1978 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 1978 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their 21st season under head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils compiled a 9–3 record (4–3 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in a tie for fourth place in the Pac-10, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 347 to 236.[1][2]

1978 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Garden State Bowl champion
Garden State Bowl, W 34–18 vs. Rutgers
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
Record9–3 (4–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorLarry Kentera (8th season)
Home stadiumSun Devil Stadium
(capacity: 57,722)
1978 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 USC $ 6 –1 –012 –1 –0
No. 14 UCLA 6 –2 –08 –3 –1
Washington 6 –2 –07 –4 –0
Arizona State 4 –3 –09 –3 –0
No. 17 Stanford 4 –3 –08 –4 –0
California 3 –4 –06 –5 –0
Arizona 3 –4 –05 –6 –0
Oregon 2 –5 –02 –9 –0
Oregon State 2 –6 –03 –7 –1
Washington State 1 –7 –03 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's statistical leaders included Mark Malone with 1,305 passing yards and 705 rushing yards and Chris DeFrance with 617 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 9Pacific (CA)*
W 42–7
September 16BYU*
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 24–1770,311
September 23at Washington State
L 26–5133,507
September 30UTEP*
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 27–069,497
October 7Northwestern*
W 56–14
October 14No. 2 USC
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 20–770,138
October 28WashingtonNo. 12
L 7–4154,866
November 4California
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 35–21
November 11Stanford
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 14–2151,000
November 18at Oregon State
W 44–2223,500
November 25Arizona
W 18–1758,090
December 16vs. Rutgers*
W 34–1833,402
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[4]

Personnel
1978 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
  Chris DeFrance
QB Mark Malone
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE Al Harris (C)
DE 95 Bob Kohrs Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Season summary

    USC
    1 234Total
    USC 0 007 7
    • Arizona St 0 3143 20
    • Date: October 14
    • Location: Sun Devil Stadium
    • Game attendance: 71,138
    Scoring summary
    Q2ASUHicks 40 yard field goalASU 3–0
    Q3ASUMalone 1 yard run (Hicks kick)ASU 10–0
    Q3ASUMistler 16 yard pass from Malone (Hicks kick)ASU 17–0
    Q4ASUHicks 28 yard field goalASU 20–0
    Q4USCGarcia 31 yard pass from McDonald (Jordan kick)ASU 20–7

    [5]

    Arizona

    Mark Malone threw a pair of touchdown passes and Bill Zivic's 45-yard field goal attempt missed wide left in the final seconds to secure the Sun Devil victory.[6]

    Garden State Bowl
    Garden State Bowl: Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Arizona St 0 7 141334
    Rutgers 10 0 0818

    at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ

    Game information

    MVP: John Mistler

    References
    1. "1978 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
    2. "2016 ASU Football Media Guide". Arizona State University. 2016. p. 123. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
    3. "1978 Arizona State Sun Devils Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
    4. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2017
    5. "Devils' first Pacific-10 win shocks USC." Eugene Register-Guard. 1978 Oct 15. Retrieved 2017-Oct-09.
    6. 10 Memorable Sun Devil Performances in the Territorial Cup Rivalry. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.


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