Year: | 2011 |
Team: | Grambling State Tigers |
Mode: | football |
Conference: | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Division: | West Division |
Short Conf: | SWAC |
Record: | 8–4 |
Conf Record: | 6–3 |
Head Coach: | Doug Williams |
Hc Year: | 7th |
Off Coach: | Vyron Brown |
Oc Year: | 1st |
Def Coach: | Cliff Yoshida |
Dc Year: | 5th |
Stadium: | Eddie Robinson Stadium |
Champion: | SWAC champion SWAC West Division champion |
Bowl: | SWAC Football Championship Game |
Bowl Result: | W 16–15 vs. Alabama A&M |
The 2011 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led Doug Williams in the first season of his second stints as head coach and seventh overall after coaching the Tigers from 1998 to 2003. The Tigers finished the season 8–4 overall and 6–3 in SWAC play to win the West Division and defeated Alabama A&M in the SWAC Football Championship Game, 16–15, to become SWAC champions. The team played home games at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana.