1978 NCAA Division II football season

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1978 NCAA Division II football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1978
PlayoffsDecember 1978
Lobo Stadium
Longview, TX
ChampionEastern Illinois

The 1978 NCAA Division II football season, part of

Lobo Stadium in Longview, Texas. The Eastern Illinois Panthers defeated the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, 10–9, to win their first Division II national title.[1]

Conference realignment

Conference changes

Membership changes

School 1977 Conference 1978 Conference
Akron D-II Independent
Mid-Continent
Bucknell D-II Independent I-AA Independent
Cal State Los Angeles D-II Independent Dropped program
Eastern Illinois D-II Independent
Mid-Continent
Florida A&M SIAC (Division II) I-AA Independent
Lafayette D-II Independent I-AA Independent
Lehigh
 D-II Independent I-AA Independent
Nevada D-II Independent I-AA Independent
Northeastern D-II Independent I-AA Independent
Northern Colorado GPAC (NAIA) North Central
Northern Iowa North Central
Mid-Continent
Northern Michigan D-II Independent
Mid-Continent
Portland State D-II Independent I-AA Independent
UNLV D-II Independent I-A Independent
Western Illinois D-II Independent
Mid-Continent
Youngstown State D-II Independent
Mid-Continent

Conference standings

1978 Association of Mid-Continent Universities football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Youngstown State $^ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Akron 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Eastern Illinois ^ 3 – 2 – 0 12 – 2 – 0
Northern Michigan 1 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Western Illinois 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Northern Iowa 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
1978 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Cal Poly $^ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Cal Poly Pomona 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Cal State Northridge 0 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll
1978 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1
Winston-Salem State
$^ 		8 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Virginia Union 5 – 2 – 1 7 – 4 – 1
Fayetteville State
 5 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Norfolk State 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Virginia State
 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Elizabeth City State
 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Livingstone 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Hampton 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Johnson C. Smith
 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Saint Paul's (VA)
 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Shaw
 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division II AP Poll
1978 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 UC Davis $^ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Cal State Hayward 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Humboldt State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Chico State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Sacramento State 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
San Francisco State 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll
1978 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Grand Valley State $^ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Wayne State (MI)
 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Northwood
 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Saginaw Valley State
 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Ferris State
 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
Hillsdale
 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1978 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Jacksonville State $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
Troy State 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Nicholls State 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
North Alabama 4 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Mississippi College 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Delta State
 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Livingston
 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Tennessee–Martin
 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1978 Heartland Collegiate Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Indiana Central
$ 		4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Valparaiso
 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Saint Joseph's (IN)
 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Butler 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Evansville
 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Franklin (IN)
 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Georgetown (KY) * 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ashland
* 		1 – 0 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – ineligible for conference title
1978 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
SW Missouri State $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
NE Missouri State
 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
Missouri-Rolla 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
SE Missouri State 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Lincoln (MO) 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Central Missouri State 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
NW Missouri State 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
1978 North Central Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
South Dakota * $ 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 4 – 0
No. 6 Nebraska–Omaha * ^ 4 – 1 – 1 8 – 3 – 0
North Dakota State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
North Dakota
 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
South Dakota State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Augustana (SD) 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Morningside
 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • * – Nebraska–Omaha and South Dakota split two head-to-head games, which counted as a tie for each team in the conference standings.
Rankings from AP Poll
1978 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1
Concordia–Moorhead
* + 		7 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
St. Olaf
+^ 		7 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 15
Gustavus Adolphus
 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. T–20 Saint John's (MN) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
St. Thomas (MN) 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Hamline 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Augsburg
 2 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Bethel (MN) 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Macalester
 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
  • * – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1978 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East Division
East Stroudsburg
xy$ 		5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Cheyney
 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Bloomsburg
 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Millersville
 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Kutztown
 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Mansfield
 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
West Division
No. 17
Clarion
xy 		5 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Shippensburg
x 		5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Slippery Rock
 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Edinboro
 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Indiana (PA)
 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
California (PA) 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Lock Haven 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
Championship: East Stroudsburg 49, Clarion 4
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Shippensburg was ineligible for conference title game.
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1978 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Division
Shepherd
xy 		6 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
West Virginia Wesleyan
 6 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Fairmont State
 5 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Salem
 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
West Liberty State
 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Southern Division
No. 6
Concord
xy$^ 		8 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
West Virginia Tech
 6 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
West Virginia State 6 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Glenville State
 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Bluefield State
 0 – 9 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
Championship: Concord 35, Shepherd 14
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
    Conference standings based on power ratings
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1978 NCAA Division II independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 American International   –   6 – 2 – 1
No. 3 Delaware ^   –   10 – 4 – 0
Kentucky State   –   7 – 2 – 1
Santa Clara   –   5 – 6 – 0
Arkansas–Pine Bluff   –   4 – 6 – 0
Northern Colorado   –   4 – 6 – 0
Central Connecticut   –   3 – 7 – 0
Southern Connecticut State
   –   3 – 7 – 0
Central State (OH)
   –   2 – 9 – 0
West Chester
   –   2 – 9 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

Conference summaries

See also: List of NCAA Division II football seasons
Conference Champion
Association of Mid-Continent Universities
 Youngstown State
California Collegiate Athletic Association Cal Poly
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Winston-Salem State
Far Western Football Conference UC Davis
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Grand Valley State
Gulf South Conference Jacksonville State
Heartland Collegiate Conference Indiana Central
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southwest Missouri State
North Central Conference South Dakota
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Florida A&M†

† While the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) was a Division II conference, Florida A&M (FAMU) had successfully petitioned the NCAA for

Division I-AA in football), which took effect on September 1, 1978.[2] FAMU subsequently competed in the 1978 Division I-AA postseason
, winning the Division I-AA championship.

Postseason

1978 NCAA Division
Winston-Salem State
  • Youngstown State
    • Winning coach
  • 1st championship

    • The 1978

    Lobo Stadium in Longview, Texas
    for the first time.

    Playoff bracket

    First round
    Campus sites     		Semifinals
    Campus sites     		Championship
    Lobo Stadium
    Longview, TX
             
    Winston–Salem State
         		17
    Cal Poly 10
    Winston–Salem State 0
    Delaware 41
    Delaware 42
    Jacksonville State 21
    Delaware 9
    Eastern Illinois 10
    Youngstown State 21
    Nebraska–Omaha 14
    Youngstown State 22
    Eastern Illinois 26
    Eastern Illinois 35
    UC Davis 31

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "1978 NCAA Division II National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 13. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
    2. ^ Cooper, Barry (August 31, 1978). "Florida A&M granted Division 1 status". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. p. 1B. Retrieved May 13, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
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