1978 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

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1978 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	4–7 (2–5 OVC)
Head coach	Jack Carlisle (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Center
Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

1978 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. T–4 Western Kentucky $	7	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Eastern Kentucky	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Tennessee Tech	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Austin Peay	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Murray State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Morehead State	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
East Tennessee State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Middle Tennessee	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1978 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Jack Carlisle, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 4–7, with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, and finished tied for fifth in the OVC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	Mississippi College*	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	L 3–17		^[1]
September 16	Western Carolina*	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	W 21–14	5,269	^[2]
September 23	at Eastern Kentucky	Hanger Field Richmond, KY	L 6–49	13,200	^[3]
September 30	Western Kentucky	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	L 21–27	5,732	^[4]
October 7	Tennessee Tech	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	W 38–17	4,866	^[5]
October 14	Furman*	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	L 14–35	8,951	^[6]
October 21	at Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	L 21–34		^[7]
October 28	at Appalachian State*	Conrad Stadium Boone, NC	W 35–34	14,471	^[8]
November 4	Morehead State	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	L 30–31		^[9]
November 11	at Middle Tennessee	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	W 34–0		^[10]
November 18	Austin Peay	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	L 7–14		^[11]
*Non-conference game

^ "Choctaws win big, 17–3". Hattiesburg American. September 10, 1978. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bucs claim 21–14 win over WCU". Kingsport Times-News. September 17, 1978. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "EKU Colonels romp past Buccaneers". The Bristol Herald Courier. September 24, 1978. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Western clips East Tennessee". The Paducah Sun. October 1, 1978. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bucs shock Tenn. Tech, win, 38–17". Johnson City Press Chronicle. October 8, 1978. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Furman offense too much for Bucs, 35–14". Kingsport Times-News. October 15, 1978. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Murray is victor". The Kentucky Advocate. October 22, 1978. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bucs claim 35–34 thriller over Appy State". Kingsport Times-News. October 29, 1978. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Morehead holds off Bucs, 31–30". Kingsport Times-News. November 5, 1978. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bucs roll past MTSU". Bristol Herald Courier. November 12, 1978. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Govs close on happy note". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 19, 1978. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
Venues	Memorial Center (1977–2003) Kermit Tipton Stadium (2015–2016) William B. Greene Jr. Stadium (2017–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1969 Grantland Rice Bowl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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