2007 Grambling State Tigers football team
| 2007 Grambling State Tigers football | |
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SWAC West Division champion | |
SWAC Championship Game, L 31–42 vs. Jackson State | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| West Division | |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 25 |
| Record | 8–4 (8–1 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jackson State xy$ | 7 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 6 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama State | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 2 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 2 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| No. 25 Grambling State xy | 8 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 6 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Jackson State 42, Grambling State 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2007 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Rod Broadway, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 8–4 and a mark of 8–1 in conference play, and finished first in the SWAC West Division.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 1 | at Alcorn State | W 31–10 | 16,960 | [1] | ||
| September 8 | at Pittsburgh* | L 10–34 | 30,852 | [2] | ||
| September 22 | No. 23 Alabama A&M | W 31–6 | 7,831 | [3] | ||
| September 29 | vs. Prairie View A&M | W 17–14 | 55,878 | [4] | ||
| October 6 | Mississippi Valley State |
| W 40–0 | 9,873 | [5] | |
| October 13 | vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff | No. 25 | W 30–24 | 40,067 | [6] | |
| October 20 | at Jackson State | No. 23 | W 30–20 | 14,501 | [7] | |
| October 27 | Texas Southern | No. 21 |
| W 57–9 | 19,639 | [8] |
| November 3 | at Alabama State | No. 18 | W 21–7 | 9,579 | [9] | |
| November 10 | at Louisiana–Monroe* | No. 17 | L 14–28 | 30,101 | [10] | |
| November 24 | vs. Southern | No. 16 | L 13–22 | 53,297 | [11] | |
| December 15 | vs. Jackson State | No. 25 | L 31–42 | 43,206 | [12] | |
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References
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