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1978 Richmond

3–⁠8, coached by Jim Tait.

Schedule and results

Richmond in 1978, game by game: lost vs. Southern Miss 7–10; lost at West Virginia 12–14; lost at Wisconsin 6–7; lost at App State 19–24; won vs. Cincinnati 51–28; lost at Villanova 14–17; lost vs. VMI 6–23; lost vs. East Carolina 14–21; won vs. North Carolina 27–18; lost at Chattanooga 3–30; won vs. William & Mary 17–3+23−27Lost 7–10 vs. Southern Miss-3Southern MissLost 12–14 at West Virginia-2West VirginiaLost 6–7 at Wisconsin-1WisconsinLost 19–24 at App State-5App StateWon 51–28 vs. Cincinnati+23CincinnatiLost 14–17 at Villanova-3VillanovaLost 6–23 vs. VMI-17VMILost 14–21 vs. East Carolina-7East CarolinaWon 27–18 vs. North Carolina+9North CarolinaLost 3–30 at Chattanooga-27ChattanoogaWon 17–3 vs. William & Mary+14William & Mary
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsSouthern MissL 7–⁠1051%
Sep 9atWest VirginiaL 12–⁠1432%
Sep 16atWisconsinL 6–⁠735%
Sep 23atApp StateL 19–⁠2442%
Sep 30vsCincinnatiW 51–⁠2840%
Oct 7atVillanovaL 14–⁠1740%
Oct 14vsVMIL 6–⁠2354%
Oct 28vsEast CarolinaL 14–⁠2122%
Nov 4vsNorth CarolinaW 27–⁠1833%
Nov 11atChattanoogaL 3–⁠3031%
Nov 18vsWilliam & MaryW 17–⁠343%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat William & Mary 17–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 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-AmericanJeff Nixon, DB

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
176–⁠195
Coach
Jim Tait
Elo
1414 −7 this season
SP+ rating
-2.2 No. 80 of 133; offense No. 103, defense No. 50
SRS
−4.0 No. 85 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jeff Nixon and Ray Chase

Drafted in 1979

The 1979 draft
Rd 4Jeff Nixon DBBuffalo Bills