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1978 Missouri Tigers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1978
team	Missouri Tigers
sport	football
conference	Big Eight Conference
short_conf	Big 8
CoachRank	14
APRank	15
record	8–4
conf_record	4–3
head_coach	Warren Powers
hc_year	1st
def_coach	Carl Reese
dc_year	2nd
stadium	Memorial Stadium
champion	Liberty Bowl champion
bowl	[Liberty Bowl](1978-liberty-bowl)
bowl_result	W 20–15 vs. [LSU](1978-lsu-tigers-football-team)

The 1978 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Big Eight Conference (Big 8). The team was led by head coach Warren Powers, in his first year, and they played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4, 4–3 Big 8) and with a victory over LSU in the Liberty Bowl.

Schedule

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Roster

Warren Powers
Mike Price – Quarterback/wide receiver
Billy Thornton – Running backs
Dick Beechner – Tight ends/special teams coordinator
John Faiman – Offensive line
Carl Reese – Defensive coordinator
George Wheeler – Defensive tackles
Zaven Yaralian – Defensive backs
Curtis Jones Sr – Assistant
Mark Heydorff – Assistant

1979 NFL draft

James Wilder Sr.	Running back	2	34	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Awards and honors

Warren Powers, Walter Camp Coach of the Year

References

(September 10, 1978). "Tigers too hot for Notre Dame". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(September 17, 1978). "MU fails to ride Crimson Tide 38–20". The Kansas City Star.
(September 24, 1978). "Bradley guides Mizzou, 45–14". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
(October 1, 1978). "Oklahoma impresses in easy win over Missouri". Lincoln Journal Star.
(October 8, 1978). "Missouri humbles Illinois". Quad-City Times.
(October 15, 1978). "Missouri gains 26–13 victory". St. Joseph News-Press.
(October 22, 1978). "Missouri romps past Kansas State 56–14". The Idaho Statesman.
(October 29, 1978). "Underdog Colorado nips Missouri 28–27". News-Press.
(November 5, 1978). "OSU's Cowboys ease past Mizzou". The Sioux City Journal.
(November 12, 1978). "Mizzou beats Kansas in 48–0 breeze". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
(November 19, 1978). "Missouri humbles Nebraska". The Times Recorder.
(December 24, 1978). "Early and late, Liberty fans liked pageantry". The Commercial Appeal.
"1978 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
"1979 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

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