1980 Grambling State Tigers football team

The 1980 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 38th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiling an overall record of 10–2 and a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and sharing the SWAC title with Jackson State. Grambling State was invited to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they lost to eventual national champion Boise State. The Tigers won a black college football national championship.

1980 Grambling State Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record10–2 (5–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrambling Stadium
1980 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Grambling State +^ 5 1 010 2 0
Jackson State + 5 1 08 3 0
Alcorn State 3 3 06 4 0
Mississippi Valley State 3 3 05 5 0
Southern 3 3 04 6 1
Texas Southern 2 4 02 9 0
Prairie View A&M 0 6 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll
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