1959 Grambling Tigers football team

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1959 Grambling Tigers football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record5–5 (2–5 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Grambling Stadium
Seasons
←  1958
1960  →
1959 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Southern $ 7 –0 –08 –2 –0
No. 16 Prairie View A&M 6 –1 –09 –2 –0
Texas Southern 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Jackson State 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Arkansas AM&N 2 –5 –04 –6 –0
Grambling 2 –5 –04 –6 –0
Texas College 2 –5 –04 –6 –0
Wiley 0 –7 –02 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1959 Grambling Tigers football team represented Grambling College (now known as Grambling State University) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Led by 17th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 5–5 and a mark of 2–5 in conference play, and finished tied for fifth in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Bishop * Dallas, TX W 48–6 [1]
September 26 Texas College
W 19–10 [2]
October 3 Southern
  • Grambling Stadium
  • Grambling, LA (rivalry)
L 6–1218,500 [3]
October 10at Tennessee A&I *
L 21–265,000 [4]
October 17vs. Wiley
W 42–201,000 [5]
October 26vs. Prairie View A&M
  • State Fair Stadium
  • Shreveport, LA (rivalry)
L 6–359,500 [6]
October 31at Jackson State
L 13–14 [7]
November 7 Texas Southern Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Grambling Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
W 14–15 [8]
November 14at Arkansas AM&N
L 6–7 [9]
November 21 Mississippi Vocational *
  • Grambling Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
W 93–05,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. ↑ "Grambling's wing-t overpowers Bishop". The Pittsburgh Courier. September 26, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Texas College loses first game". The Tyler Courier-Times. September 27, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Jaguars top Grambling in 12–6 tilt". The Monroe News-Star. October 5, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Grambling felled by Tenn. State". The Shreveport Times. October 12, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Grambling is 42–20 victor". The Shreveport Times. October 18, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Valiant Tiger effort fails". The Shreveport Journal. October 27, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Jackson State wins by 18–14". The Clarion-Ledger. November 1, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Grambling is squeezed by Tex. Southern". The Shreveport Times. November 8, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Ark. AM&N eases past Tigers by 7–6". The Shreveport Times. November 15, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Grambling's Tigers swamp rival, 93 to 0". Monroe Morning World. November 22, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023– via Newspapers.com.


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