Grambling State eyes SWAC repeat in 2017
(STATS) - Grambling State will both open and close its regular season in New Orleans with an eye toward repeating as the SWAC champion.
The Tigers will kick off their 11-game schedule with a matchup at Tulane on Sept. 2. Coach Broderick Fobbs' team will face archrival Southern in the Bayou Classic on Nov. 25 at the Mercedes Superdome.
Last year, Grambling went 11-1, winning the SWAC championship game before going on to capture the second annual Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl against MEAC champ North Carolina Central.
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2017 Grambling State schedule
Sept. 2, at Tulane
Sept. 9, Northwestern State*
Sept. 16, Jackson State*
Sept. 23, at Mississippi Valley State*
Sept. 30, Clark Atlanta (site TBA)
Oct. 7, Prairie View A&M* (at Dallas)
Oct. 21, Alcorn State*
Oct. 28, Texas Southern* (site TBA)
Nov. 4, at Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Nov. 11, at Alabama State*
Nov. 25, Southern* (at New Orleans)
* - SWAC game