2016 Grambling State Tigers football team information
American college football season
2016Grambling State Tigers football
Black college football national champion Celebration Bowl champion SWAC champion SWAC West Division champion
SWAC Championship Game, W 27–20 vs. Alcorn State
Celebration Bowl, W 10–9 vs. North Carolina Central
Conference
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division
West Division
Ranking
STATS
No. 16
FCS Coaches
No. 15
Record
12–1 (9–0 SWAC)
Head coach
Broderick Fobbs (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator
Eric Dooley (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator
Everett Todd (3rd season)
Base defense
3–3–5
Home stadium
Eddie Robinson Stadium
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
East Division
Alcorn State xy
5
–
4
5
–
6
Alabama A&M
4
–
5
4
–
7
Alabama State
3
–
6
4
–
7
Jackson State
3
–
6
3
–
8
Mississippi Valley State
1
–
8
1
–
10
West Division
No. 16 Grambling State xy$
9
–
0
12
–
1
Southern *
8
–
1
8
–
3
Prairie View A&M
7
–
2
7
–
4
Texas Southern
4
–
5
4
–
7
Arkansas–Pine Bluff
1
–
8
1
–
10
Championship: Grambling State 27, Alcorn State 20
$ – Conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
y – Championship game participant
* – ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
Rankings from STATS Poll
The 2016 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by third year head coach Broderick Fobbs. They competed as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and played their home games at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana. They finished the season 12–1, 9–0 in SWAC play to be champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division in the SWAC Championship Game where they defeated Alcorn State. The Tigers also defeated MEAC champion North Carolina Central in the Celebration Bowl, earning their fifteenth black college football national championship.
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