1978 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

1978 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Garden State Bowl, W 34–18 vs. Rutgers
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 19T
1978 record 9–3 (4–3 Pac-10)
Head coach Frank Kush (21st season)
Home stadium Sun Devil Stadium
1978 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 USC $ 6 –1 –0  12 –1 –0
No. 14 UCLA 6 –2 –0  8 –3 –1
Washington 6 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
Arizona State 4 –3 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 17 Stanford 4 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
California 3 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Arizona 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Oregon 2 –5 –0  2 –9 –0
Oregon State 2 –6 –0  3 –7 –1
Washington State 1 –7 –0  3 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their 21st season under head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils compiled a 9–3 record (4–3 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in a tie for fourth place in the Pac-10, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 347 to 236.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Mark Malone with 1,305 passing yards and 705 rushing yards and Chris DeFrance with 617 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 9 Pacific* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 42–7  
September 16 BYU* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 24–17  
September 23 at Washington St Joe Albi Stadium • Spokane, WA L 26–51  
September 30 UTEP* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 27–0  
October 7 Northwestern* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 56–14  
October 14 No. 2 USC Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 20–7  
October 28 Washington No. 12 Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA L 7–41  
November 4 California Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 35–21  
November 11 Stanford Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 14–21  
November 18 at Oregon St Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 44–22  
November 25 Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup) W 18–17  
December 16 vs. Rutgers* Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (Garden State Bowl) W 34–18  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Season summary

USC

1 234Total
USC 0 007 7
• Arizona St 0 3143 20
  • Date: October 14
  • Location: Sun Devil Stadium
  • Game attendance: 71,138

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References

  1. ↑ "1978 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 ASU Football Media Guide". Arizona State University. 2016. p. 123. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  3. ↑ "1978 Arizona State Sun Devils Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-Oct-09.
  5. ↑ "Devils' first Pacific-10 win shocks USC." Eugene Register-Guard. 1978 Oct 15. Retrieved 2017-Oct-09.
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