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1978 Tulane

4–⁠7, coached by Larry Smith.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1978, game by game: lost at Maryland 7–31; lost vs. No. 14 Pittsburgh 6–24; lost at Georgia Tech 17–27; lost at No. 20 Stanford 14–17; won at Vanderbilt 38–3; won vs. Boston College 9–3; lost vs. TCU 7–13; won vs. Memphis 41–24; won vs. Miami 20–16; lost at Ole Miss 3–13; lost at LSU 21–40+35−24Lost 7–31 at Maryland-24MarylandLost 6–24 vs. No. 14 Pittsburgh-18No. 14 PittsburghLost 17–27 at Georgia Tech-10Georgia TechLost 14–17 at No. 20 Stanford-3No. 20 StanfordWon 38–3 at Vanderbilt+35VanderbiltWon 9–3 vs. Boston College+6Boston CollegeLost 7–13 vs. TCU-6TCUWon 41–24 vs. Memphis+17MemphisWon 20–16 vs. Miami+4MiamiLost 3–13 at Ole Miss-10Ole MissLost 21–40 at LSU-19LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atMarylandL 7–⁠3121%
Sep 16vs14PittsburghL 6–⁠2423%
Sep 23atGeorgia TechL 17–⁠2732%
Sep 30at20StanfordL 14–⁠1717%
Oct 7atVanderbiltW 38–⁠339%
Oct 14vsBoston CollegeW 9–⁠361%
Oct 21vsTCUL 7–⁠1372%
Oct 28vsMemphisW 41–⁠2446%
Nov 4vsMiamiW 20–⁠1654%
Nov 11atOle MissL 3–⁠1340%
Nov 25atLSUL 21–⁠4020%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 40–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
183–⁠211
Coach
Larry Smith
Elo
1421 +3 this season
SP+ rating
-9.7 No. 100 of 133; offense No. 110, defense No. 83
SRS
0.6 No. 65 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Moe Ankney