1978 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

1978 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–7 (0–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Center
1978 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Furman + 4 1 0 8 3 0
Chattanooga + 4 1 0 7 3 1
Appalachian State 4 2 0 7 4 0
Western Carolina 4 2 0 6 5 0
The Citadel 2 3 0 5 6 0
VMI 1 4 0 3 8 0
Marshall 0 5 0 1 10 0
Davidson 0 0 0 5 5 0
East Tennessee State 0 0 0 4 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA teams. Davidson was classified as I-AA. All the other teams were classified as I-A. Davidson and East Tennessee State were ineligible for the conference title. VMI's games against William & Mary and Richmond and Chattanooga's game against Richmond were designated as conference games and counted in the SoCon standings.

The 1978 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Jack Carlisle, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 4–7. East Tennessee State was ineligible for the SoCon title and the team's games against conference opponents did not count in the SoCon standings.