1978 Merton London Borough Council election
The whole council was up for election and the incumbent majority Conservative administration maintained its overall control of the council. This was the first election held in which no aldermen were elected onto the council. Boundary changes also meant that the number of elected seats increased by 3.


1978 Merton London Borough Council election, Background
At the last election, the Conservatives had won a majority of three seats on the council, with twenty-nine elected members and four aldermen. They subsequently gained a seat from the Labour Party in a by-election in the ward of Wimbledon South on 19 September 1974 and then lost a seat to the Liberal Party in the ward of Cannon Hill on 30 October 1975.


1978 Merton London Borough Council election, Background
Prior to the election, elected councillors appointed nine aldermen to serve on Merton London Borough Council. This was the first election in which this arrangement ended, as was required by the Local Government Act 1972, which rendered the post merely an honorary title.


1978 Merton London Borough Council election, Background
The Conservatives did not stand in the newly-created ward of Longthornton, leaving the three-member ward as a two-way contest between the Labour Party and the Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Association.


1978 Merton London Borough Council election, Results
The Conservatives maintained their overall majority control of the council, increasing their majority to 21 seats.


1978 Mestaruussarja, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and HJK Helsinki won the championship.


1978 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1978 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–4 at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio.


1978 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Louisville defeated top-seeded Florida State in the championship game, 94–93, to win their first Metro men's basketball tournament.


1978 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Cardinals, in turn, received a bid to the 1978 NCAA Tournament. They were joined by fellow Metro member, and tournament runner-up, Florida State, who earned an at-large bid.


1978 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the preliminary first round.


1978 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 4th Metro Manila Film Festival had its run in 1978 starting from December 25 onwards. There were nine official entries and Atsay was hailed as the Festival's Best Film.


1978 Metro Manila Film Festival
Ian Film Productions' Atsay received the most awards, with a total of four including Best Picture Award in the highly contested 1978 Metro Manila Film Festival. The movie also won for Nora Aunor the Best Performer Award, the first and only awardee of the category. Sampaguita Pictures' Rubia Servios received two awards: Best Screenplay for Mario O'Hara and Best Editing for Jose Tarnate. RVQ's Jack n' Jill of the Third Kind was the top grosser of the festival.


1978 Metro Manila Film Festival, Ceremony Information, "Noranians" versus "Vilmanians"
The board of jurors decided to not award honors for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for some reasons. Instead, the jurors gave Nora Aunor a "Best Performer" award for her role in the movie Atsay. Ms. Aunor beat Ms. Santos, whom fortune-tellers on the talk show of Inday Badiday had predicted would win the award for her role in the movie Rubia Servios.


1978 Metro Manila Film Festival, Atsay vs. Rubia Servios commentary
In 1979, Isagani Cruz of TV Times commented about Atsay and Rubia Servios. He states: "Rubia Servios is Lino Brocka's film; Atsay is Eddie Garcia's. Nora does an excellent acting job; but so does Vilma Santos, and Rubia is a much more demanding and difficult role. Edgardo M. Reyes is an established literary figure, but Mario O'Hara is much better screenwriter. Overall, Atsay may be much more impressive than Rubia Servios. In terms of challenging our moral and legal convictions, however, Rubia Servios is much more significant."


1978 Mexico City WCT
The 1978 Mexico City WCT was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was part of the World Championship Tennis series of tournaments that were incorporated into the 1978 Grand Prix circuit. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 30 January until 5 February 1978. First-seeded Raúl Ramírez won the singles title, his second at the event after 1976.


1978 Mexico City WCT, Finals, Doubles
Sashi Menon /  Gene Mayer defeated  Marcello Lara /  Raúl Ramírez, 6–3, 7–6


1978 Miami Dolphins season
The 1978 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's 9th season in the National Football League, the 13th overall, and the 9th under head coach Don Shula. The team returned to the NFL playoffs for the first time since 1974, with an 11–5 record. Quarterback Bob Griese missed the first seven games due to a knee injury. The Dolphins got off to a 5-2 start behind back-up Don Strock. Upon Griese's return, the Dolphins earned a birth to the playoffs as a Wild Card.


1978 Miami Dolphins season
Helping to lead the Dolphins back to the postseason was Running Back Delvin Williams who set a team record with 1,258 yards rushing on the season. In the first playoff game involving two Wild Cards, the Dolphins were stunned 17-9 by the Houston Oilers at the Orange Bowl. In the process the Dolphins set two notable records: scoring first in all but one of their sixteen regular season games, and never trailing at any point in eleven games. The former record was equalled by the 2004 Patriots, and the latter was beaten by the 2005 Colts.


1978 Miami Hurricanes baseball team
The 1978 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami in the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Mark Light Field. The team was coached by Ron Fraser in his 16th season at Miami.


1978 Miami Hurricanes baseball team
The Hurricanes reached the College World Series, where they recorded wins against Baylor and Oral Roberts and losses to eventual champion Southern California and runner-up Arizona State.


1978 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 1978 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Lou Saban in his second and final year as head coach, the Hurricanes played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Miami finished the season with a record of 6–5.


1978 Miami Redskins football team
The 1978 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its first season under head coach Tom Reed, the team compiled an 8–2–1 record (5–2 against MAC opponents), finished in third place in the MAC, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 228 to 161.


1978 Miami Redskins football team
The team's statistical leaders included Larry Fortner with 976 passing yards, Mark Hunter with 1,046 rushing yards, and Paul Warth with 299 receiving yards.


1978 Michigan Attorney General election
The 1978 Michigan Attorney General election was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democrat Frank J. Kelley defeated Republican nominee Stephen C. Bransdorfer with 67.50% of the vote.


1978 Michigan Attorney General election
Bransdorfer conceded the election early, before 10% of the return votes were counted.


1978 Michigan Secretary of State election
The 1978 Michigan Secretary of State election was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democrat Richard H. Austin defeated Republican nominee Melvin L. Larsen with 65.57% of the vote.


1978 Michigan Secretary of State election
Larsen conceded the election early, before 10% of the return votes were counted.


