2016 Grambling State Tigers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2016 Grambling State Tigers Grambling State Tigers logo.svg 150 Southwestern Athletic Conference West Division SWAC 16 15 12–1 9–0 Broderick Fobbs 3rd Eric Dooley 3rd Everett Todd 3rd 3–3–5 Eddie Robinson Stadium Black college football national championCelebration Bowl championSWAC championSWAC West Division champion SWAC Championship Game W 27–20 vs. Alcorn State Celebration Bowl W 10–9 vs. North Carolina Central The 2016 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by third year head coach Broderick Fobbs. They competed as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and played their home games at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana. They finished the season 12–1, 9–0 in SWAC play to be champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division in the SWAC Championship Game where they defeated Alcorn State. The Tigers also defeated MEAC champion North Carolina Central in the Celebration Bowl, earning their fifteenth black college football national championship. Schedule 2016 NCAA Division I FCS STATS Central September 3 6:00 pm w y 2016 Virginia–Lynchburg Dragons Virginia–Lynchburg Eddie Robinson Stadium Grambling, LA 72–12 9,500 September 10 9:45 pm l y y Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ P12N 21–31 45,686 September 17 6:00 pm w y Jackson State Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS ESPN3 35–14 13,890 September 24 6:00 pm w Alcorn State Eddie Robinson Stadium Grambling, LA 43–18 14,126 October 1 3:00 pm w y Prairie View A&M Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX State Fair Classic 36–16 53,182 October 22 2:00 pm w y 22 Mississippi Valley State Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS 59–10 3,879 October 29 2:00 pm w y 21 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Eddie Robinson Stadium Grambling, LA 70–0 18,543 November 5 2:00 pm w y 21 Alabama A&M Louis Crews Stadium Huntsville, AL 56–17 6,278 November 12 2:00 pm w 20 y Alabama State Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA Red River State Fair Classic 21–0 15,043 November 19 2:00 pm w y 17 Texas Southern BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, TX RSSW 47–28 9,146 November 26 4:00 pm w y 16 Southern Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA Bayou Classic NBCSN 52–30 67,845 December 3 3:00 pm w y 16 Alcorn State NRG Stadium Houston, TX SWAC Championship Game ESPNU 27–20 24,917 December 17 3:00 pm w y y 16 North Carolina Central 20 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA Celebration Bowl ABC 10–9 31,096 Grambling Tigers Schedule 2016 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2755/season/2016 ESPN August 8, 2023 2016 Football Schedule https://gsutigers.com/sports/football/schedule/2016 Grambling State University Athletics August 8, 2023 Ranking movements STATS FCS 0 13 RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 22 21 21 20 17 16 16 Coaches 0 13 RV RV RV NR NR 25 23 21 21 19 16 16 14 15 References Grambling State Category:Grambling State Tigers football seasons Category:Black college football national champions Category:Southwestern Athletic Conference football champion seasons Category:Celebration Bowl champion seasons Grambling State Tigers football