1978 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

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1978 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–4 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumConrad Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Furman + 4 1 0 8 3 0
Chattanooga + 3 1 0 7 3 1
Appalachian State 4 2 0 7 4 0
Western Carolina 4 2 0 6 5 0
The Citadel 2 3 0 5 6 0
VMI 0 4 0 3 8 0
Marshall 0 5 0 1 10 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1978 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented Appalachian State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their eighth year under head coach Jim Brakefield, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, and finished third in the SoCon.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9Wofford*W 35–1411,250[1]
September 16at MarshallW 28–715,768[2]
September 23Richmond*
  • Conrad Stadium
  • Boone, NC
W 24–198,416[3]
September 30Furman
  • Conrad Stadium
  • Boone, NC
L 34–5213,150[4]
October 7at ChattanoogaL 14–7210,501[5]
October 14at Lenoir–Rhyne*W 49–287,500[6]
October 21The CitadelW 42–1411,130[7]
October 28East Tennessee State*
  • Conrad Stadium
  • Boone, NC
L 34–3514,471[8]
November 4at East Carolina*L 8–3319,726[9]
November 11at VMIW 31–104,600[10]
November 18at Western CarolinaW 39–1312,232[11]
  • *Non-conference game

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