1978 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1978 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University during the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season. Finishing the season on a seven-game winning streak, the Spartans won their fourth Big Ten Conference championship, which they shared with in-state rival Michigan. The Spartans finished number 12 in the final AP Poll.


1978 Michigan State Spartans football team
Wide receiver Kirk Gibson caught 42 passes for 806 yard during the 1978 season. Gibson was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2017.


1978 Michigan State Spartans football team
Quarterback Ed Smith led the Big Ten in 1978 with 2,226 passing yards, a 139.0 passing efficiency rating, and 2,247 yards of total offense. He was also selected as the most valuable player on the 1978 Michigan State team. He finished his career as Michigan State's and the Big Ten's all-time leader with 5,706 passing yards.


1978 Michigan Wolverines baseball team
The 1978 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season. The head coach was Moby Benedict, serving his 16th year. The Wolverines finished the season in 5th place in the 1978 College World Series.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1978 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 10th season under head coach Bo Schembechler, the Wolverines compiled a 10–2 record (7–1 against conference opponents), tied for the Big Ten championship, outscored opponents by a total of 372 to 105, and were ranked No. 5 in the final AP and UPI polls. The defense allowed only 94.6 passing yards per game and ranked second in the country in scoring defense, allowing an average of only 8.75 points per game.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team
The Wolverines sustained their only regular season defeat against in-state rival Michigan State, but defeated rivals Notre Dame (the first game in the Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry since 1943) and Ohio State (the last game in The Ten Year War between coaches Schembechler and Woody Hayes). The Wolverines then lost to No. 3 USC in the 1979 Rose Bowl, following Charles White's famed "phantom touchdown".


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team
The team's statistical leaders included senior quarterback Rick Leach with 1,283 passing yards and 72 points scored, tailback Harlan Huckleby with 741 rushing yards, and wing back Ralph Clayton with 546 receiving yards. Leach won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the most valuable player in the Big Ten Conference, finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, and was selected by the American Football Coaches Association as a first-team All-American in a tie with Chuck Fusina.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team
Eight Michigan players received first-team honors on the 1978 All-Big Ten Conference football team, including Leach, fullback Russell Davis, offensive tackle Jon Giesler, defensive tackle Curtis Greer, linebacker Ron Simpkins, and defensive backs Mike Jolly and Mike Harden.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
The 1977 Michigan Wolverines football team compiled a 10–2 record and was a Big Ten co-champion. Key players returning from the 1977 team included quarterback Rick Leach, running backs Russell Davis and Harlan Huckleby, and linebacker Ron Simpkins. Others not returning included offensive linemen Mark Donahue, Walt Downing, and Mike Kenn, linebacker/punter John Anderson, and defensive back Dwight Hicks.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
The 1978 recruiting class included tailback Butch Woolfolk, offensive tackles Bubba Paris and Ed Muransky, and defensive back Brian Carpenter.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
On September 16, Michigan, ranked No. 4 in the pre-season polls, opened its season with a 31–0 victory over an Illinois team led by Michigan's former defensive coordinator, Gary Moeller. The game was played before a crowd of 104,102 at Michigan Stadium and gave coach Schembechler a 10–0 record against the Illini.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
Quarterback Rick Leach led Michigan's option offense, passing for 75 yards and rushing for another 125 yards (96 net yards after accounting for sacks) and two touchdowns. The offense was stymied in the first quarter, but an interception by Mel Owen gave Michigan good field position and led to a Gregg Willner field goal early in the second quarter. Leach also scored on an eight-yard touchdown run, and Michigan led 10–0 at halftime. The Wolverines scored another 21 points in the fourth quarter. Roosevelt Smith scored on a three-yard run, and Leach's second touchdown followed a fumble recovery by walk-on middle guard Jim Humphries at Illinois' 31-yard line. Backup quarterback B. J. Dickey scored the final touchdown with 34 seconds remaining in the game.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
On defense, Michigan limited Illinois to 177 yards and came up with two turnovers, both leading to Michigan scores. The defense was led by linebackers Ron Simpkins with 12 tackles (eight solo, four assists), Jerry Meter with 10 (nine solo, one assist), and Tom Seabron (six solo tackles).


