Mode: | football |
Year: | 2017 |
Team: | Grambling State Tigers |
Conference: | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Division: | West Division |
Short Conf: | SWAC |
Statsrank: | 16 |
Fcscoachrank: | 14 |
Record: | 11–2 |
Conf Record: | 7–0 |
Head Coach: | Broderick Fobbs |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Off Coach: | Eric Dooley |
Oc Year: | 4th |
Def Coach: | Everett Todd |
Dc Year: | 4th |
Stadium: | Eddie Robinson Stadium |
Champion: | SWAC champion SWAC West Division champion |
Conf Champ: | SWAC Championship Game |
Conf Champ Result: | W 40–32 vs. Alcorn State |
Bowl: | Celebration Bowl |
The 2017 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by fourth-year head coach Broderick Fobbs and played their home games at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Tigers finished the season 11–2, 7–0 in SWAC play to win the West Division. They defeated Alcorn State in the SWAC Championship Game, receiving the conference's bid to the Celebration Bowl where they lost to North Carolina A&T.
The Tigers were picked to finish first in the West Division.[1]