1978 Southern Jaguars football team
| 1978 Southern Jaguars football | |
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| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 4–7 (2–4 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | BREC Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Jackson State ^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Southern Jaguars football team represented Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Cass Jackson, the Jaguars compiled an overall record of 4–7, with a conference record of 2–4, and finished fifth in the SWAC.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 9 | at Tuskegee* | W 35–17 | [1] | ||
| September 16 | at Texas Southern | L 11–20 | [2] | ||
| September 23 | Prairie View A&M | W 15–14 | [3][4] | ||
| September 30 | Mississippi Valley State |
| W 22–14 | [4][5] | |
| October 7 | vs. Alabama State* |
| L 6–9 | [6] | |
| October 14 | No. 4 Jackson State |
| L 14–41 | [4][7] | |
| October 21 | at Alcorn State | L 7–16 | [8] | ||
| October 28 | at Tennessee State* | L 13–30 | [9] | ||
| November 4 | Howard* |
| W 28–20 | [4][10] | |
| November 18 | No. 3 Florida A&M* |
| L 12–16 | [11][12] | |
| November 25 | vs. Grambling State | L 15–28 | 75,000 | [13] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Southern in romp". Daily World. September 10, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colonels upset Jax State by 2". The Daily Review. September 18, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jags gamble, win". The Shreveport Times. September 24, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d "Southern coach has rare career". Daily World. August 27, 1978. Retrieved August 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jags nip Valley". The Shreveport Times. October 1, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "ASU defense holds off Southern 9–6". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 8, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southern blitzed". Daily World. October 15, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Braves rally behind 'D' to top SU 16–7". The Clarion-Ledger. October 22, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee State downs Southern in homecoming". The Commercial Appeal. October 29, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jags slip by Howard". The Shreveport Times. November 5, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southern–Florida A&M". The Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 18, 1978. p. B-1. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "FAMU rolls past Southern". The News-Press. November 19, 1978. p. 4C. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grambling outpoints Southern". The Daily Advertiser. November 26, 1978. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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