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Notre Dame
On September 23, Michigan defeated Notre Dame, 28–14, before a crowd of 59,075 at Notre Dame Stadium. The first meeting in the Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry since 1943, the game matched the schools' "duelling quarterbacks" Joe Montana and Rick Leach. Montana had led the 1977 Notre Dame team to a national championship.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Notre Dame
Russell Davis fumbled on Michigan's first play from scrimmage, and Notre Dame recovered the ball at Michigan's 17-yard line. With only a minute and 53 seconds off the clock, Notre Dame took an early lead on a six-yard touchdown pass from Montana to Dennis Gridinger.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Notre Dame
In the middle of the second quarter, Leach led the Wolverines on a 70-yard drive ending with a four-yard touchdown run by Leach.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Notre Dame
After Michigan's touchdown, Montana led a 59-yard drive capped by a four-yard touchdown run by Vagas Ferguson. The first half ended with Notre Dame leading, 14–7.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Notre Dame
In the third quarter, Leach led a 72-yard drive ending with a five-yard touchdown pass from Leach to Doug Marsh who was wide open in the end zone.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Notre Dame
Near the end of the third quarter, Jerry Meter then intercepted a Joe Montana pass near midfield and returned it to the Notre Dame 34-yard line. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Michigan then capitalized on the turnover when Leach threw a second touchdown pass to Marsh, this one covering 17 yards. Gregg Willner missed the extra point kick, and Michigan led, 20–14.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Notre Dame
A short time later, Mike Harden intercepted a Joe Montana pass near the Michigan's 42-yard line. Michigan again capitalized on the turnover as Leach threw a 40-yard pass to Ralph Clayton. Clayton was knocked unconscious by a hard tackle in the end zone but held onto the ball for the touchdown. After the touchdown, Leach was sacked on an attempt to pass for a two-point conversion.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Notre Dame
Near the end of the game, Curtis Greer sacked Montana in the end zone for a safety to extend Michigan's lead to 28–14.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Notre Dame
The ABC broadcast crew named Rick Leach and Jerry Meter as the Chevrolet Offensive and Defensive Players of the Game. Michigan tailback Harlan Huckleby also rushed effectively in the second half, finishing the game with 107 yards on 22 carries. In addition to the two interceptions, Michigan also blocked a punt and a field goal and recovered three Notre Dame fumbles for a total of five turnovers. Notre Dame linebacker Bob Golic played a great game, setting a school record with 26 tackles in the game.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Duke
On September 30, Michigan defeated Duke, 52–0, before a crowd of 104,832 at a rainy Michigan Stadium. It was Duke's worst defeat since 1966.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Duke
Michigan's offense gained 478 yards of total offense, including 390 rushing yards. Michigan played its second-string backfield in the second half, and its rushing yardage was spread among several backs, including Harlan Huckleby (84 yards and two touchdowns), Rick Leach (72 yards and a touchdown), Roosevelt Smith (66 yards and a touchdown), Russell Davis (64 yards and a touchdown), and Lawrence Reid (58 yards and a touchdown). Backup quarterback B. J. Dickey threw an eight-yard touchdown pass to Ralph Clayton in the fourth quarter.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Duke
The defense held Duke to 76 yards of total offense (including six yards in the second quarter). The Blue Devils crossed midfield only once, and even that drive was pushed back into Duke territory by the defense. Quarterback Mike Dunn, the third leading rusher in Duke history, was held to minus 18 rushing yards, and four of his passes were intercepted (two by Mike Jolly). Dale Keitz also recovered a fumble at Duke's one-yard line to set up Huckleby's touchdown run.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Arizona
On October 7, Michigan, ranked No. 3 by the AP and UPI, had to come from behind to defeat Arizona, 21–17, before a crowd of 104,913 at Michigan Stadium. Michigan took the lead on a two-yard touchdown run by Harlan Huckleby in the first quarter, a score set up by Tom Seabron's recovery of a fumble at the Arizona two-yard line. Arizona then scored 17 unanswered points in the second quarter to take a 17–7 lead. Arizona's touchdowns were set up by Michigan turnovers – a fumbled punt return by Mike Harden recovered at the Michigan 19-yard line and then a fumble by Rick Leach on a pitch-out at Michigan's 21-yard line. The Wildcats out-gained the Wolverines in the first half by 206 yards to 123.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Arizona
Arizona fullback Hubie Oliver gained 80 yards in the first half but was held to 19 yards in the second half. Michigan scored on a 30-yard touchdown pass from Leach to Doug Marsh late in the second quarter. The winning score was a one-yard touchdown run by Russell Davis with 5:25 remaining in the game. An earlier attempt by Michigan to take the lead was thwarted when Leach's pass from the one-yard line was intercepted in the end zone.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Arizona
Huckleby had 104 rushing yards on 18 carries, and Davis had 76 yards on 19 carries. The defense was led by linebacker Ron Simpkins with 13 solo tackles and three assists.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
On October 14, Michigan, ranked No. 5, lost to Darryl Rogers' unranked Michigan State Spartans by a score of 24–15. The crowd of 105,132 at Michigan Stadium was the largest crowd to watch a Michigan–Michigan State game up to that point. The Spartans were on NCAA probation that prevented them from playing in a bowl game.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
Freshman placekicker Morten Anderson, later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, opened the scoring with a 38-yard field goal in the first quarter, and fullback Lonnie Middleton scored two touchdowns in the second quarter to give the Spartans a 17–0 lead at halftime. Michigan State quarterback Eddie Smith completed 20 of 36 passes for 248 yards and two touchdowns, and the Spartan backs rushed for an identical 248 yards on 43 carries. Flanker Kirk Gibson caught five passes for 82 yards. Michigan State's total of 496 yards (307 in the first half) was the most allowed by a Michigan team since 1961.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
Michigan quarterback Rick Leach, who had only one interception in Michigan's first four games, threw three in the first half. Tailback Harlan Huckleby rushed for 98 yards to lead the Michigan offense, while linebacker Ron Simpkins led the defense with 15 solo tackles and an assist.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Wisconsin
On October 21, Michigan defeated the previously-unbeaten Wisconsin Badgers, 42–0, before a record-setting crowd of 80,024 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. Quarterback Rick Leach ran for 82 yards and two rushing touchdowns and completed four of seven passes for 101 yards, including a 65-yard touchdown bomb to wingback Ralph Clayton in the third quarter. Clayton also scored in the first quarter on a 27-yard wingback reverse with Leach holding the ball behind his back for the exchange with Clayton. Harlan Huckleby rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries. In his first game, freshman Butch Woolfolk played the second half in place of Huckleby and gained 32 yards on six carries. Michigan out-gained Wisconsin by 477 yards to 227. The victory was the 12th in a row for Michigan against Wisconsin and the 600th overall in Michigan football history.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
On October 28, Michigan defeated Minnesota, 42–10, before a homecoming crowd of 105,308 at a sunny Michigan Stadium. One year earlier, Minnesota had upset Michigan, then ranked No. 1 in the AP and UPI polls. The Wolverines reclaimed the Little Brown Jug trophy in 1978.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
In three quarters of play, Michigan quarterback Rick Leach completed nine of 13 passes for 143 yards and three touchdowns (two to Ralph Clayton, one to Doug Marsh). He also rushed for 62 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries. With his performance in the game, Leach set a new Big Ten record with 39 touchdown passes and a new Michigan record with 209 pass completions. Freshman tailback Butch Woolfolk, in his second game and first start for Michigan, gained 131 rushing yards on 23 carries, including a 49-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Woolfolk also turned the ball over on a run play from the Minnesota four-yard line. Michigan out-gained Minnesota by 455 yards to 211.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Iowa
On November 4, Michigan defeated Iowa, 34–0, before a crowd of 49,120 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. Rick Leach completed nine of 17 passes for 191 yards and two touchdowns (a 36-yarder to Alan Mitchell in the second quarter and an 11-yarder to Doug Marsh in the fourth quarter). Michigan also ran a fake punt with Russell Davis taking the snap and running for a 24-yard gain in the first quarter. Michigan's defense held Iowa to minus four rushing yards and 65 passing yards. After the game, Iowa Coach Bob Commings said: "I really thought our pass coverage was adequate but he had all day to throw the ball . . . that's the best offensive line we've faced all year. In fact, Michigan is the best team we've faced all year."


