1977 Grambling State Tigers football team

The 1977 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Eddie Robinson in his 35th year and finished the season with a record of ten wins and one loss (10–1, 6–0 SWAC), as SWAC champions, black college football national champions and with a victory over Temple in the Mirage Bowl. The Tigers offense scored 462 points while the defense allowed 175 points.^[3]

1977 Grambling State Tigers football
Black national champion SWAC champion Mirage Bowl champion
Mirage Bowl, W 35–32 vs. Temple
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	10–1 (6–0 SWAC)
Head coach	Eddie Robinson (35th season)
Home stadium	Grambling Stadium
Seasons ← 1976 1978 →

1977 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Grambling State $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Jackson State	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Texas Southern	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Mississippi Valley State	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Alcorn State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Southern	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Prairie View A&M	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion The Conference was a hybrid of Division I and II programs. Mississippi Valley State and Prairie View A&M were classified as Division II.[1][2] All the others were classified as Division I.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at Alcorn State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	W 42–17	18,406	[4]
September 17	vs. Morgan State*	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 35–19	34,403	[5]
October 1	Prairie View A&M	Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA (rivalry)	W 70–7		[6]
October 8	at Tennessee State*	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	L 8–26		[7]
October 15	Mississippi Valley State	Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA	W 42–21		[8]
October 22	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	W 34–7		[9]
October 29	at Texas Southern	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX	W 28–14	53,668	[10]
November 5	Langston*	Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA	W 65–0	14,500	[11]
November 12	at Norfolk State*	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	W 48–12	18,500	[12]
November 26	vs. Southern	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Bayou Classic)	W 55–20	76,000	[13]
December 11	vs. Temple*	Korakuen Stadium Tokyo, Japan (Mirage Bowl)	W 35–32	50,000	[14][15]
*Non-conference game

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Doug Williams	Quarterback	1	17	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Carlos Pennywell	Wide receiver	3	77	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Robert Woods	Tackle	5	134	Kansas City Chiefs

• Reference:^[16]