1978 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

The 1978 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were not invited to a bowl game despite being eligible. After the season, head coach Bob Tyler resigned.[1]

1978 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1978 record6–5 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJimmy Sharpe (1st season)
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 16 Georgia 5 –0 –1  9 –2 –1
Auburn 3 –2 –1  6 –4 –1
LSU 3 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Tennessee 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –1
Florida 3 –3 –0  4 –7 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Ole Miss 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Kentucky 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –1
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 2West Texas State*W 28–0
September 9at North Texas State*W 17–5
September 23at Memphis State*W 44–14
September 30at FloridaL 0–34
October 7at Southern Miss*L 17–22
October 14No. 15 Florida State*W 55–27
October 28vs. TennesseeW 34–21
November 4at No. 3 AlabamaL 14–35
November 11AuburnL 0–6
November 18No. 17 LSUW 16–14
November 25vs. MississippiL 7–27
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "1979 - 85 Bulldogs". Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  2. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 25, 2015


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