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
On November 11, Michigan defeated Northwestern, 59–14, before a homecoming crowd of 27,013 at Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois. Michigan quarterback Rick Leach ran for 44 yards and three touchdowns and completed six of six passes for 131 yards and two touchdowns. Michigan gained 626 yards in the game, including 470 rushing yards. Harlan Huckleby and Roosevelt Smith led the ground attack with 138 and 84 yards, respectively. Ralph Clayton was the leading receiver, catching five passes for 122 yards and two touchdowns, including a 41-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter. After the game, coach Schembechler said: "We didn't even run the option that much. Basically, all we did was hand off the ball and block."


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
With his performance against Northwestern, Leach set an NCAA career record with 75 regular-season touchdowns, surpassing the record set by Danny White. He also set a Michigan single-season record with 34 rushing touchdowns, surpassing the mark previously set by Tom Harmon. Finally, he set a new Big Ten Conference career record with 5,968 yards of total offense, breaking the record previously set by Mike Phipps.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
On November 18, Michigan defeated Purdue, 24–6, before a crowd of 105,410 at Michigan Stadium. Purdue came into the game undefeated in conference games, and a win against Michigan would have secured the conference championship and a trip to the Rose Bowl. The crowd was the third largest in Michigan Stadium history to that point.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
On Michigan's first possession, the Wolverines drove 68 yards, capped by a 11-yard touchdown pass from Rick Leach to Ralph Clayton. On the next possession, Michigan intercepted a pass from Purdue quarterback Mark Hermann and kicked a field goal for a 10–0 lead. On the next possession, Curtis Greer knocked Hermann to the ground, resulting in a concussion and pinched nerve and preventing Hermann from returning to the game. In the second quarter, Leach threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Doug Marsh, and in the third quarter, Lawrence Reid ran five yards for Michigan's final touchdown. Purdue did not score against the Michigan defense. However, in the fourth quarter, Purdue's Tom Kingsbury blocked Gregg Willner's punt, and Mark Adamle returned it for a Purdue touchdown with 9:32 left in the game.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
Michigan rushed for 343 yards against a defense ranked tenth in the nation in run defense that had allowed an average of only 117.9 rushing yards per game. Overall, the Wolverines out-gained the Boilermakers by 397 yards to 123. Russell Davis led Michigan's backs with 134 yards on 25 carries. The defense held the Boilermakers to only 11 yards in the second quarter and minus four yards in the third quarter.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
On November 25, Michigan defeated Ohio State, 14–3, before a record crowd of 88,358 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State's Bob Atha kicked a field goal late in the first quarter for the Buckeyes' only score in the game. Michigan responded with a four-play, 70-yard drive that took only 59 seconds off the clock and ended with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Rick Leach to Rodney Feaster.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
Late in the second quarter, Ohio State drove to Michigan's 24-yard line when Jerry Meter knocked the ball out of Art Schlichter's hand, and Andy Cannavino recovered for Michigan. After the turnover, the Wolverines drove deep into Ohio State territory, and with seconds remaining in the first half, Leach completed a pass to Gene Johnson at the one-yard line, but Johnson was hit by Vince Skillings and fumbled and Skillings recovered the ball. The first half ended with Michigan leading, 7–3.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
Michigan's defense tightened in the second half, limiting the Buckeyes (ranked fifth nationally in scoring offense prior to the game) to only one first down. In the third quarter, Michigan drove 69 yards on 13 plays, capped by an 11-yard touchdown pass from Leach to Roosevelt Smith. With 3:15 remaining in the game, Mike Jolly intercepted Schlichter's pass near midfield as the Buckeyes tried to mount a comeback. Michigan's players carried coach Schembechler off the field after the game.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
Leach was selected by the ABC broadcast crew as the Chevrolet Offensive Player of the Game. Leach sustained a hamstring injury in the second quarter, but completed 11 of 21 passes for 166 yards and two touchdowns. The Wolverines out-gained the Buckeyes by 364 yards to 216. Roosevelt Smith led Michigan's backs with 67 rushing yards on 10 carries. Ohio State quarterback Art Schlichter completed only four of nine passes for 43 yards. Ron Springs led the Buckeyes' ground attack with 63 yards on 12 carries.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
In a post-game press conference, coach Schembechler called it "the greatest game we've ever won" and declared Leach to be "the best football player in the United States of America" and "the greatest football player I have ever been associated with." Woody Hayes, in his post-game press conference, became enraged when a columnist from the Chicago Tribune asked if he was aware that his teams had not scored a touchdown against Michigan in the last three games. Hayes approached the columnist in a menacing manner, screamed that he had "no respect" for the columnist, and stormed out of the briefing room.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Rose Bowl
On January 1, 1979, No. 5 Michigan lost by a 17–10 score to No. 3 USC before a crowd of 105,629 in the 1979 Rose Bowl at Pasadena, California.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Rose Bowl
On Michigan's second play from scrimmage, USC defensive back Ronnie Lott intercepted a Rick Leach pass near midfield and returned it to Michigan's 16-yard line. USC took advantage of the turnover, scoring on a nine-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Paul McDonald to Hoby Brenner.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Rose Bowl
Near the end of the first quarter, Michigan linebacker Tom Seabron hit from McDonald's blind side, causing a fumble that was recovered by Michigan's Dale Keitz at USC's 23-yard line. Michigan was unable to convert a touchdown and settled for a 36-yard field goal by Gregg Willner.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Rose Bowl
Michigan's defense held USC to less than 10 yards in the first quarter. USC finally mounted a 50-yard drive late in the second quarter. The drive ended with one of the most controversial plays in Rose Bowl history. On a run from Michigan's three-yard line, Michigan linebacker Ron Simpkins stripped the ball from the arms of USC running back Charles White before he crossed the goal line, and Michigan fell on the loose ball at the one-yard line. The umpire ruled that White had fumbled and that it was Michigan's ball. However, the line judge ruled that White had crossed the goal line before fumbling, and the touchdown was counted. Television replays clearly showed that White had fumbled at the one-yard line and had crossed the goal line without the ball. White's empty-handed touchdown became known as the "phantom touchdown".


