American college football season
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.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 pm | Virginia–Lynchburg* | | | | W 72–12 | 9,500 |
September 10 | 9:45 pm | at Arizona* | | | P12N | L 21–31 | 45,686 |
September 17 | 6:00 pm | at Jackson State | | | ESPN3 | W 35–14 | 13,890 |
September 24 | 6:00 pm | Alcorn State | | - Eddie Robinson Stadium
- Grambling, LA
| | W 43–18 | 14,126 |
October 1 | 3:00 pm | vs. Prairie View A&M | | | | W 36–16 | 53,182 |
October 22 | 2:00 pm | at Mississippi Valley State | No. 22 | | | W 59–10 | 3,879 |
October 29 | 2:00 pm | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | No. 21 | - Eddie Robinson Stadium
- Grambling, LA
| | W 70–0 | 18,543 |
November 5 | 2:00 pm | at Alabama A&M | No. 21 | | | W 56–17 | 6,278 |
November 12 | 2:00 pm | Alabama State | No. 20 | | | W 21–0 | 15,043 |
November 19 | 2:00 pm | at Texas Southern | No. 17 | | RSSW | W 47–28 | 9,146 |
November 26 | 4:00 pm | vs. Southern | No. 16 | | NBCSN | W 52–30 | 67,845 |
December 3 | 3:00 pm | vs. Alcorn State | No. 16 | | ESPNU | W 27–20 | 24,917 |
December 17 | 3:00 pm | vs. No. 20 North Carolina Central* | No. 16 | | ABC | W 10–9 | 31,096 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
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Coaches | RV | RV | RV | — | — | 25 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 |
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- Wiley (1921)
- Paul Quinn (1922)
- Wiley (1923)
- Paul Quinn (1924)
- Bishop (1925)
- Samuel Huston (1926)
- Wiley (1927)
- Wiley (1928)
- Wiley (1929)
- Wiley (1930)
- Prairie View (1931)
- Wiley (1932)
- Langston & Prairie View (1933)
- Texas College (1934)
- Texas College (1935)
- Texas College & Langston (1936)
- Texas College (1937)
- Southern & Langston (1938)
- Langston (1939)
- Southern & Langston (1940)
- No champion (1941)
- Texas College (1942)
- No champion (1943)
- Wiley, Texas College, & Langston (1944)
- Wiley (1945)
- Southern (1946)
- Southern (1947)
- Southern (1948)
- Southern & Langston (1949)
- Southern (1950)
- Prairie View (1951)
- Prairie View (1952)
- Prairie View (1953)
- Prairie View (1954)
- Southern (1955)
- Texas Southern & Wiley (1956)
- Wiley (1957)
- Prairie View (1958)
- Southern (1959)
- Southern, Prairie View, & Grambling (1960)
- Jackson State (1961)
- Jackson State (1962)
- Prairie View (1963)
- Prairie View (1964)
- Grambling (1965)
- Grambling, Southern, & Texas Southern (1966)
- Grambling (1967)
- Alcorn A&M, Grambling, & Texas Southern (1968)
- Alcorn A&M (1969)
- Alcorn A&M (1970)
- Grambling (1971)
- Grambling & Jackson State (1972)
- Grambling & Jackson State (1973)
- Grambling State & Alcorn State (1974)
- Grambling State, Jackson State, & Southern (1975)
- Alcorn State (1976)
- Grambling State (1977)
- Grambling State (1978)
- Grambling State & Alcorn State (1979)
- Grambling State & Jackson State (1980)
- Jackson State (1981)
- Jackson State (1982)
- Grambling State (1983)
- Alcorn State (1984)
- Jackson State & Grambling State (1985)
- Jackson State (1986)
- Jackson State (1987)
- Jackson State (1988)
- Grambling State (1989)
- Jackson State (1990)
- Alabama State (1991)
- Alcorn State (1992)
- Southern (1993)
- Alcorn State & Grambling State (1994)
- Jackson State (1995)
- Jackson State (1996)
- Southern (1997)
- Southern (1998)
- Southern (1999)
- Grambling State (2000)
- Grambling State (2001)
- Grambling State (2002)
- Southern (2003)
- Alabama State (2004)
- Grambling State (2005)
- Alabama A&M (2006)
- Jackson State (2007)
- Grambling State (2008)
- Prairie View (2009)
- Texas Southern (2010) vacated
- Grambling State (2011)
- Arkansas–Pine Bluff (2012)
- Southern (2013)
- Alcorn State (2014)
- Alcorn State (2015)
- Grambling State (2016)
- Grambling State (2017)
- Alcorn State (2018)
- Alcorn State (2019)
- Alabama A&M (2020)
- Jackson State (2021)
- Jackson State (2022)
- Florida A&M (2023)
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