1978 Arizona
5–6 (3–4 Pac-10), coached by Tony Mason. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Kansas State 31–0Sep 9
By 31 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | vs Kansas State | W 31–0 | 73% |
| Sep 16 | vs Oregon State | W 21–7 | 76% |
| Sep 23 | at Texas Tech | L 26–41 | 40% |
| Sep 30 | vs Iowa | W 23–3 | 66% |
| Oct 7 | at 3Michigan | L 17–21 | 19% |
| Oct 14 | vs California | L 20–33 | 47% |
| Oct 27 | at 10UCLA | L 14–24 | 19% |
| Nov 4 | at 20Washington | L 21–31 | 22% |
| Nov 11 | at Oregon | W 24–3 | 57% |
| Nov 18 | vs Washington State | W 31–24 | 66% |
| Nov 25 | vs Arizona State | L 17–18 | 44% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Arizona State 18–17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-10.
In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).
- Record
- 5–6
- Conference
- 3–4 tied for 6th in Pac-10
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 245–205
- Coach
- Tony Mason
- Elo
- 1503 +13 this season
- SP+ rating
- 7.8 No. 47 of 133; offense No. 48, defense No. 53
- SRS
- 11.3 No. 29 of 138 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
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All-Pac-10
1 first team, 4 second teamFirst team
Ron BeyerTECoaches-1
Second team
- Larry HeaterRBCoaches-2
- Hubie OliverRBCoaches-2
- Cleveland CrosbyDLCoaches-2
- Corky IngrahamLBCoaches-2
From Wikipedia’s 1978 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1978 Pac-10 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 USC | 6–1 | 12–1 | 2 |
| UCLA | 6–2 | 8–3–1 | 14 |
| Washington | 6–2 | 7–4 | |
| Arizona State | 4–3 | 9–3 | |
 Stanford | 4–3 | 8–4 | 17 |
| California | 3–4 | 6–5 | |
| Arizona | 3–4 | 5–6 | |
| Oregon | 2–5 | 2–9 | |
| Oregon State | 2–6 | 3–7–1 | |
| Washington State | 1–7 | 3–7–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.