The 2001 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Doug Williams, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 10–1 and a mark of 6–1 in conference play, won the SWAC championship, and a black college football national championship.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	at Alcorn State	No. 15	Jack Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS	W 37–22	17,500	[2]
September 8	Alabama A&M	No. 14	Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium Grambling, LA	W 30–7	7,432	[3]
September 15	vs. No. 9 Florida A&M*	No. 15	Paul Brown Stadium Cincinnati, OH (Riverfront Classic)	Canceled	N/A	[4]
September 22	at Portland State*	No. 15	PGE Park Portland, OR (Vanport Classic)	W 30–29	16,171	[5]
September 29	vs. Prairie View A&M	No. 11	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	W 40–6	51,149	[6]
October 13	vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff	No. 7	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA (Red River Classic)	W 60–7	18,000	[7]
October 20	at Jackson State	No. 6	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	W 30–16	25,600	[8]
October 27	Texas Southern	No. 6	Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium Grambling, LA	W 43–3	22,736	[9]
November 3	at Alabama State	No. 3	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL	L 38–45	13,029	[10]
November 10	at Nicholls State*	No. 9	John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA	W 38–27	7,371	[11]
November 24	vs. Southern	No. 8	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Bayou Classic)	W 30–20	67,435	[12]
December 1	vs. Alabama State*	No. 7	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (SWAC Championship Game)	W 38–31	38,487	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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