Grambling Tigers
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| University | Grambling State University |
| Conference | SWAC |
| NCAA | Division I (FCS) |
| Athletic director | Paul Bryant |
| Location | Grambling, Louisiana |
| Football stadium | Eddie Robinson Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Hobdy Assembly Center |
| Baseball stadium | Wilbert Ellis Field at Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones park |
| Nickname | Tigers/Lady Tigers |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| Website | www |
The Grambling State Tigers represent Grambling State University in NCAA intercollegiate athletics. Grambling's sports teams participate in Division I (I-FCS for football) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Currently, the Grambling State University Department of Athletics sponsors men's intercollegiate football, along with men's and women's basketball, baseball, track & field, softball, golf, soccer, tennis, bowling and volleyball.
Grambling State's colors are black and gold, with red as a tertiary color symbolizing the blood of people of African descent. The school's mascot is the Tiger. Grambling State's male athletes are traditionally referred to as "G-Men".
Grambling State plays its arch rival Southern University in the annual Bayou Classic, which is hosted at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana over Thanksgiving weekend and broadcast nationally on NBCSN.
GSU also plays in the annual State Fair Classic against the Prairie View A&M Panthers at the Cotton Bowl, in Fair Park, in Dallas, Texas.
Former football coach Eddie Robinson previously held the NCAA record for most career wins as a head coach at a NCAA division I school.
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