2017 Grambling State Tigers football team
American college football season
2017 Grambling State Tigers football | |
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SWAC champion SWAC West Division champion | |
SWAC Championship Game, W 40–32 vs. Alcorn State | |
Celebration Bowl, L 14–21 vs. North Carolina A&T | |
Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Division | West Division |
Ranking | |
STATS | No. 16 |
FCS Coaches | No. 14 |
Record | 11–2 (7–0 SWAC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Eric Dooley (4th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Everett Todd (4th season) |
Home stadium | Eddie Robinson Stadium |
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Alcorn State xy | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama State | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama A&M | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jackson State | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi Valley State | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 16 Grambling State xy$ | 7 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prairie View A&M | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Southern | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Grambling State 40, Alcorn State 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by fourth-year head coach Broderick Fobbs and played their home games at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Tigers finished the season 11–2, 7–0 in SWAC play to win the West Division. They defeated Alcorn State in the SWAC Championship Game, receiving the conference's bid to the Celebration Bowl where they lost to North Carolina A&T.
Preseason
The Tigers were picked to finish first in the West Division.[1]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at Tulane* | No. 21 | ESPN3 | L 14–43 | 15,940 | ||
September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | Northwestern State* | No. 24 | W 23–10 | 12,689 | |||
September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | Jackson State* | No. 24 |
| ESPN3 | W 36–21 | 16,513 | |
September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at Mississippi Valley State | No. 22 | W 38–6 | 2,374 | |||
September 30 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. Clark Atlanta* | No. 21 |
| W 31–20 | 16,429 | [2] | |
October 7 | 4:00 p.m. | vs. Prairie View A&M | No. 21 |
| W 34–21 | 55,231 | ||
October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Alcorn State | No. 17 |
| SWAC DN | W 41–14 | 12,147 | |
October 28 | 2:00 p.m. | Texas Southern![]() | No. 15 |
| W 50–24 | 18,350 | [3] | |
November 4 | 2:30 p.m. | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | No. 13 | W 31–26 | 4,007 | |||
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | at Alabama State | No. 13 | SWAC DN | W 24–7 | 9,872 | ||
November 25 | 4:00 p.m. | vs. Southern | No. 13 |
| NBCSN | W 30–21 | 66,650 | |
December 2 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. Alcorn State | No. 13 | ESPNU | W 40–32 | 24,610 | ||
December 16 | 12:00 p.m. | vs. No. 7 North Carolina A&T* | No. 13 | ABC | L 14–21 | 25,873 | ||
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Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS FCS | 21 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 |
Coaches | 21 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
References
- ^ "SWAC releases 2017 preseason football team, predicted order of finish". HBCU Sports. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ "Grambling St., Clark Atlanta to Face-Off in Chicago Football Classic". WMAQ. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "GSU moving Red River Classic from Shreveport to campus". USA Today. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ "Grambling Tigers Schedule 2017". ESPN. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ "2017 Football Schedule". Grambling State University Athletics. Retrieved August 8, 2023.