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1978 Alcorn State Braves football team

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The 1978 Alcorn State Braves football team represented Alcorn State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 15th-year head coach Marino Casem, the Braves compiled an overall record of 5–4–1, with a conference record of 2–3–1, and finished fourth in the SWAC.

Record5–4–1 (2–3–1 SWAC)
Headcoach
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1978 Alcorn State Braves football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record5–4–1 (2–3–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHenderson Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
 1977
1979 
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1978 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Grambling State $501911
No. 2 Jackson State ^5101020
Mississippi Valley State321631
Alcorn State231541
Southern240470
Texas Southern141371
Prairie View A&M150370
  • $ 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
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9vs. Grambling StateL 13–21[3]
September 16vs. Alabama State*W 16–12[4]
September 23Central Michigan*W 24–16[5]
September 30at South Carolina State*L 0–16[6]
October 7Texas SouthernT 10–10[7]
October 21Southern
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 16–7[8]
October 28Bishop*
  • Henderson Stadium
  • Lorman, MS
W 36–7[9]
November 4at Mississippi Valley StateL 7–156,012[10][11]
November 11at Prairie View A&MW 28–7[12]
November 18No. 2 Jackson State
  • Henderson Stadium
  • Lorman, MS (rivalry)
L 8–38[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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