1976 Grambling State Tigers football team

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1976 Grambling State Tigers football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record8–4 (4–2 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Grambling Stadium
Seasons
  1975
1977  
1976 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. T–8 Alcorn State $ 5 1 08 2 0
Southern 4 2 08 3 0
Grambling State 4 2 08 4 0
Prairie View A&M 3 3 06 5 0
Jackson State 3 3 05 4 0
Mississippi Valley State 1 5 04 6 0
Texas Southern 1 5 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1976 Grambling Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. In its 34th season under head coach Eddie Robinson, Grambling State compiled an 8–4 record (4–2 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the SWAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 313 to 202.

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The game played in September in Tokyo against Morgan State was the first regular-season NCAA game played in Japan. [lower-alpha 1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11vs. Alcorn State L 0–2412,000–22,000 [5] [6]
September 18at Temple *L 30–3116,646 [7]
September 23vs. Morgan State *W 42–1650,000 [8]
October 2at Hawaii *W 34–2320,891–26,000 [9]
October 9 Tennessee State *
  • Grambling Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
L 20–3416,221 [10] [11] [12]
October 16at Mississippi Valley State W 20–75,231 [13]
October 23 Jackson State
  • Grambling Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
W 28–614,443 [14]
October 30at Texas Southern W 54–2131,625 [15]
November 6vs. North Carolina A&T *W 34–1823,606–23,607 [16]
November 13 Norfolk State *
  • Grambling Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
W 41–1912,171 [17]
November 27vs. Southern W 10–276,188 [18]
December 4 Prairie View A&M
  • Grambling Stadium
  • Grambling, LA (rivalry)
L 0–1 (forfeit) [19]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

Notes

  1. Despite incorrect reporting otherwise, [1] this was not the first college football game played outside the Western Hemisphere by any stretch. Japan universities began forming their own college football teams since 1934. [2] In 1971, the Utah State Aggies became the first American college football team to play in Japan, in a series of games against teams of Japan's college all-stars. [3] [4] January 1976 saw the beginning of the Japan Bowl, a post-season college football all-star game played in Japan each January from 1976 to 1993. However, this was the first time two NCAA football teams played each other in Japan, presaging the Mirage Bowl which began in 1977.

Citations

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  3. Kaz Nagastuka, Coaches recall trail-blazing '71 Utah State visit, The Japan Times, January 20, 2016.
  4. Bobak Ha'Eri, /r/CFB Reporting: Mills Bowl IV is this Saturday: What to know about the team from Japan and notes from the ground at Southern Oregon, /r/CFB, May 3, 2024.
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