–1
- Oklahoma Panhandle 1–0
- Oklahoma State 0–1
- Oregon State 2–0
- Pittsburgh 0–1
- Prairie View A&M 8–12
- Sacramento State 1–0
- San José State 0–1
- Savannah State 2–0
- SMU 0–2
- South Carolina State 0–1
- Southern 34–43 ‡
- Southern Miss 0–1
- TCU 0–2
- Temple 1–1
- Tennessee State 1–1
- Texas Southern 13–5
- Tulane 0–1
- Tuskegee 1–0
- UL Monroe 0–4
- Virginia Lynchburg 2–0
- Washington State 0–1
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
27, counting shared titles- Southwestern Athletic Conference 26
- 1960 (shared), 1965, 1966 (shared), 1967, 1968 (shared), 1971, 1972 (shared), 1973 (shared), 1974 (shared), 1975 (shared), 1977, 1978, 1979 (shared), 1980 (shared), 1983, 1985 (shared), 1989, 1994 (shared), 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2017
- Midwest Athletic Association 1
- 1955
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Black college football
Black college national titles 15
Who named them
- 1955 10–0: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Associated Negro Press (Luix Virgil Overbea); Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1967 9–1: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); New Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1972 11–2: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Mutual Black Network; New Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll); Pelican Bowl (record includes forfeited game (was 10–2); won Pelican Bowl)
- 1974 (as Grambling State) 11–1: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Jet (Frank T. Bannister, Jr.)—Paul Robeson Perpetual Trophy; Mutual Black Network; New Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll); Pelican Bowl (won Pelican Bowl)
- 1975 (as Grambling State) 10–2: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Jet (Frank T. Bannister, Jr.)—Paul Robeson Perpetual Trophy; Mutual Black Network; National Black Network (Frank T. Bannister, Jr.); New Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll) (record includes forfeited game (was 10–1); had SWAC championship ruled vacated and, by extension, not eligible for automatic bid to Pelican Bowl)
- 1977 (as Grambling State) 10–1: New Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1980 (as Grambling State) 10–2: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); Jet (Frank T. Bannister, Jr.)—Paul Robeson Perpetual Trophy; Sheridan Broadcasting Network (Sheridan Poll) (retired W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy as first three-time winner since the previous trophy had been retired)
- 1983 (as Grambling State) 8–1–2: Sheridan Broadcasting Network (Sheridan Poll)
- 1992 (as Grambling State) 10–2: American Sports Wire (Dick Simpson); American Urban Radio Networks (Sheridan Poll); Jet (Frank T. Bannister, Jr.)—Paul Robeson Perpetual Trophy (won Heritage Bowl II)
- 2000 (as Grambling State) 10–2: American Sports Wire (Dick Simpson)
- 2001 (as Grambling State) 11–0: American Sports Wire (Dick Simpson); American Urban Radio Networks (Sheridan Poll); Black College Sports Page (Carl “Lut” Williams & formerly Major Broadcasting Cable) (record includes forfeited game (was 10–1))
- 2002 (as Grambling State) 11–2: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); American Sports Wire (Dick Simpson); American Urban Radio Networks (Sheridan Poll); Black College Sports Page (Carl “Lut” Williams & formerly Major Broadcasting Cable)
- 2005 (as Grambling State) 11–1: American Urban Radio Networks (Sheridan Poll); Black College Sports Page (Carl “Lut” Williams & formerly Major Broadcasting Cable); Dr. Cavil’s Classic Cuts (Jafus Kenyatta Cavil & formerly SWAC Page Network)–Major Division Poll
- 2008 (as Grambling State) 11–2: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); American Sports Wire (Dick Simpson); American Urban Radio Networks (Sheridan Poll); BOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network)–Media Poll; Black College Sports Page (Carl “Lut” Williams & formerly Major Broadcasting Cable); Dr. Cavil’s Classic Cuts (Jafus Kenyatta Cavil & formerly SWAC Page Network)–Major Division Poll; Pigskin Club of Washington, DC—William G. “Billy” Coward Award
- 2016 (as Grambling State) 12–1: Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl (Celebration Bowl); Add’s HBCU Sports Report (Add Seymour, Jr.) for NCAA Division I FCS teams; BOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network)–Media Poll; Dr. Cavil’s Classic Cuts (Jafus Kenyatta Cavil & formerly SWAC Page Network)–Major Division Poll; Heritage Sports Radio Network–HSRN Conaway Cup for NCAA Division I FCS teams
Black College Football Hall of Fame: 16 inductees from Grambling.