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Rose Bowl
With less than 20 second remaining in the first half, Leach threw a pass downfield that was intercepted by Dennis Smith and returned to the Michigan 31-yard line. USC kicked a 35-yard field goal as the half ran out to extend its lead to 17–3.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Rose Bowl
Midway through the third quarter, Leach scrambled to avoid a sack and threw a 44-yard touchdown to Roosevelt Smith. Neither team was able to score in the remaining 25 minutes.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Rose Bowl
In a game marked by strong defensive play by both teams, Michigan held USC to 23 passing yards, 134 rushing yards (including 99 by Charles White), and 14 first downs. In his final game for Michigan, Leach completed 10 of 21 passes for 137 yards, though his two interceptions led to 10 points for USC. After its victory in the Rose Bowl, USC was declared the national champion in the UPI Poll.


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Award season
After the 1978 season, quarterback Rick Leach received multiple awards and honors, including the following:


1978 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Award season
In addition to Leach, seven other Michigan players received first-team honors on the 1978 All-Big Ten Conference football team. They were: fullback Russell Davis (AP-1, UPI-1), guard John Arbeznik (AP-2, UPI-1), offensive tackle Jon Giesler (AP-1, UPI-1), defensive tackle Curtis Greer (AP-1, UPI-1), linebacker Ron Simpkins (AP-1, UPI_2), and defensive backs Mike Jolly (AP-1, UPI-1) and Mike Harden (UPI-1).


1978 Michigan gubernatorial election
The 1978 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Republican William Milliken was elected to a third term as Michigan Governor.


1978 Michigan gubernatorial election
As of 2021, this remains the last election in which the Republican candidate for Governor carried Wayne County.


1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
The 1978 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season


1978 Milan Indoor
The 1978 Milan Indoor, also known by its sponsored name Ramazzotti Cup, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Palazzo dello Sport in Milan in Italy. The event was part WCT Tour which was incorporated into the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix circuit. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 27 March through 2 April 1978. Second-seeded Björn Borg won the singles title. Total attendance for the tournament was 76,841.


1978 Milan Indoor, Finals, Doubles
José Higueras /  Victor Pecci defeated  Wojciech Fibak /  Raúl Ramírez 5–7, 7–6, 7–6


1978 Milan–San Remo
The 1978 Milan–San Remo was the 69th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 18 March 1978. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Roger De Vlaeminck of the Sanson team.


1978 Milwaukee Brewers season
The 1978 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing third in the American League East with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses. It was the Brewers first winning season in franchise history since moving to Milwaukee from Seattle in 1970.


1978 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1978 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1978 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Milwaukee Brewers season, Farm system
The Brewers' farm system consisted of four minor league affiliates in 1978.


1978 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1978 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season. In their seventh and final year under head coach Cal Stoll, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–5 record but were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 267 to 210.


1978 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Tailback Marion Barber Jr. received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Barber Jr., kicker Paul Rogind, defensive back Keith Brown and defensive end  Stan Sytsma were named All-Big Ten first team. Nose guard Doug Friberg and defensive tackle Jim Ronan were named All-Big Ten second team. Sytsma was named Academic All-Big Ten.


1978 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Total attendance for the season was 238,072, which averaged to 39,678. The season high for attendance was against Ohio State.


1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election
The 1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 7, 1978, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 71st Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 12, 1978.


1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) and Independent-Republicans of Minnesota won an equal number of seats. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 1979.


1978 Minnesota House of Representatives election, Aftermath
As a result of the House being equally divided, under an agreement reached between the two parties, the Independent-Republicans would be given the speakership, the chairs of the divisions of the appropriations and tax committees, and a one-vote majority on the divisions of the tax committee. The DFL would be given the chairs and a one-vote majority on the rules and tax committees as well as the chair of the appropriations committee. The chairs and membership of the remaining committees would be equally divided.


1978 Minnesota Twins season
The 1978 Minnesota Twins finished 73–89, fourth in the American League West.


1978 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
On May 7, shortstop Roy Smalley set a Twins record by drawing five walks in a 15-9 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Smalley went 1 for 1 and scored three times.


1978 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Third baseman Mike Cubbage, on July 27, became the fifth Twin to hit for the cycle (following Rod Carew, 1970; César Tovar, 1972; Larry Hisle, 1976 and Lyman Bostock, 1976). Cubby went double, homer, single, triple off Toronto Blue Jays' pitching. In subsequent years, five others will match the feat: Gary Ward, 1980; Kirby Puckett, 1986; Carlos Gómez, 2008; Jason Kubel, 2009; and Michael Cuddyer, 2009.


1978 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
787,878 fans attended Twins games, the second lowest total in the American League. Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game: first baseman Rod Carew. In that game at San Diego Stadium, Carew—in his twelfth consecutive All-Star appearance—performed an All-Star first by hitting two triples in the game.


1978 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Carew won his seventh AL batting title with a .333 average, leading the team in hits and runs scored. Shortstop Roy Smalley hit 19 HR and collected 77 RBI. Dan Ford hit 11 HR and collected 82 RBI.


1978 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Reliever Mike Marshall was signed in May and replaced Tom Johnson and Bill Campbell as manager Gene Mauch's all-purpose reliever. Marshall went on to rack up 10 relief wins along with 21 saves. Three starters had double digit wins: Dave Goltz (15-10), Roger Erickson (14-13), Geoff Zahn (14-14).


1978 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1978 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1978 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Minnesota Vikings season
The 1978 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 18th in the National Football League. The Vikings finished with an 8–7–1 record, and finished in first place in the NFC Central division, despite having a regular season point differential of −12. The team appeared in the playoffs for the 10th time in 11 years; as in each of their previous playoff seasons, this one ended with a loss. Following the season, longtime quarterback Fran Tarkenton retired.


