1975 Texas Southern Tigers football team
The 1975 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Rod Paige, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 4–6, with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SWAC.
| 1975 Texas Southern Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (2–4 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Astrodome Rice Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Grambling State * | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Southern + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Jackson State + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–19 Alcorn State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 13 | Sam Houston State* | W 49–22 | [1] | ||
| September 20 | at Southern | L 13–35 | [2] | ||
| September 27 | Bethune–Cookman* |
| L 27–30 | [3] | |
| October 11 | Alcorn State |
| L 0–15 | [4] | |
| October 18 | at Bishop* | L 10–21 | [5] | ||
| October 25 | at Mississippi Valley State | W 7–0 | [6] | ||
| November 1 | No. 5 Grambling State |
| L 21–37 | [7] | |
| November 8 | No. 12 Jackson State |
| L 9–13 | 5,000 | [8][9] |
| November 15 | Langston* |
| W 41–0 | [10] | |
| November 26 | Prairie View A&M |
| W 18–14 | [11][12] | |
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References
- "Sam Houston downed by TSU". Victoria Advocate. September 14, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Jaguars shred Texas Southern". The Shreveport Times. September 22, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Bethune by 30–27 in Texas". The Orlando Sentinel Star. September 28, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Alcorn Braves blank Texas Southern". The Clarion-Ledger. October 12, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Bishop College, 21–10". Austin American-Statesman. October 19, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "TSU squeezes by Valley". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 26, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Grambling Batters TSU". The Shreveport Times. November 2, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tillman's sprint stops TSU 13–9". The Clarion-Ledger. November 9, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Final 1975 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- "Langston falls". The Daily Oklahoman. November 16, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Last second pass propels TSU past Prairie View". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 27, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Prairie View vs Texas Southern". Digital Commons @PVAMU. Prairie View A&M University. November 23, 1975. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
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