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American college football season
The 1987 Grambling State Tigers football team represented
Grambling State University as a member of the
Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the
1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Tigers were led by head coach
Eddie Robinson in his 45th year and finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 3–4 SWAC). The Tigers offense scored 278 points while the defense allowed 208 points.
[1] The season saw the Tigers lose to
Central State in the
Whitney M. Young
Urban League Classic at
Yankee Stadium 37–21.
[2] The game was the final football game played at "Old" Yankee Stadium.
[3]
[4] The Tigers failed to get their first winning season since 1959.
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"Grambling game shifted". The New York Times. NYTimes.com. July 19, 1988. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
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"Football Games at Yankee Stadium". LuckyShow.org. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
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"ASU Braves stave off G-Men 28–24". The Clarion-Ledger. September 6, 1987. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Conquest of Grambling shows CSU belongs". Dayton Daily News. September 13, 1987. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Grambling dodges B–CC comeback". The Orlando Sentinel. September 27, 1987. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Grambling defeats PV A&M". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 4, 1987. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"TSU battered 51–9". The Tennessean. October 11, 1987. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Grambling stops MVSU cold". Hattiesburg American. October 18, 1987. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"J-State roars in secons half, downs Grambling". The Clarion-Ledger. October 25, 1987. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Allen passes G-Men to victory over TSU". The Shreveport Times. November 1, 1987. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Hornets finally beat Grambling". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 8, 1987. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"SCSC tops Tigers". The Times and Democrat. November 13, 1987. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Bizzare finish gives Southern win over Grambling". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 29, 1987. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"1988 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
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