1978 Utah State Aggies football team
The 1978 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA). The Aggies were led by third year head coach Bruce Snyder and played their home games at Romney Stadium in Logan, Utah. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4, 4–1 PCAA).[1] One noteworthy game was the Aggies' home opener against Idaho State, which was the first college football season-opener to be played in Japan.[2]
| 1978 Utah State Aggies football | |
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PCAA co-champion | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
| 1978 record | 7–4 (4–1 PCAA) |
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| Home stadium | Romney Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | vs. Idaho State* | W 10–0 | 15,000 | ||
| September 16 | at Colorado State* | Fort Collins, CO | W 21–20 | 24,285 | |
| September 23 | Fresno State | W 45–22 | 15,570 | ||
| September 30 | at Wyoming[n 1] | W 20–13 | 23,257 | ||
| October 7 | at BYU* | W 24–7 | 32,668 | ||
| October 14 | Long Beach State | No. 18 |
| L 17–33 | 15,800 |
| October 21 | at Miami (FL)* | L 16–17 | 25,707 | ||
| October 28 | San Jose State |
| W 31–21 | 18,226 | |
| November 4 | Pacific |
| W 40–14 | 15,264 | |
| November 11 | Weber State* |
| L 25–44 | 6,102 | |
| November 25 | Utah* |
| L 20–23 | 12,260 | |
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Notes
- Utah State's game against Wyoming, a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), counted in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) standings for the Aggies.[3]
References
- "1978 Utah State Aggies Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- "Aggies off to 1–0 start". Deseret News. Google News Archives. September 4, 1978. p. 2B. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
- "Aggies Upend Cowboys". Daily Herald. Provo, Utah. United Press International. October 1, 1978. p. 6. Retrieved December 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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