1978 Minnesota Vikings season, Playoffs
In 2004, Football Outsiders named the 1978 Vikings as one of the "worst playoff teams ever":


1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election
The 1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1978. Independent-Republican Party candidate Al Quie defeated Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party incumbent Rudy Perpich.


1978 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
The 1978 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were not invited to a bowl game despite being eligible. After the season, head coach Bob Tyler resigned.


1978 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1978 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Big Eight Conference (Big 8). The team was led by head coach Warren Powers, in his first year, and they played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4, 4–3 Big 8) and with a victory over LSU in the Liberty Bowl.


1978 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1978 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 27–March 5; the first two rounds were played on campus sites with the semifinal and final contested at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska, hosted by Creighton University.


1978 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
In a battle of conference newcomers, top-seeded Creighton defeated third-seeded Indiana State in the title game, 54–52, to win their first MVC tournament title.


1978 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Bluejays, in turn, received a bid to the 1978 NCAA Tournament.


1978 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
With the addition of Creighton and Indiana State to the MVC, the tournament field increased from seven to nine.


1978 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
With all teams seeded based on regular season conference records, the highest-seeded team received a triple-bye to the championship game. The remaining eight teams were placed into the first round of traditional eight-team single-elimination bracket, pairings based on seed. The winner of this preliminary bracket would then face the top seed in the title game.


1978 Miyagi earthquake
The 1978 Miyagi earthquake (1978年宮城県沖地震, 1978 nen Miyagi-ken-oki jishin) occurred at 17:14 local time (08:14 UTC) on 12 June. It had a surface wave magnitude of 7.7, JMA magnitude 7.4, and triggered a small tsunami. The earthquake reached a maximum intensity of Shindo 5 in Sendai and caused 28 deaths and 1,325 injuries.


1978 Miyagi earthquake, Geology
The northeastern part of Honshū lies above the subduction zone that forms the Japan Trench, where the Pacific Plate is being subducted beneath the Okhotsk Plate.


1978 Miyagi earthquake, Geology
The rupture of the plate interface that caused the earthquake, occurred in two distinct stages, from study of surface and body wave data and the distribution of aftershocks. The first stage of rupture propagated northwards, roughly parallel to the trench axis, along the upper of the two aftershock zones. The second stage began after about 11 seconds with a second shock, about 30 km westward of the first, at the base of the upper aftershock zone, propagating down dip. The cause of this rupture sequence is thought to be the presence of a barrier, a zone of higher strength, between the two aftershock zones.


1978 Miyagi earthquake, Geology
Earthquakes with similar magnitudes have occurred in this region periodically, about every 40 years. Such earthquakes include the ones that occurred in 1793, 1835, 1861, 1897, 1936, and 1978. The 2005 Miyagi earthquake is not considered to be the one that was expected to follow the 1978 Miyagi earthquake. More recent comparisons have confirmed the differences between the 1978 and 2005 events but called into question whether this sequence truly represents the repeat of a characteristic earthquake.


1978 Miyagi earthquake, Geology
The rupture zone of the 1978 earthquake occurred at the westernmost limit of known interplate earthquakes, some 150 km back from the trench. This deepest part of the rupture zone, about 40 km, is interpreted to represent the depth of transition to aseismic creep on the plate interface.


1978 Miyagi earthquake, Geology
There was a foreshock of magnitude Mj 5.8 at 17:06 local time, minutes before the main shock.


1978 Miyagi earthquake, Damage
There were widespread landslides that caused extensive damage to highways and 1 death in the area around Sendai. 1,183 houses were completely destroyed within Miyagi Prefecture, with a further 5,574 partially destroyed. Soil liquefaction was observed in lands claimed by embankment. No damage was reported from the tsunami.


1978 Miyagi earthquake, Tsunami
A maximum wave height of about 60 cm (24 in) was recorded at Kesennuma and Onagawa, close to the epicenter.


1978 Miyagi earthquake, Aftermath
The extent of damage to buildings caused by the earthquake, led directly to a revision of the Japanese Building Standard Act in 1981. The earthquake also led to a major revision in the Earthquake Insurance System, which had been set up by the Japanese government in 1966.


1978 Miyagi earthquake, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
As of March 2011 it is not known if the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami is related to the 1978 Miyagi quake periodic sequence. Some involved geological research will be required to see if there is a relationship between the quake events.


1978 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Mizoram Legislative Assembly were held in May 1978 to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Mizoram, India. The Mizoram People's Conference emerged as the single largest party and T. Sailo was appointed as the Chief Minister of Mizoram.


1978 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election
The previous ministry, led by Chief Minister C. Chhunga, resigned in May 1977, to facilitate the progress of peace talks (Mizoram Peace Accord). The Union Territory was therefore placed under President's rule, for a year.


1978 Molde FK season
The 1978 season was Molde's fifth consecutive year in the top flight, and their 7th season in total in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in 1. divisjon (first tier), the Norwegian Cup and the 1978–79 UEFA Cup.


1978 Molde FK season
In the league, Molde finished in 10th position, 21 points behind winners Start and were relegated to the 2. divisjon. Molde entered the first round of the 1978–79 UEFA Cup. On 27 September, they were eliminated by Torpedo Moscow with a 3–7 loss on aggregate.


1978 Molde FK season, Squad
Source:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1978 Monaco Grand Prix
The 1978 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 7 May 1978 at Monaco. It was the fifth race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors.


1978 Monaco Grand Prix
The 75-lap race was won by Frenchman Patrick Depailler, driving a Tyrrell-Ford. It was Depailler's first Formula One victory in his 69th Grand Prix. Niki Lauda finished second in a Brabham-Alfa Romeo, with Jody Scheckter third in a Wolf-Ford.


1978 Monaco Grand Prix, Report
Carlos Reutemann started on pole with the Brabham duo of John Watson and Niki Lauda second and third. Watson had a good start and led into the first corner, whereas Reutemann collided with James Hunt and had to pit for repairs, which left Patrick Depailler and Lauda second and third.


