Grambling will open their season September 1st with their third Port City Classic appearance, when they will face Alcorn State in Shreveport, LA in a 6 PM kick-off. The Tigers travel west for a first time trip to Fort Worth, TX to take on the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University(September 8th, 6:00 PM). GSU will serve as TCU’s home (season) opener; before they return home to face Alabama State in the first game of the season in Robinson Stadium. This game will also serve as High School Day. The G-Men will hit the road to Huntsville, AL to face the Bulldogs of Alabama A & M (September 29th, 6:00 PM).
October will once again bring the annual State Fair Classic in Dallas when the Tigers battle the Prairie View A & M Panthers (October 6th, 6:00 PM). Grambling will remain on the road as they travel to Itta Bena, MS to take on Mississippi Valley State University on October 13th at 2 PM. Homecoming falls on October 20th (2:00 PM) as the Dragons of Virginia University @ Lynchburg travels to Robinson Stadium. October wraps in Houston, TX with a road trip to Texas Southern (October 27th, 6:00 PM).
As the season wounds down the month of November will offer a full slate as Grambling hosts their Eastern conference foe, Jackson State (November 3rd, 2:00 PM). The Tigers will remain at Robinson Stadium for their home finale’ against the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff (November 10th, 2:00 PM) before rounding out the season against Southern in the XXXIX State Farm Bayou Classic (November 24th, 1:00 PM). The 2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship is scheduled for December 8th at 1 PM.
Grambling State University 2012 Football Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Location |
9/1/12 | 6 pm | Alcorn State ‘Port City Classic’ |
Shreveport, LA |
9/8/12 | TBA | Texas Christian | Fort Worth, TX |
9/15/12 | TBA | Alabama State ‘High School Day’ |
Grambling, LA |
9/22/12 | Open | ||
9/29/12 | 6 pm | Alabama A & M | Huntsville, AL |
10/6/12 | 6 pm | Prairie View ‘State Fair Classic’ |
Dallas, TX |
10/13/12 | 2 pm | Mississippi Valley | Itta Bena, MS |
10/20/12 | 6 pm | Virginia University of Lynchburg ‘Homecoming’ |
Grambling, LA |
10/27/12 | 6 pm | Texas Southern | Houston, TX |
11/3/12 | 2 pm | Jackson State | Grambling, LA |
11/10/12 | 2 pm | Arkansas – Pine Bluff | Grambling, LA |
11/17/12 | Open | ||
11/24/12 | 1 pm | Southern ‘Bayou Classic’ |
New Orleans, LA |
12/8/12 | 1 pm | SWAC Championship | TBA |