1978 Massachusetts
2–3. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Boston College 27–0Nov 25
By 27 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | vs Villanova | L 21–25 | 42% |
| Sep 30 | at Harvard | L 0–10 | 25% |
| Nov 4 | vs Rutgers | L 11–21 | 22% |
| Nov 11 | at Holy Cross | W 33–8 | 24% |
| Nov 25 | vs Boston College | W 27–0 | 63% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Boston College 27–0; unranked in the final AP poll; Yankee Conference champions.
In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 91 on file).
Games missing from our records
Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Massachusetts’s 1978 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28 | vsUConn | W 17–10 | UConn’s article |
| Dec 9 | atNevada | W 44–21 | Nevada’s article |
Yankee Conference championsthe conference title
- Record
- 2–3
- Conference
- 5–0 first in the Yankee Conference (Wikipedia)
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 92–64
- Coach
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- Elo
- 1389 +45 this season
- SP+ rating
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- Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1979
The 1979 draft| Rd 7 | Bruce Kimball OG | Pittsburgh Steelers |