1975 Grambling State Tigers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1975 Grambling State Tigers football Southwestern Athletic Conference SWAC 10–1-Tie 0 4–1-Tie 0 Eddie Robinson 33rd Grambling Stadium Black national co-championSWAC co-champion (vacated) The 1975 Grambling Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. In its 33rd season under head coach Eddie Robinson, Grambling compiled a 10–1-1 record (4–1-Tie against conference opponents), initially tied for the SWAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 324 to 153 on the field. The team was recognized as the 1975 black college football national co-champion and was ranked No. 4 by the Associated Press and No. 2 by the United Press International in the final 1975 NCAA Division II football rankings. Key players included sophomore quarterback Doug Williams, receivers Dwight Scales, Carlos Pennywell, and Sammie White, and running backs Fallon Bush and Cliff Martin.Merritt Says Grambling Has Best Team Ever The Tennessean October 8, 1975 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40313694/merritt_says_grambling_has_best_team/ Newspapers.com Williams later played nine seasons in the National Football League. Dwight Scales went on to play eight seasons in the National Football League . Grambling inadvertently double-scheduled games on October 4 against Prairie View A&M and Oregon State and opted to play Oregon State, leaving Prairie View idle. Grambling told Prairie View of the scheduling problem in the spring and tried to reschedule the game with Prairie View for November 22, but the negotiations fell through. On November 26, the Southwestern Athletic Conference assessed a loss against Grambling's conference record, declaring the October 4 game against Prairie View to be a forfeit. On December 12, the SWAC commissioner stripped Grambling of its share of the conference co-championship, and then almost to add insult to injury, the athletic directors voted unanimously to send Southern as the SWAC's representative to the Pelican Bowl (over the other remaining co-champ, Jackson State);Jags in Pelican Bowl https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&t=&sort=YMD_date%3AD&maxresults=20&f=advanced&val-base-0=%22Jags%20in%20Pelican%20Bowl%22&fld-base-0=alltext&bln-base-1=and&val-base-1=December%2013%2C%201975&fld-base-1=YMD_date&docref=image/v2%3A138FFE8785E79426%40EANX-13F63773C5D1C02E%402442760-13F44137FAB49375%4013-13F44137FAB49375%40 Baton Rouge StateTimes (sec. B, p. 2) December 13, 1975 Grambling had just defeated Southern soundly only two weeks before in the first Bayou Classic to be played in the new Louisiana Superdome,Southern Out of Tune, 33 To 17 Daily World November 30, 1975 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40345387/southern_out_of_tune_33_to_17/ Newspapers.com and now the Jaguars could participate in a bowl game being billed as the black national championship.Joyce Davis Robinson December 28, 1975 Pelican Fans: Sugar Bowl Sign an Insult http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/image/v2%3A1223BCE5B718A166%40EANX-13020191FB8A65BA%402442775-1301FE7C02B8CED7%4033-133ECBA64232BE80%40?p=AMNEWS New Orleans Times–Picayune (sec. 1, p. 34)Tom Aswell December 29, 1975 Jaguars Rally To Win Pelican Bowl By 15–12 http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/image/v2%3A138FFE8785E79426%40EANX-13F6D37B3A83AAB8%402442776-13F4414946D4D31C%4037-13F7311F1A8EF340%40?p=AMNEWS Baton Rouge State–Times (sec. D, p. 2) Grambling-produced publications intended for the mass media make no reference to their brief hold on the 1975 co-championship.2010 Tigers Football https://gsutigers.com/documents/2010/9/7/2010__GSU_FB_Media_Guide_Final.pdf GSU Sports Information Office (p. 94) 2010Brian Howard Karen M. Carty Jonathan Wallace Jovan Hackley 2018 Tigers 2018 Football Media Guide https://gsutigers.com/documents/2018/8/14//2018_Football_Media_Guide.pdf?id=1457 Grambling State University Sports Information Department (p. 124) Schedule 1975 NCAA Division II AP/UPI y y y September 6 vs Alcorn State Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA W 27-3 61,000 Williams, G-Men Smother Alcorn The Clarion-Leger and Jackson Daily News September 7, 1975 1G, 3G https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40344091/williams_gmen_smother_alcorn/ Newspapers.com September 13 vs Morgan State<ncg> Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington, DC W 40-7 29,112 Grambling crushes Morgan State, 40-7 The Baltimore Sun September 14, 1975 B1, B4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40312347/grambling_crushes_morgan_state_407/ Newspapers.com September 20 at Hawaii<ncg> NR/1 Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI W 20-6 29,472 Rainbows improve but lose Honolulu Star-Bulletin September 21, 1975 D1, D6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40312286/rainbows_improve_but_lose/ Newspapers.com October 4 at Oregon State<ncg> 1/1 Civic Stadium Portland, OR W 19-12 16,964 Grambling Topples Oregon State 19-12 The Oregon Statesman October 5, 1975 31 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40312214/grambling_topples_oregon_state_1912/ Newspapers.com October 4 vs. Prairie View A&M Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry) Tie 0-0 Robinson Upset By Forfeiture The Shreveport Times November 27, 1975 E1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40307820/robinson_upset_by_forfeiture/ Newspapers.com October 11 at Tennessee State<ncg> 1/1 Hale Stadium Nashville, TN W 28-25 17,000–18,200 G-Men Outlast Tennessee State The Shreveport Times October 12, 1975 4D https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40344283/gmen_outlast_tennessee_state/ Newspapers.com October 18 Mississippi Valley State<hc> 1/1 Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA W 38-22 20,118 Grambling Runs Away Again The Shreveport Times October 19, 1975 3D https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40344470/grambling_runs_away_again/ Newspapers.com October 25 at Jackson State 1/1 Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS L 14-24 25,700–30,000 Grambling Falls To Jackson St. Santa Cruz Sentinel October 26, 1976 28 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40344653/grambling_falls_to_jackson_st/ Newspapers.com Final 1975 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Jackson State) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/314/stats/12714 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 22, 2022 November 1 at Texas Southern 5/5 Astrodome Houston, TX W 37-21 46,183 Grambling Batters TSU The Shreveport Times November 2, 1975 2D https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40344866/the_times/ Newspapers.com November 8 North Carolina A&T<ncg> 4/3 Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA W 42-16 10,000–12,707 Grambling Has Easy Time The Shreveport Times November 9, 1975 4D https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40345032/grambling_has_easy_time/ Newspapers.com Final 1975 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (North Carolina A&T) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/488/stats/12714 National Collegiate Athletic Association August 20, 2024 November 15 vs 1975 Norfolk State Spartans Norfolk State<ncg> 4/3 Shea Stadium Flushing, NY W 26-0 33,869 Grambling Blanks Norfolk The Shreveport Times November 16, 1975 4D https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40345206/grambling_blanks_norfolk/ Newspapers.com November 29 vs Southern 3/2 Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Bayou Classic) W 33-17 73,214 Final 1975 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Grambling State) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/261/stats/12714 National Collegiate Athletic Association November 19, 2022 References Grambling State Category:Grambling State Tigers football seasons Category:Black college football national champions Category:Southwestern Athletic Conference football champion seasons Grambling State Tigers football