1978, tigers, football, team, represented, louisiana, state, university, during, 1978, ncaa, division, football, season, under, head, coach, charles, mcclendon, tigers, record, with, southeastern, conference, record, mcclendon, 17th, season, head, coach, 1978,. The 1978 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University LSU during the 1978 NCAA Division I A football season Under head coach Charles McClendon the Tigers had a record of 8 4 with a Southeastern Conference record of 3 3 It was McClendon s 17th season as head coach at LSU 1978 LSU Tigers footballLiberty Bowl L 15 20 vs MissouriConferenceSoutheastern ConferenceRecord8 4 3 3 SEC Head coachCharles McClendon 17th season Home stadiumTiger StadiumSeasons 19771979 1978 Southeastern Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNo 1 Alabama 6 0 0 11 1 0No 16 Georgia 5 0 1 9 2 1Auburn 3 2 1 6 4 1LSU 3 3 0 8 4 0Tennessee 3 3 0 5 5 1Florida 3 3 0 4 7 0Mississippi State 2 4 0 6 5 0Ole Miss 2 4 0 5 6 0Kentucky 2 4 0 4 6 1Vanderbilt 0 6 0 2 9 0 Conference championRankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Schedule 2 Roster 3 Game summaries 3 1 Wyoming 4 ReferencesSchedule EditDateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSourceSeptember 16Indiana No 13Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge LAW 24 17September 23Wake Forest No 10Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge LAW 13 1177 197September 30at Rice No 11Rice StadiumHouston TXW 37 7October 7at FloridaNo 11Florida FieldGainesville FL rivalry W 34 2155 457October 14GeorgiaNo 11Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge LAL 17 2477 158October 21at KentuckyNo 16Commonwealth StadiumLexington KYW 21 057 918 1 November 4Ole MissNo 12Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge LA rivalry ABCW 30 873 120November 11at No 3 AlabamaNo 10Legion FieldBirmingham AL rivalry ABCL 10 3176 831November 18at Mississippi StateNo 17Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson MS rivalry L 14 16November 25Tulane Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge LA Battle for the Rag W 40 2175 876 2 December 2Wyoming Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge LAW 24 1764 458 3 December 31vs No 18 Missouri Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis TN Liberty Bowl ABCL 15 2053 064 Non conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameRoster Edit1978 LSU Tigers football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassRB 4 Charles Alexander SrWR 3 Carlos Carson JrQB Steve Ensminger Jr Hokie Gajan Defense Pos Name ClassDB 37 Willie Teal Jr Special teams Pos Name Class Head coachCharles McClendonCoordinators assistant coachesLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible Injured RedshirtGame summaries EditWyoming Edit Hokie Gajan ran the opening kickoff back 99 yards for a touchdown and Charles Alexander passed the 4 000 career rushing yard mark for his career 4 References Edit D G FitzMaurice October 22 1978 Alexander Halted but LSU Rolls 21 0 Sunday Herald Leader pp C1 C7 via Newspapers com Woodley Alexander were LSU s insurance Alexandria Daily Town Talk November 26 1978 Retrieved October 19 2021 via Newspapers com Tigers Survive Scare Out Slosh Wyoming The Daily Advertiser December 3 1978 p 69 via Newspapers com Eugene Register Guard 1978 Dec 03 Retrieved 2019 Jan 21 This college football 1970s season article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to sports in Baton Rouge Louisiana is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1978 LSU Tigers football team amp oldid 1132301992, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,