Black college national champions as Wikipedia’s list gives each season’s selections since 1920 (the black press’s polls, bowls and later media polls; some seasons have several). Black college football history: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Conferences
- Independent 1928–1950
- Midwest Athletic Conference 1951–1957
- SWAC since 1978
Grambling’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
National award winners
All awards| 1992 | Eddie Robinson coach | Bobby Dodd Award |
Led the nation 2
| 1977 | Doug Williams passing yards (3,286 yds), passing touchdowns (38 TD), total offense (3,249 yds), total offense per game (293.5) |
| 1977 | Robert Woods punt return average (25.4) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
Heisman runners-up and finalists
The votes| 1977 | Doug Williams QB | 4th |
Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 4
- Coaches
- 1
| 2001 | Doug Williams QB |
| 2000 | Paul “Tank” Younger FB/LB |
| 1997 | Eddie Robinson coach, career 1941–1997 |
| 1997 | Gary Johnson DT |
| 1996 | Buck Buchanan OT |
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 60 since 1961
- First-round picks
- 5
- AFL picks
- 1 1963
| 1978 | Doug Williams QB | No. 17, Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1976 | James Hunter DB | No. 10, Detroit Lions |
| 1975 | Gary Johnson DT | No. 8, San Diego Chargers |
| 1971 | Richard Harris DE | No. 5, Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1971 | Frank Lewis WR | No. 8, Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1963 | Buck Buchanan DT | No. 1, Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) |
The school
Grambling State University- Enrollment
- 5,150 4,313 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Grambling, Louisiana
- Public or private
- Public
- Founded
- 1901
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $41,109 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Films and books
Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA), about the program, its seasons, games and rivalries. Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1287 | ||||
| 2025 | 7–5 | 4–4 | 1274 | ||||
| 2024 | 5–7 | 3–6 | 1233 | ||||
| 2023 | 5–6 | 4–4 | 1242 | ||||
| 2022 | 3–8 | 2–7 | 1187 | ||||
| 2021 | 4–7 | 3–5 | 1206 | ||||
| 2020 | 0–4 | 1234 | |||||
| 2019 | 6–5 | 6–3 | 1376 | ||||
| 2018 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1373 | ||||
| 2017 | 11–2 | 9–0 | 1517 | ||||
| 2016 | 12–1 | 10–0 | 1526 | ||||
| 2015 | 7–3 | 7–0 | 1375 | ||||
| 2014 | 7–5 | 7–2 | 1271 | ||||
| 2013 | 1–9 | 1–6 | 1076 | ||||
| 2012 | 1–10 | 0–9 | 1170 | ||||
| 2011 | 7–4 | 6–3 | 1396 | ||||
| 2010 | 9–1 | 8–0 | 1480 | ||||
| 2009 | 7–4 | 6–2 | 1438 | ||||
| 2008 | 10–2 | 9–0 | 1465 | ||||
| 2007 | 8–3 | 8–1 | 1375 | ||||
| 2006 | 0–2 | 1283 | |||||
| 2005 | 0–1 | 1297 | |||||
| 2004 | 2–0 | 1309 | |||||
| 2003 | 1–2 | 1294 | |||||
| 2000 | 0–1 | 1349 |
Every season back to 1968 (9 more)
Officially 536–240–18 since 1928 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 139–105 (244 of its 794 games are on file). Our file starts in 1968; the program began in 1928. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1969–71, 1974, 1978–80, 1982, 1984, 1986–99, 2001–02: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.