| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Team: | Grambling State Tigers |
| Conference: | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Division: | West Division |
| Short Conf: | SWAC |
| Statsrank: | 16 |
| Fcscoachrank: | 15 |
| Record: | 12–1 |
| Conf Record: | 9–0 |
| Head Coach: | Broderick Fobbs |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Off Coach: | Eric Dooley |
| Oc Year: | 3rd |
| Def Coach: | Everett Todd |
| Dc Year: | 3rd |
| Def Scheme: | 3–3–5 |
| Stadium: | Eddie Robinson Stadium |
| Champion: | Black college football national champion Celebration Bowl champion SWAC champion SWAC West Division champion |
| Conf Champ: | SWAC Championship Game |
| Conf Champ Result: | W 27–20 vs. Alcorn State |
| Bowl: | Celebration Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 10–9 vs. North Carolina Central |
The 2016 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by third year head coach Broderick Fobbs. They competed as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and played their home games at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana. They finished the season 12–1, 9–0 in SWAC play to be champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division in the SWAC Championship Game where they defeated Alcorn State. The Tigers also defeated MEAC champion North Carolina Central in the Celebration Bowl, earning their fifteenth black college football national championship.