1978 Angelo State Rams football team
1978 Angelo State Rams football | |
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NAIA Division I national champion LSC champion | |
City of Palms Bowl, W 34–14 vs. Elon | |
Conference | Lone Star Conference |
1978 record | 14–0 (7–0 LSC) |
Head coach |
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1978 Lone Star Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Angelo State $^ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&I | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwest Texas State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Texas State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard Payne | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Angelo State Rams football team was an American football team that represented Angelo State University and won the national championship during the 1978 NAIA Division I football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jim Hess, the Rams compiled a perfect 14–0 record. They participated in the NAIA Division I playoffs, defeating Western State (CO) (35–3) in the semifinals and Elon (34–14) in the City of Palms Bowl to win the NAIA Division II championship.[1]
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 9 | Central State (OK)* | San Angelo, TX | W 42–13 | ||||
September 16 | at Eastern New Mexico* | Portales, NM | W 40–0 | ||||
September 23 | at Sam Houston State | Huntsville, TX | W 42–13 | ||||
September 30 | at East Central* | Ada, OK | W 14–7 | ||||
October 7 | Stephen F. Austin | San Angelo, TX | W 15–3 | ||||
October 14 | Abilene Christian | San Angelo, TX | W 33–8 | ||||
October 21 | at Howard Payne | Brownwood, TX | W 38-22 | ||||
October 28 | Texas A&I | San Angelo, TX | W 21–19 | ||||
November 4 | at Southwest Texas State | San Marcos, TX | W 29–6 | ||||
November 11 | Sam Houston State | San Angelo, TX | W 44–17 | 11,000 | |||
November 18 | at East Texas State | Commerce, TX | W 35–14 | ||||
December 2 | Oregon College* | San Angelo, TX (NAIA Division I quarterfinal) | W 32–0 | ||||
December 9 | Western State (CO)* | San Angelo, TX (NAIA Division I semifinal) | W 35–3 | 5,363 | |||
December 16 | Elon* | W 34–14 | |||||
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References[]
- ^ "Rams 1978 National Championship Team to be Inducted into Angelo State Athletics Hall of Honor". Angelo State University. August 24, 2015.
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