1959 Grambling Tigers football team

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1959 Grambling Tigers football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	5–5 (2–5 SWAC)
Head coach	Eddie Robinson (17th season)
Home stadium	Grambling Stadium
Seasons ← 1958 1960 →

1959 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team		W		L			W		L
Southern $	7	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Prairie View A&M	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Texas Southern	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Jackson State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Arkansas AM&N	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Grambling	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Texas College	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Wiley	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1959 Grambling Tigers football team represented Grambling College (now known as Grambling State University) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1959 college football season. Led by 17th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 5–5 and a mark of 2–5 in conference play, and finished tied for fifth in the SWAC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Bishop*	Dallas, TX	W 48–6		^[1]
September 26	Texas College	Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA	W 19–10		^[2]
October 3	Southern	Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA (rivalry)	L 6–12	18,500	^[3]
October 10	at Tennessee A&I*	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	L 21–26	5,000	^[4]
October 17	vs. Wiley	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA	W 42–20	1,000	^[5]
October 26	vs. Prairie View A&M	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	L 6–35	9,500	^[6]
October 31	at Jackson State	Alumni Stadium Jackson, MS	L 13–14		^[7]
November 7	Texas Southern	Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA	W 14–15		^[8]
November 14	at Arkansas AM&N	Pumphrey Stadium Pine Bluff, AR	L 6–7		^[9]
November 21	Mississippi Vocational*	Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA	W 93–0	5,000	^[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

^ "Grambling's wing-t overpowers Bishop". The Pittsburgh Courier. September 26, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Texas College loses first game". The Tyler Courier-Times. September 27, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Jaguars top Grambling in 12–6 tilt". The Monroe News-Star. October 5, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Grambling felled by Tenn. State". The Shreveport Times. October 12, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Grambling is 42–20 victor". The Shreveport Times. October 18, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Valiant Tiger effort fails". The Shreveport Journal. October 27, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Jackson State wins by 18–14". The Clarion-Ledger. November 1, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Grambling is squeezed by Tex. Southern". The Shreveport Times. November 8, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ark. AM&N eases past Tigers by 7–6". The Shreveport Times. November 15, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Grambling's Tigers swamp rival, 93 to 0". Monroe Morning World. November 22, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Grambling State Tigers football
Venues	Grambling Stadium (?–1982) Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium (1983–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Prairie View A&M: State Fair Classic Southern: Bayou Classic
Culture & lore	Tiger Marching Band Grambling's White Tiger
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1928 1929–1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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