Grambling State University Releases 2015 Football Schedule

GRAMBLING, Louisiana -- Home games against Southwestern Athletic Conference rivals Alabama A&M, Mississippi Valley, and Texas Southern highlights the 2015 Grambling State University football schedule, which was officially released on Wednesday.

The GSU Tigers have two non-conference contests for the 2015 season, the University of California Berkeley and Bethune Cookman University. The schedule features three home games and six road games.

The Grambling State University Football team opens the 2015 season against the University of California at Berkeley on Saturday, Sept. 5 at Kabam Field at California Memorial Stadium. Next, the Tigers will open its first home game of the season against Bethune Cookman University on Sept. 12 at 4 p.m. On September 19, Grambling State will travel to Montgomery, Alabama, to battle conference opponent, Alabama State University. After that the Tigers will play Prairie View A&M University in the State Fair Classic on Sept. 26 with Grambling as the home team.

The GSU Tigers will travel to Jackson, Mississippi, to face Jackson State University on Oct. 3. On the following weekend, season ticket holders will have the opportunity to return home for the 2015 home conference season opener scheduled for Oct. 10 against Alabama A&M University.

Grambling will hit the road to travel to Lorman, Mississippi, to take on Alcorn State University on October 17. Homecoming 2015 will be played on Oct. 24 against Mississippi Valley State University at 2 p.m. Next up for the Tigers will be SWAC rival Texas Southern on November 7. The GSU Tigers will then hit the road again to take on the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

After an open date on Nov. 21, the final home game of the regular season for GSU will be played during the 42nd Annual Bayou Classic against SWAC rival Southern University on November 28 at the Mercedes- Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

2015 Grambling State University Football Schedule

Sept. 5 – at University of California Berkeley
Sept. 12 – BETHUNE COOKMAN UNIVERSITY
Sept. 19 – at Alabama State University
Sept. 26 – Prairie View A&M University (State Fair Classic)
Oct. 3 – at Jackson State University
Oct. 10 – ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY
Oct. 17 – at Alcorn State University
Oct. 24 – MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (Homecoming 2015)
Oct. 31 - Open date
Nov. 7 – TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
Nov. 14 – at University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff
Nov. 21 – Open date
Nov. 28 – Southern University (42nd Bayou Classic)
Dec. 5 – SWAC Championship

Dec. 19 –MEAC/SWAC Celebration Bowl (Atlanta, GA)



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