1978 Arkansas State Indians football team
American college football season
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The 1978 Arkansas State Indians football team represented Arkansas State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Bill Davidson, the Indians compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 4–1 in conference, sharing the Southland title with Louisiana Tech.
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record7–4 (4–1 Southland)
Headcoach
- Bill Davidson (8th season)
HomestadiumIndian Stadium
War Memorial Stadium
War Memorial Stadium
| 1978 Arkansas State Indians football | |
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Southland co-champion | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (4–1 Southland) |
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| Home stadium | Indian Stadium War Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Arlington | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 2 | at Tulsa* | L 20–21 | 20,900 | [1] | |
| September 9 | Southern Miss* | L 6–21 | 16,848 | [2] | |
| September 16 | at Northeast Louisiana* | L 13–21 | [3] | ||
| September 23 | Drake* | W 10–0 | [4] | ||
| October 7 | Northwestern State* |
| W 23–14 | [5] | |
| October 14 | at Southern Illinois* | W 26–24 | 15,446 | [6] | |
| October 21 | McNeese State |
| W 6–3 | [7] | |
| October 28 | at UT Arlington | W 27–7 | 7,805 | [8] | |
| November 4 | at Southwestern Louisiana | W 16–6 | 23,106 | [9] | |
| November 11 | at Louisiana Tech | L 10–24 | 15,200 | [10] | |
| November 18 | Lamar |
| W 6–3 | 8,679 | [11] |
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