1971 Grambling Tigers football team

1971 Grambling Tigers football
1971 Grambling Tigers football
SWAC champion
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	9–2 (5–1 SWAC)
Head coach	Eddie Robinson (29th season);
Home stadium	Grambling Stadium
	Seasons ← 1970 1972 →

The 1971 Grambling Tigers football team represented Grambling College (now known as Grambling State University) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. Led by 29th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 9–2 and a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as SWAC co-champion.

1971 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 9 Grambling $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Jackson State	4	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
No. 16 Alcorn A&M	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Texas Southern	3	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Prairie View A&M	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Mississippi Valley State	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Southern	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA Division I poll for Grambling and UPI small college poll for Alcorn A&M

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	vs. Morgan State*		Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (Whitney Young Memorial Classic)	W 31–13	65,005	^[1]
September 17	vs. Alcorn A&M		Soldier Field Chicago, IL	W 21–6	33,000–39,710	^[2]
September 25	at Arkansas AM&N*	No. 3	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	W 20–16	27,000	^[3]
October 2	Prairie View A&M	No. 3	Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA (rivalry)	W 30–7	15,175	^[4]
October 9	at Tennessee State*	No. 3	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	L 35–41	18,000–25,000	^[5]
October 16	Mississippi Valley State	No. 7	Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA	W 25–15	15,745–16,000	^[6]^[7]
October 23	at Jackson State		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 7–13	20,000–26,000	^[8]
October 30	at Texas Southern		Houston Astrodome Houston, TX	W 21–7	33,000–33,556	^[9]
November 13	at Norfolk State*		Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	W 55–0	21,000	^[10]
November 20	Southern		Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA (rivalry)	W 31–3	33,897–33,981	^[11]
November 27	at Cal State Fullerton*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 59–26	60,415	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game