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1978 Stanford Cardinals football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1978
team	Stanford Cardinals
sport	football
conference	Pacific-10 Conference
short_conf	Pac-10
CoachRank	16
APRank	17
record	8–4
conf_record	4–3
head_coach	Bill Walsh
hc_year	2nd
stadium	Stanford Stadium
champion	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl champion
bowl	[Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl](1978-astro-bluebonnet-bowl)
bowl_result	W 25–22 vs. [Georgia](1978-georgia-bulldogs-football-team)

The 1978 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-10 Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Bill Walsh, the Cardinals were 7–4 in the regular season (4–3 in Pac-10, tied for fourth) and played their home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California. Their four losses were by a combined total of sixteen points.

In the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl on New Year's Eve, Stanford rallied from a 22-point deficit in the second half to defeat No. 11 Georgia, 25–22. and finished with an 8–4 record and a top twenty ranking.

Less than two weeks later, Walsh departed for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, and receivers coach Rod Dowhower was promoted. Walsh won three Super Bowls in ten seasons with the Niners, took three years off, and returned to Stanford as head coach in 1992.

Schedule

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Personnel

Bill Walsh
Rod Dowhower (WR)
Dennis Green (RB)
George Seifert (DB)
Norb Hecker (LB)
Tom Lovat (OL)
Fred von Appen (DL)

Awards and honors

Steve Dils, Sammy Baugh Trophy

All-conference

Main article: 1978 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team

Two sophomores were named to the All-Pac-10 team, halfback Darrin Nelson and wide receiver Ken Margerum, along with senior linebacker Gordy Ceresino.

NFL draft

Two Cardinals were selected in the 1979 NFL draft.

References

(November 19, 1978). "Nelson has a big Big game at Cal". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
(January 1, 1979). "Dils, Cards catch fire". Spokesman-Review.
(January 1, 1979). "Georgia tries for a victory, Cards get it". Eugene Register-Guard.
(January 4, 1979). "AP's Top 20". Wilmington Morning Star.
(January 10, 1979). "Walsh gets pact worth $1 million from the 49ers". Eugene Register-Guard.
(January 10, 1979). "Dowhower wants Stanford exciting". Eugene Register-Guard.
(September 10, 1978). "Butterfingered Sooners win 35–29". The Oregonian.
(September 17, 1978). "Stanford rips Spartans 38–9". The Sacramento Bee.
(September 24, 1978). "Cardinals followed assignments as Dils threw, Nelson ran, team won". Contra Costa Times.
(October 1, 1978). "Nelson-paced Cards rally past inspired Tulane". The Modesto Bee.
(October 8, 1978). "UCLA survives Dils' assault". The Daily Breeze.
(October 15, 1978). "Washington comes alive". Statesman Journal.
(October 22, 1978). "Cougs bombed 43–27". The News Tribune.
(October 29, 1978). "Cards down Beavers 24–6". The Sacramento Bee.
(November 5, 1978). "Did Stanford let USC have game?". The San Francisco Examiner.
(November 12, 1978). "Nelson injured as Cards beat ASU". Oakland Tribune.
(November 19, 1978). "Nelson runs away with the Big Game, 30–10". The Los Angeles Times.
(January 1, 1979). "Stanford steals Georgia's script". The Berkeley Gazette.
"1978 Stanford Cardinal Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
"Touchdown Club Awards".
"1978 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".

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