1978 Monaco Grand Prix, Report
For the first half of the race, the top three remained the same until Watson had an off allowing Depailler and Lauda through, but the latter then suffered a puncture and had to pit for tyres before charging back up and retaking second from Watson towards the end of the race. At the front, Depailler took his first career victory with Lauda second, and Jody Scheckter third after Watson made another mistake in the final laps. Jean-Pierre Jabouille's 10th-place finish was Renault's first race finish.


1978 Monegasque general election
General elections were held in Monaco on 15 February 1978. The result was a victory for the National and Democratic Union, which won all 18 seats in the National Council.


1978 Mongolian National Championship
The 1978 Mongolian National Championship was the fourteenth recorded edition of the Mongolian National Championship for football, with the first tournament taking place in 1955 and no tournament held in 1965 or apparently in 1977.


1978 Mongolian National Championship
It would appear however that championships were contested between 1956 and 1963, as sources note that a team called Aldar, the Mongolian Army Sports Club, won the title on numerous occasions during that time.


1978 Mongolian National Championship
The 1978 national championship was won by Zamchin (a team representing railwaymen) their first, and as of 2016 their only recorded title, following their second-place finish in the 1974 championship.


1978 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 1978 Montana Grizzlies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Montana in the Big Sky Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their third year under head coach Gene Carlson, the team compiled a 5–6 record.


1978 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1978 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first season under head coach Sonny Lubick, the Bobcats compiled an 8–2 record (4–2 against Big Sky opponents) and tied for second place in the Big Sky.


1978 Monte Carlo WCT
The 1978 Monte Carlo Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. The tournament was part of the WCT Tour, which was incorporated into the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix circuit. It was the 72nd edition of the event and was held from 10 April through 16 April 1978. Raúl Ramírez, the no. 5 seed, won the singles title.


1978 Monte Carlo WCT, Finals, Doubles
Peter Fleming /  Tomáš Šmíd defeated  Jaime Fillol /  Ilie Năstase 6–4, 7–5


1978 Montreal Alouettes season
The 1978 Montreal Alouettes finished the season in 2nd place in the Eastern Conference with an 8–7–1 record and appeared in the Grey Cup. The Alouettes would fail to defend their Grey Cup title, losing the championship game to the Edmonton Eskimos, who they had defeated a year earlier.


1978 Montreal Expos season
The 1978 Montreal Expos season was the tenth season in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 76-86, 14 games behind the first-place Philadelphia Phillies.


1978 Montreal Expos season, Spring training
The Expos held spring training at City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach, Florida. It was their sixth season there.


1978 Montreal Expos season, Regular season
During the season, Ross Grimsley became the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Expos.


1978 Montreal Expos season, Regular season, Highlights, First Pearson Cup
The Pearson Cup was an annual mid-season exhibition between former Canadian rivals, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Expos. Named after former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, it was originally created to raise money for minor league baseball in Canada. In later years, it was incorporated into the interleague baseball schedule.


1978 Montreal Expos season, Regular season, Highlights, First Pearson Cup
The series began in 1978, and Canadian Bill Atkinson was the winning pitcher and scored the winning run for the Expos in the first-ever Pearson Cup game at the Olympic Stadium on June 29.


1978 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1978 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1978 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Montreal municipal election
The 1978 Montreal municipal election took place on November 12, 1978, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Longtime mayor Jean Drapeau was re-elected to another four-year term in office, defeating Canadian federal parliamentarian Serge Joyal.


1978 Montreal municipal election
Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities in November 1978. Most suburban elections took place on November 5; the election in Saint-Léonard was held on November 12.


1978 Montreal municipal election, Results
Party colours do not indicate affiliation or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party.


1978 Montreal municipal election, Results in suburban communities, Dorval
Source: Rodolphe Morissette, "Quatre nouveaux maires sur l'île de Montréal," Le Devoir, November 6, 1978, pp. 1-3.


1978 Montreal municipal election, Results in suburban communities, Montréal-Nord
Source: "Les élections municipales," Le Devoir, 6 November 1978, A3.


1978 Montreal municipal election, Elections in other Montreal-area communities, Longueuil
The 1978 municipal election in Longueuil did not produce a clear winner. Marcel Robidas of the Parti civique de Longueuil was re-elected as mayor, but nine of the seventeen council seats were won by the opposition Parti municipal de Longueuil.


1978 Montreal municipal election, Elections in other Montreal-area communities, Longueuil
Source:   February 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed January 10, 2014.


1978 Montserratian general election
General elections were held in Montserrat in November 1978. The result was a victory for the People's Liberation Movement (PLM), which won all seven seats in the Legislative Council. PLM leader John Osborne became Chief Minister.


1978 Montserratian general election, Campaign
A total of 18 candidates contested the elections; both the PLM and the ruling Progressive Democratic Party nominated seven candidates, with four independents also running.


1978 Morehead State Eagles football team
The 1978 Morehead State Eagles football team was an American football team that represented Morehead State University in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their third year under head coach Wayne Chapman, the Eagles compiled a 2–6–1 record (1–5 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for last place in the OVC, and were outscored by a total of 206 to 145. The team played its home games at Jayne Stadium in Morehead, Kentucky.


1978 Morehead State Eagles football team
On November 7, 1978, Chapman announced that he was resigning as the school's head football coach, effective at the end of the season. In three years as Morehead's head coach, Chapman compiled a 6–21–3 record. In December 1978, Morehead announced the hiring of Tom Lichtenberg to replace Chapman.


1978 Mr. Olympia
The 1978 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held in September, 1978 at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Columbus, Ohio.


1978 NAIA Division I football season
The 1978 NAIA Division I football season was the 23rd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the ninth season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.


1978 NAIA Division I football season
The season was played from August to November 1978 and culminated in the 1978 NAIA Division I Football National Championship. Known this year as the Palm Bowl, the title game was played on December 16, 1978 at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas.


1978 NAIA Division I football season
Angelo State defeated Elon in the Palm Bowl, 24–14, to win their first NAIA national title.


1978 NAIA Division II football season
The 1978 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1978 college football season in the United States and the 23rd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the ninth season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.


