1951 Grambling Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1951
| team = Grambling Tigers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 4–5–1
| head_coach = Eddie Robinson
| hc_year = 9th
| captain =
| stadium = Tiger Stadium
}}
{{1951 Southern college football independents records}}
The 1951 Grambling Tigers football team represented Grambling College (now known as Grambling State University) as an independent during the 1951 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 4–5–1.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Central
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 22
| w/l = l
| opponent = Maryland State
| site_stadium = Tiger Stadium
| site_cityst = Grambling, LA
| score = 6–7
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82172358/alabama-tribune/|title=Maryland State nips Grambling College 7–6|newspaper=Alabama Tribune|date=September 28, 1951|accessdate=April 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1951|team=Xavier Gold Rush|title=Xavier (LA)}}
| site_stadium = Xavier Stadium
| site_cityst = New Orleans, LA
| score = 7–25
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123325524/xavier-surprises-grambling-257/|title=Xavier surprises Grambling 25–7|newspaper=Alabama Tribune|date=October 12, 1951|accessdate=April 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = t
| opponent = Texas Southern
| site_stadium = Tiger Stadium
| site_cityst = Grambling, LA
| score = 7–7
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123325729/grambling-texas-state-in-77-tie/|title=Grambling, Texas State in 7–7 tie|newspaper=Alabama Tribune|date=October 19, 1951|accessdate=April 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Wiley
| site_stadium = State Fair Stadium
| site_cityst = Shreveport, LA
| score = 19–13
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123325845/late-rally-by-grambling-beats-wiley/|newspaper=The Shreveport Journal|title=Late rally by Grambling beats Wiley|date=October 23, 1951|accessdate=April 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1951|team=Mississippi Industrial Tigers|title=Mississippi Industrial}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Holly Springs, MS
| score = 19–12
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123326132/grambling-to-seek-first-home-victory/|newspaper=The Shreveport Times|title=Grambling to seek first home victory|date=November 1, 1951|accessdate=April 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1951|team=Paul Quinn Tigers|title=Paul Quinn}}
| site_stadium = Tiger Stadium
| site_cityst = Grambling, LA
| score = 32–8
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123326348/grambling-routs-paul-quinn-328/|title=Grambling routs Paul Quinn 32–8|newspaper=Alabama Tribune|date=November 9, 1951|accessdate=April 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Prairie View A&M
| site_stadium = Blackshear Field
| site_cityst = Prairie View, TX
| score = 12–34
| attend =
| source = {{cite news |last=Dixon |first=R. E. |title=Coach Henry Kean's Tenn. State Cats Squelch National Aim of Morris Brown; Prairie View Plunders On |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-call/126854192/ |newspaper=The Call |location=Kansas City, Missouri |date=November 16, 1955 |page=20 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123326631/grambling-becomes-prairie-views-seventh/|work=The Pittsburgh Courier|title=Grambling becomes Prairie View's seventh straight victim|date=November 17, 1951|accessdate=April 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| w/l = l
| opponent = Tennessee A&I
| site_stadium = Tiger Stadium
| site_cityst = Grambling, LA
| score = 13–30
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123326836/tenn-state-powers-over-grambling-tigers/|work=Alabama Tribune|title=Tenn. State powers over Grambling Tigers 30 to 13|date=November 23, 1951|accessdate=April 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 24
| w/l = l
| opponent = Arkansas AM&N
| site_stadium = Tiger Stadium
| site_cityst = Grambling, LA
| score = 14–25
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123327234/arkansas-state-stund-grambling-tigers-25/|work=Alabama Tribune|title=Arkansas State stund Grambling Tigers 25–14|date=November 30, 1951|accessdate=April 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 1
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Bishop
| site_stadium = State Fair Stadium
| site_cityst = Shreveport, LA
| score = 52–0 or 56–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Fair Stadium Scene of Negro Game Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-shreveport-journal/126967593/ |newspaper=Shreveport Journal |location=Shreveport, Louisiana |date=December 1, 1951 |page=6 |access-date=June 23, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123327118/la-tex-grid-classic-won-by-grambling/|newspaper=The Shreveport Journal|title=La-Tex Grid Classic won by Grambling|date=December 3, 1951|accessdate=April 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
References
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