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1978 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

1978 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
NCAA Division II national champion
Conference Association of Mid-Continent Universities
1978 record 12–2 (3–2 Mid-Con)
Head coach Darrell Mudra (1st year)
Home stadium O'Brien Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Mid-Continent 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
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant

The 1978 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University during the 1978 NCAA Division II football season, and completed the 78th season of Panther football. The Panthers played their home games at O'Brien Stadium in Charleston, Illinois. The 1978 team came off an 1–10 record from the previous season. The 1978 team was led by coach Darrell Mudra. The team finished the regular season with a 9–2 record and made the NCAA Division II playoffs. The Panthers defeated Delaware, 10–9, in the National Championship Game en route to the program's first NCAA Division II Football Championship.


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