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The Grambling State Tigers and Lady Tigers represent Grambling State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA intercollegiate athletics. Grambling's sports teams participate in Division I (I-FCS for College football, football) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
Grambling State plays its arch rival Southern University in the annual Bayou Classic, which is hosted at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana over Thanksgiving weekend and broadcast nationally on NBCSN.
GSU also plays in the annual State Fair Classic against the Prairie View A&M Panthers at the Cotton Bowl (stadium), Cotton Bowl, in Fair Park, in Dallas, Texas.
Former football coach Eddie Robinson (football coach), Eddie Robinson previously held the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA record for most career wins as a head coach at an NCAA division I school.
During Robinson's 55-year coaching career, the university gained a national reputation because of the large number of athletes who joined the professional ranks in football.
After Robinson's retirement in 1997, former GSU standout and NFL Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams (quarterback), Doug Williams took over the reins of the university's football program.
Grambling has won fourteen Black college football national championship, black college national championships, tied for second most in the country (Robinson's teams won nine of those championships).
The 1981 TV movie ''Grambling's White Tiger'' set in 1967, tells the true story of Jim Gregory, the first white Quarterback at Grambling.
In October 2013, citing health hazards within the Grambling State athletic facilities and team mismanagement in a letter to the administration, the Grambling State football team refused to play their October 19 game against Jackson St., forfeiting the match up, resulting in a loss. The NCAA would later go on to announce the ruling on the game was officially declared a no contest. The Tigers would return for their very next game a week later against Texas Southern.
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Baseball
Notable players
*Tommie Agee *Matt Alexander *Courtney Duncan *Ralph Garr *Johnny Jeter (baseball), Johnny Jeter *Lenny Webster *Gerald Williams (baseball), Gerald Williams *Gary EaveMen's basketball
The Grambling State Tigers won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, NAIA National NAIA national men's basketball championship, championship tournament in 1961 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1961, beating Georgetown College (Kentucky), Georgetown College (Ky.). The victory made Grambling State the first and only college basketball program in the state to win a national basketball championship. In the following years, the Tigers made it to the NAIA Final Four, and placed 3rd in 1963 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1963, and 1966 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1966, defeating Fort Hays State University, Fort Hays State (Kan.) and Norfolk State University, Norfolk State (Va.) respectively. The Tigers appeared in the NAIA National Tournament eight times from 1959 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1959 to 1971 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1971, with a total NAIA National Tournament record of 19–7. Former NBA star Charles Hardnett played for the National Championship Tiger team. The team has never played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. In 2013, the Tigers went 0–28, with only one single-digit loss (an 8-point loss to Alabama A&M University, Alabama A&M in the 2013 SWAC men's basketball tournament, SWAC tournament). Grambling State's most popular and highest attended regular season basketball rivalries are against the Southern Jaguars and Prairie View A&M Panthers.Women's basketball
Football
Grambling State plays its arch rival Southern University in the annual Bayou Classic, which is hosted at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana over Thanksgiving weekend and broadcast nationally on NBCSN.
GSU also plays in the annual State Fair Classic against the Prairie View A&M Panthers at the Cotton Bowl (stadium), Cotton Bowl, in Fair Park, in Dallas, Texas.
Former football coach Eddie Robinson (football coach), Eddie Robinson previously held the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA record for most career wins as a head coach at an NCAA division I school.
During Robinson's 55-year coaching career, the university gained a national reputation because of the large number of athletes who joined the professional ranks in football.
After Robinson's retirement in 1997, former GSU standout and NFL Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams (quarterback), Doug Williams took over the reins of the university's football program.
Grambling has won fourteen Black college football national championship, black college national championships, tied for second most in the country (Robinson's teams won nine of those championships).
The 1981 TV movie ''Grambling's White Tiger'' set in 1967, tells the true story of Jim Gregory, the first white Quarterback at Grambling.
In October 2013, citing health hazards within the Grambling State athletic facilities and team mismanagement in a letter to the administration, the Grambling State football team refused to play their October 19 game against Jackson St., forfeiting the match up, resulting in a loss. The NCAA would later go on to announce the ruling on the game was officially declared a no contest. The Tigers would return for their very next game a week later against Texas Southern.
Notable players
Pro Football Hall of Fame members *Willie Brown (American football), Willie Brown *Buck Buchanan *Willie Davis (defensive end), Willie Davis *Charlie JoinerTraditions
Grambling State's colors are Black (color), black and Gold (color), gold, with Red (color), red as a tertiary color symbolizing the blood of people of African descent. The school's mascot is the Tiger. Grambling State's male athletes are traditionally referred to as "G-Men".See also
*List of NCAA Division I institutions *Honda Battle of the BandsReferences
External links
* {{Authority control Grambling State Tigers, Sports in Grambling, Louisiana