The Navy Midshipmen were 8-3 in 1978. They emerged victorious over the BYU Cougars, 23 to 16, in the Holiday Bowl.
GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
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Team | 11 | 237 | 3,652 | 783 | 4.7 | 2,211 | 585 | 3.8 | 1,441 | 198 | 7.3 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 66th | 67th | 74th | 68th | 60th | 50th | 61st | 71st | 87th | 37th | |||||||||
Opponent | 11 | 120 | 2,749 | 3.7 | 1,322 | 445 | 3.0 | 1,427 | 292 | 4.9 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 7th | 16th | 13th | 12th | 5th | 18th | 51st | 127th | 6th | ||||||||||
Net | +117 | +903 | +783 | +0.9 | +889 | +140 | +0.8 | +14 | -94 | +2.4 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 23rd | 28th | 74th | 24th | 25th | 16th | 40th | 66th | 127th | 9th |
Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Arizona State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
2 | BYU | 10 | 2 | .833 |
Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Boise State | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
Independent | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UConn | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
2 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | .615 |
Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Oregon | 13 | 0 | 1.000 |
2 | Penn State | 12 | 2 | .857 |
Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oregon State | 5 | 7 | .417 |
2 | Washington State | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
2 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |