2013 Grambling State Tigers football team explained

Year:2013
Team:Grambling State Tigers
Sport:football
Conference:Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division:West Division
Short Conf:SWAC
Record:1–11
Conf Record:1–8
Head Coach:Doug Williams
Hc Year:9th
Hc Games:first 2 games
Head Coach2:George Ragsdale
Hc Games2:interim, games 3–7
Head Coach3:Dennis Winston
Hc Games3:interim, final 5 games
Off Coach:Vyron Brown
Oc Year:3rd
Stadium:Eddie Robinson Stadium

The 2013 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Doug Williams in the third season of his second tenure as head coach and ninth overall after coaching the Tigers from 1998 to 2003. They competed as a member of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and played their home games at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana. The Tigers finished the season with a record.

Head coach Doug Williams' contract was bought out after the first two games of the season.[1] He was replaced by interim head coach George Ragsdale, the team's running backs coach.[1] Ragsdale was subsequently fired on October 17 after losing five games in a row and replaced with Dennis Winston as interim head coach.[2] In response to a number of players being dissatisfied with the conditions of the facility and practices of the athletic department, Grambling State refused to play the October 19 game against Jackson State University.[3] [4] As such, their game against the Tigers was forfeited.[3] [4] On October 22, the players officially ended their boycott, and the team returned to the field for their next game against Texas Southern University.[5]

On December 4, 2013, Broderick Fobbs was introduced as Winston's replacement as full-time head coach of the Tigers.[6]

Schedule

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Notes and References

  1. News: Doug Williams Says He's Been Fired by Grambling. USA Today. September 11, 2013. October 17, 2013.
  2. News: Dennis Winston named interim coach. ESPN.com news services. ESPN. October 17, 2013. October 17, 2013.
  3. Web site: Grambling State Players Don't Board Buses to Travel to Jackson State, Game is Forfeited. Nick. Bromberg. Nick Bromberg. Yahoo! Sports. October 18, 2013. October 18, 2013.
  4. News: Grambling State University Football Forced to Forfeit Game vs. Jackson State. Trey. Iles. The Times-Picayune. New Orleans. October 18, 2013. October 18, 2013.
  5. News: Grambling players end boycott. ESPN.com news services. ESPN. October 22, 2013. October 28, 2013.
  6. News: Broderick Fobbs to coach Grambling. Associated Press. ESPN.com. December 4, 2013. December 4, 2013.
  7. Web site: . Grambling Tigers Schedule 2013 . . August 8, 2023 .
  8. Web site: 2013 Football Schedule . Grambling State University Athletics . August 8, 2023 .