1978 Miami Hurricanes football team

1978 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Lou Saban in his second and final year as head coach, the Hurricanes played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Miami finished the season with a record of 6–5.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16		at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		L 7–17	44,714
September 23		No. 13 Florida State	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 21–31	25,003
September 30		at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 38–6	47,420
October 7		at No. 19 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 17–15	55,136
October 14		at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		L 19–24	29,695
October 21		Utah State	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 17–16	25,702
October 28	2:30 p.m.	at No. 19 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN		L 0–20	59,075
November 4		at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		L 16–20	20,045	^[1]
November 18		San Diego State	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 16–14	17,468
November 25		Syracuse	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 21–9	15,793
December 2		at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 22–21	47,815
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Tulane pins 20–16 loss on the UM". The Miami Herald. November 5, 1978. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1978 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2016.

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1978 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
North Texas State		–		–		9	–	2	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Navy		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 7 Notre Dame		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Florida State		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
Temple		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Louisville		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
UNLV		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		6	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Hawaii		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
William & Mary		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
Memphis State		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Air Force		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Colgate		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Richmond		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Illinois State		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Boston College		–		–		0	–	11	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll