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1978 NCAA Division II football season

1978 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season August – November 1978
Playoffs December 1978
National Championship Lobo Stadium
Longview, TX
Champions Eastern Illinois
1978 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Cal Poly $^ 2 0 0     7 3 0
Cal Poly Pomona 1 1 0     3 7 0
Cal State Northridge 0 2 0     5 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
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
1978 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
SW Missouri State $ 6 0 0     8 3 0
NE Missouri State 5 1 0     6 4 1
Missouri-Rolla 4 2 0     8 3 0
SE Missouri State 2 4 0     6 5 0
Lincoln (MO) 2 4 0     3 8 0
Central Missouri State 2 4 0     2 8 0
NW Missouri State 0 6 0     0 11 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
1978 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
Teams 8
Finals Site
Champions
Runner-Up
  • Delaware
  • 2nd championship game
  • 4 tournaments
Semifinalists
Winning Coach

The 1978 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1978, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship in December 1978 at Lobo Stadium in Longview, Texas. The Eastern Illinois Panthers defeated the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, 10–9, to win their first Division II national title.


Association of Mid-Continent UniversitiesYoungstown State
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Norfolk State
Far Western Football Conference – UC Davis
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Grand Valley State
Gulf South Conference – Jacksonville State
Lone Star Conference – Angelo State
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Southwest Missouri State
North Central Conference – South Dakota
Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Morris
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – East Stroudsburg
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Western State
South Atlantic Conference – Elon and Presbyterian
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Florida A&M


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