1977 Grambling State Tigers football team

1977 Grambling State Tigers football
Black national champion
SWAC champion
Mirage Bowl champion
Mirage Bowl, W 35–32 vs. Temple
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record10–1 (6–0 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrambling Stadium
1977 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Grambling State $ 6 0 010 1 0
Jackson State 5 1 08 3 0
Texas Southern 3 2 16 4 1
Mississippi Valley State 2 4 05 5 0
Alcorn State 2 4 03 8 0
Southern 1 4 13 7 1
Prairie View A&M 1 5 03 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. All the others were classified as Division I.

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.