1980 Grambling State Tigers football team

1980 Grambling State Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record10–2 (5–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrambling Stadium
1980 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Grambling State +^ 5 1 0 10 2 0
Jackson State + 5 1 0 8 3 0
Alcorn State 3 3 0 6 4 0
Mississippi Valley State 3 3 0 5 5 0
Southern 3 3 0 4 6 1
Texas Southern 2 4 0 2 9 0
Prairie View A&M 0 6 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

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.