1959 Grambling Tigers football team
| 1959 Grambling Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 5–5 (2–5 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Grambling Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Prairie View A&M | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas AM&N | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas College | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 Grambling Tigers football team represented Grambling College (now known as Grambling State University) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Led by 17th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 5–5 and a mark of 2–5 in conference play, and finished tied for fifth in the SWAC.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | at Bishop* | Dallas, TX | W 48–6 | [1] | |
| September 26 | Texas College | W 19–10 | [2] | ||
| October 3 | Southern |
| L 6–12 | 18,500 | [3] |
| October 10 | at Tennessee A&I* | L 21–26 | 5,000 | [4] | |
| October 17 | vs. Wiley | W 42–20 | 1,000 | [5] | |
| October 26 | vs. Prairie View A&M |
| L 6–35 | 9,500 | [6] |
| October 31 | at Jackson State |
| L 13–14 | [7] | |
| November 7 | Texas Southern |
| W 14–15 | [8] | |
| November 14 | at Arkansas AM&N |
| L 6–7 | [9] | |
| November 21 | Mississippi Vocational* |
| W 93–0 | 5,000 | [10] |
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References[edit]
- ^ "Grambling's wing-t overpowers Bishop". The Pittsburgh Courier. September 26, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas College loses first game". The Tyler Courier-Times. September 27, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jaguars top Grambling in 12–6 tilt". The Monroe News-Star. October 5, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grambling felled by Tenn. State". The Shreveport Times. October 12, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grambling is 42–20 victor". The Shreveport Times. October 18, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Valiant Tiger effort fails". The Shreveport Journal. October 27, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jackson State wins by 18–14". The Clarion-Ledger. November 1, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grambling is squeezed by Tex. Southern". The Shreveport Times. November 8, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ark. AM&N eases past Tigers by 7–6". The Shreveport Times. November 15, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grambling's Tigers swamp rival, 93 to 0". Monroe Morning World. November 22, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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