1978 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
American college football season
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The 1978 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth and final year under head coach Joe Salem, the Lumberjacks compiled an 8–2 record (6–0 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 259 to 174, and won the Big Sky championship.[1] The team played its home games at the NAU Skydome, in Flagstaff, Arizona.
| 1978 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football | |
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Big Sky champion | |
| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 7 |
| Record | 8–2 (6–0 Big Sky) |
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| Home stadium | NAU Skydome |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Northern Arizona $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–9 Montana State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's statistical leaders included Allan Clark with 1,366 rushing yards (including 261 yards against Montana State, 250 yards against Boise State, and 245 yards against Idaho State), at the time a Northern Arizona school record.[2] Bill Holst led the team in passing with 835 passing yards. Jerry Lumpkin led with 121 tackles.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 2 | at North Dakota State* | L 7–23 | 8,100 | [4][5] | |||
| September 9 | Portland State* | W 42–14 | [6] | ||||
| September 16 | Idaho State |
| W 34–14 | [7] | |||
| September 23 | at Montana | W 21–6 | 6,000 | [8] | |||
| September 30 | at Idaho | W 34–29 | [9] | ||||
| October 7 | Cal Poly Pomona* |
| W 31–3 | 16,153 | [10] | ||
| October 21 | at Northern Colorado* |
| L 6–33 | [11] | |||
| October 28 | at Montana State | W 43–22 | [12] | ||||
| November 11 | Boise State |
| W 31–30 | 14,783 | [13] | ||
| November 18 | Weber State |
| W 10–0 | 11,491 | [14] | ||
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