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1951 Grambling Tigers football team

The 1951 Grambling Tigers football team represented Grambling College (now known as Grambling State University) as an independent during the 1951 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 4–5–1.

1951 Grambling Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Virginia   –   8 – 1 – 0
Maryland State   –   7 – 1 – 0
Arkansas State   –   10 – 2 – 0
Stetson   –   8 – 1 – 2
Florida State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Northeast Louisiana State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Texas Southern   –   7 – 3 – 1
Miami (FL)   –   8 – 3 – 0
Tampa   –   7 – 3 – 1
Delaware   –   5 – 3 – 0
Memphis State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Sewanee   –   5 – 3 – 0
McNeese State   –   5 – 4 – 1
Louisville   –   5 – 4 – 0
Chattanooga   –   6 – 5 – 0
Grambling   –   4 – 5 – 1
Navy   –   2 – 6 – 1
Delta State   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 22Maryland State
L 6–7[1]
October 6at Xavier (LA)
L 7–25[2]
October 13Texas Southern
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
T 7–7[3]
October 22vs. Wiley
W 19–13[4]
October 27at Mississippi IndustrialHolly Springs, MSW 19–12[5]
November 3Paul Quinn
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
W 32–8[6]
November 10at Prairie View A&M
L 12–34[7][8]
November 17Tennessee A&I
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
L 13–30[9]
November 24Arkansas AM&N
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Grambling, LA
L 14–25[10]
December 18:00 p.m.vs. Bishop
  • State Fair Stadium
  • Shreveport, LA
W 52–0 or 56–0[11][12]

References edit

  1. ^ "Maryland State nips Grambling College 7–6". Alabama Tribune. September 28, 1951. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Xavier surprises Grambling 25–7". Alabama Tribune. October 12, 1951. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Grambling, Texas State in 7–7 tie". Alabama Tribune. October 19, 1951. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Late rally by Grambling beats Wiley". The Shreveport Journal. October 23, 1951. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Grambling to seek first home victory". The Shreveport Times. November 1, 1951. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Grambling routs Paul Quinn 32–8". Alabama Tribune. November 9, 1951. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Dixon, R. E. (November 16, 1955). "Coach Henry Kean's Tenn. State Cats Squelch National Aim of Morris Brown; Prairie View Plunders On". The Call. Kansas City, Missouri. p. 20. Retrieved June 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "Grambling becomes Prairie View's seventh straight victim". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 17, 1951. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tenn. State powers over Grambling Tigers 30 to 13". Alabama Tribune. November 23, 1951. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Arkansas State stund Grambling Tigers 25–14". Alabama Tribune. November 30, 1951. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Fair Stadium Scene of Negro Game Tonight". Shreveport Journal. Shreveport, Louisiana. December 1, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved June 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  12. ^ "La-Tex Grid Classic won by Grambling". The Shreveport Journal. December 3, 1951. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


 

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