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1978 Colorado State

5–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Sarkis Arslanian.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1978, game by game: lost vs. Utah State 20–21; lost at BYU 6–32; lost at Utah 6–30; won vs. UTEP 39–29; won at Air Force 31–13; lost vs. UNLV 6–33; lost vs. Wyoming 3–13; lost at San Diego State 31–34; won at New Mexico 26–15; won vs. West Virginia 50–14; won at Pacific 20–13+36−27Lost 20–21 vs. Utah State-1Utah StateLost 6–32 at BYU-26BYULost 6–30 at Utah-24UtahWon 39–29 vs. UTEP+10UTEPWon 31–13 at Air Force+18Air ForceLost 6–33 vs. UNLV-27UNLVLost 3–13 vs. Wyoming-10WyomingLost 31–34 at San Diego State-3San Diego StateWon 26–15 at New Mexico+11New MexicoWon 50–14 vs. West Virginia+36West VirginiaWon 20–13 at Pacific+7Pacific
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsUtah StateL 20–⁠2172%
Sep 23atBYUL 6–⁠3234%
Sep 30atUtahL 6–⁠3059%
Oct 7vsUTEPW 39–⁠2978%
Oct 14atAir ForceW 31–⁠1361%
Oct 21vsUNLVL 6–⁠3386%
Oct 28vsWyomingL 3–⁠1354%
Nov 4atSan Diego StateL 31–⁠3425%
Nov 11atNew MexicoW 26–⁠1528%
Nov 18vsWest VirginiaW 50–⁠1466%
Nov 23atPacificW 20–⁠1350%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Pacific 20–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1978.

Consensus All-AmericanMike Bell, DT

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 5th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
238–⁠247
Coach
Sarkis Arslanian
Elo
1482 −55 this season
SP+ rating
-5.6 No. 89 of 133; offense No. 80, defense No. 102
SRS
−2.5 No. 74 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Charles Armey
Defensive coordinator
Scott Henington

Drafted in 1979

The 1979 draft
Rd 1Mike Bell DEKansas City Chiefs
Rd 4Mark E. Bell TESeattle Seahawks
Rd 5Mark R. Bell WRSt. Louis Cardinals

1978 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU5–⁠19–⁠4
Utah4–⁠28–⁠3
Wyoming4–⁠25–⁠7
New Mexico3–⁠37–⁠5
Colorado State2–⁠45–⁠6
San Diego State2–⁠44–⁠7
UTEP1–⁠51–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.