1978 Stanford Cardinals football team

The 1978 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Bill Walsh served the second and final season of his first stint as Stanford's head coach.

1978 Stanford Cardinals football
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl champion
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 17
1978 record8–4 (4–3 Pac-10)
Head coachBill Walsh (2nd season)
Home stadiumStanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass)
1978 Pacific-10 Conference 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

Season

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 9No. 4 Oklahoma*L 29–3558,883
September 16San Jose State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 38–942,500
September 23at Illinois*W 35–1043,143
September 30Tulane*No. 20
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 17–1440,111
October 7at No. 16 UCLANo. 17L 26–2754,106
October 14WashingtonNo. 18
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 31–3458,079
October 21at Washington StateW 43–2727,411
October 28Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 24–639,214
November 4No. 6 USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 7–1384,084
November 11at Arizona StateW 21–1451,000
November 18at CaliforniaW 30–1077,880
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Steve DilsQuarterback497Minnesota Vikings
Phil FrancisRunning Back7166San Francisco 49ers

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Awards and honors

References

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