1978 Texas Southern Tigers football team

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1978 Texas Southern Tigers football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record3–7–1 (1–4–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Astrodome
Seasons
←  1977
1979  →
1978 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Grambling State $ 5 –0 –19 –1 –1
No. 2 Jackson State ^ 5 –1 –010 –2 –0
Mississippi Valley State 3 –2 –16 –3 –1
Alcorn State 2 –3 –15 –4 –1
Southern 2 –4 –04 –7 –0
Texas Southern 1 –4 –13 –7 –1
Prairie View A&M 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-AA and II programs. Mississippi Valley State and Prairie View were classified as NCAA Division II for the 1978 season. [1] [2] All the other teams were Division I-AA.
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1978 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Wendell Mosley, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 3–7–1, with a mark of 1–4–1 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SWAC. They were outscored by a total of 214 to 131. [3]

Three Texas Southern players were selected to the first team of the District 8 all-star team: John McNeal; Alvin Whittington; and LeRoy Paul. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9vs. Bethune–Cookman *
L 13–14 [5]
September 16 Southern
W 20–11 [6]
September 23 Tennessee State *
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 16–0 [7]
September 30at Texas A&I *
L 0–28 [8]
October 7at Alcorn State
T 10–10 [9]
October 14 Bishop *
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 37–17 [10]
October 21 Mississippi Valley State
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
L 7–383,580 [11] [12]
October 28 Grambling State
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
L 16–22 [13]
November 4at No. 2 Jackson State
L 0–41 [14]
November 11at Langston * Langston, OK L 6–13 [15]
November 18 Prairie View A&M
L 6–20

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Statistics" . Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Statistics" . Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Texas Southern Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Texans Land Seven on All-District Squad". The Abilene Reporter-News. November 26, 1978. p. 8C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Young stars in B–CC win". The Orlando Sentinel Star. September 10, 1978. Retrieved June 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Colonels upset Jax State by 2". The Daily Review. September 18, 1978. Retrieved June 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "TSU handed 16–0 loss". The Tennessean. September 24, 1978. Retrieved June 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Underdog A&I swamps Texas Southern". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 1, 1978. Retrieved June 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Alcorn, Texas Southern tie". The Yazoo Herald. October 8, 1978. Retrieved June 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Texas Southern bumps Bishop". Abilene Reporter-News. October 15, 1978. Retrieved June 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "MVSU wins 38–7". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 22, 1978. Retrieved June 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Final 1978 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Mississippi Valley State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Williams rallies Grambling". The Shreveport Times. October 29, 1978. Retrieved June 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Jackson State rips Texas Southern 41–0". Enterprise-Journal. November 5, 1978. Retrieved June 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Langston ices Texans". The Daily Oklahoman. November 12, 1978. Retrieved June 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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