1978 UC Davis Aggies football team
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FWC champion
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Division II Quarterfinal, W 31–35 vs. Eastern Illinois
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| Conference | Far Western Conference |
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| AP | No. 4 (Division II) |
| 1978 record | 8–3 (5–0 FWC) |
| Head coach | Jim Sochor (9th season) |
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Toomey Field (Capacity: 10,111) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis $^ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Hayward | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 1978 NCAA Division II football season. UC Davis competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).
The Aggies were led by head coach Jim Sochor in his 10th year. They played home games at Toomey Field. UC Davis finished the season as champion of the FWC for the 8th consecutive season and it was their 9th consecutive winning season. The Aggies finished the regular season with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3, 5–0 FWC). With the 5–0 conference record, they stretched their conference winning streak to 28 games dating back to the 1973 season.
At the end of the season, the Aggies qualified for the Division II playoffs for the second consecutive year. In the quarterfinal game they were defeated by Eastern Illinois. That brought the Aggies final record to eight wins and three losses (8–3, 5–0 FWC). The Aggies outscored their opponents 304–156 for the 1978 season.
The following UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 1979 NFL Draft.
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