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1978 Southern Jaguars football team

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The 1978 Southern Jaguars football team represented Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Cass Jackson, the Jaguars compiled an overall record of 4–7, with a conference record of 2–4, and finished fifth in the SWAC.

Record4–7 (2–4 SWAC)
Headcoach
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1978 Southern Jaguars football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record4–7 (2–4 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBREC Memorial Stadium
Seasons
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1978 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Grambling State $5–0–19–1–1
No. 2 Jackson State ^5–1–010–2–0
Mississippi Valley State3–2–16–3–1
Alcorn State2–3–15–4–1
Southern2–4–04–7–0
Texas Southern1–4–13–7–1
Prairie View A&M1–5–03–7–0
  • $ – 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 9at Tuskegee*W 35–17[3]
September 16at Texas SouthernL 11–20[4]
September 23Prairie View A&MW 15–14[5][6]
September 30Mississippi Valley State
  • BREC Memorial Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 22–146,700[6][7][8]
October 7vs. Alabama State*
L 6–9[9]
October 14No. 4 Jackson State
  • BREC Memorial Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
L 14–41[6][10]
October 21at Alcorn StateL 7–16[11]
October 28at Tennessee State*L 13–30[12]
November 4Howard*
  • BREC Memorial Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 28–20[6][13]
November 18No. 3 Florida A&M*
L 12–16[14][15]
November 25vs. Grambling StateL 15–2875,000[16]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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