To prepare fermentable hydrolysate from corncob residue (CCR), Trichoderma strain G26 was cultured on medium containing CCR for production of cellulolytic enzymes through solid-state fermentation (SSF), resulting in 71.3IU/g (FPA), 136.2IU/g (CMCase), 85.1IU/g (β-glucosidase) and 11,344IU/g (xylanase), respectively. Through a three-stage saccharification strategy, CCR was hydrolyzed by the enzymatic solution (6.5FPU/ml) into fermentable hydrolysate containing 60.1g/l glucose (81.2% cellulose was converted at solid loading of 12.5%), 21.4% higher than that by the one-stage method. And then the hydrolysate was used to produce l-lactic acid by a previous screened strain Bacillus coagulans ZX25 in the submerged fermentation. 52.0g/l l-lactic acid was obtained after fermentation for 44h, with 86.5% glucose being converted to l-lactic acid. The results indicate that the strains and the hydrolysis strategy are promising for commercial production of l-lactic acid from CCR and other biomass.