1978 NAIA Division II football season
The season was played from August to November 1978 and culminated in the 1978 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at Donnell Stadium in Findlay, Ohio.


1978 NAIA Division II football season
Concordia–Moorhead defeated Findlay in the championship game, 7–0, to win their second NAIA national title.


1978 NAIA Ice Hockey Championship
The 1978 NAIA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination bracket to determine the national champion of men's NAIA college ice hockey. The 1978 tournament was the 11th men's ice hockey tournament to be sponsored by the NAIA. The tournament began on February 24, 1978 and ended with the championship game on February 26, 1978.


1978 NAIA Ice Hockey Championship
Ed Saugestad was named NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1978.


1978 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1978 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, the United States. The 41st annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.


1978 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, 1978 NAIA bracket, 3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.


1978 NAPA National 500
The 1978 NAPA National 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held on October 8, 1978, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.


1978 NAPA National 500
The #96 Ford was qualified and driven by Dale Earnhardt. Baxter Price only started the race to preserve Dale's status as a rookie for 1979 (NASCAR rules allow a driver to make five starts in a previous year).


1978 NAPA National 500, Background
Charlotte Motor Speedway was designed and built by Bruton Smith and partner and driver Curtis Turner in 1959. The first World 600 NASCAR race was held at the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) speedway on June 19, 1960. On December 8, 1961, the speedway filed bankruptcy notice. Judge J.B. Craven of US District Court for Western North Carolina reorganized it under Chapter 10 of the Bankruptcy Act; Judge Craven appointed Robert "Red" Robinson as the track's trustee until March 1962. At that point, a committee of major stockholders in the speedway was assembled, headed by A.C. Goines and furniture store owner Richard Howard. Goines, Howard, and Robinson worked to secure loans and other monies to keep the speedway afloat.


1978 NAPA National 500, Background
By April 1963 some $750,000 was paid to twenty secured creditors and the track emerged from bankruptcy; Judge Craven appointed Goines as speedway president and Howard as assistant general manager of the speedway, handling its day-to-day operations. By 1964 Howard become the track's general manager, and on June 1, 1967, the speedway's mortgage was paid in full; a public burning of the mortgage was held at the speedway two weeks later.


1978 NAPA National 500, Background
Smith departed from the speedway in 1962 to pursue other business interests, primarily in banking and auto dealerships from his new home of Rockford, IL. He became quite successful and began buying out shares of stock in the speedway. By 1974 Smith was more heavily involved in the speedway, to where Richard Howard by 1975 stated, "I haven't been running the speedway. It's being run from Illinois." In 1975  Smith had become the majority stockholder, regaining control of its day-to-day operations. Smith hired H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler as general manager in October 1975, and on January 29, 1976, Richard Howard resigned as president and GM of the speedway.


1978 NAPA National 500, Race report
The race was held on a dry circuit; with no precipitation recorded around the speedway. Glenn Jarrett, the brother of Dale Jarrett, and the son of Ned Jarrett, made his NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut in the race.


1978 NAPA National 500, Race report
40 drivers competed in this 334-lap racing event in front of a live crowd of 80,000 ardent NASCAR followers. Bobby Fisher's problems with his stock car engine on lap 3 would make him the last-place finisher of the day. Butch Mock would become the lowest-finishing driver to complete the entire event; albeit 80 laps behind the competitors in the lead lap. Mock would drive two more career races before sticking to just owning the #75 car.


1978 NAPA National 500, Race report
In his fourth start, Terry Labonte manages to finish outside the top-10 for the first time, thanks to a blown engine on lap 293. Skip Manning returns to the Winston Cup ranks for the first time in seven races after losing his ride in Billy Hagen's #92 to Terry Labonte. Manning did a one-off here in Robert Gee's #8 Autowize Chevrolet but a blown engine very early on sent him to the sidelines and resulted in a bad finish.


1978 NAPA National 500, Race report
Bobby Allison would mark his 50th career victory by defeating Darrell Waltrip after nearly three hours and thirty-two minutes of racing; Allison swept the weekend as he also won the World Service Life 300 Sportsman race. The margin between the victor and the second-place finisher would be slightly more than half a minute. There were 40 changes in the lead position throughout the racing event; with Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough and Richard Petty dominating a fair amount of these laps. Dick Brooks would develop a problem with his fuel pump on lap 325; preventing him from achieving a "top five" finish.


1978 NAPA National 500, Race report
Everybody in the race seemed to have a fantastic level of performance except for Richard Petty who finished in 27th place after qualifying in top-10.


1978 NAPA National 500, Race report
The vehicles involved in this race would drive in speeds averaging around 141.826 miles per hour (228.247 km/h). David Pearson would become the fan favorite for this event; due to him earning his 12th pole position in a row at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Ford and Chevrolet vehicles were used by the majority of the qualifying drivers. All drivers were born in the United States of America. Individual race earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $40,000 ($158,714 when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's purse of $895 ($3,551 when adjusted for inflation). Total driver earnings handed out by NASCAR officials for this event was finalized at $259,980 ($1,031,563 when adjusted for inflation).


1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1978 NASCAR Grand National Winston Cup Series was the 30th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 7th modern era NASCAR Cup series. The season began on Sunday, January 22 and ended on Sunday, November 19. Cale Yarborough driving the Junior Johnson #11 First National City Travelers Checks Oldsmobile won his then record third consecutive NASCAR Grand National Winston Cup Winston Cup. Ronnie Thomas was crowned NASCAR Rookie of the Year in a tight battle with Roger Hamby.


1978 NASL Skelly Indoor Invitational
The 1978 NASL Skelly Invitational was a four-team indoor soccer tournament held in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Tulsa Assembly Center on the first weekend of March 1979.


1978 NASL Skelly Indoor Invitational, Overview
Four teams, all from the North American Soccer League, participated in the two-day event; the Houston Hurricane, the Minnesota Kicks, the Washington Diplomats, and the host Tulsa Roughnecks.


1978 NASL Skelly Indoor Invitational, Overview
Matches were 60 minutes long and divided into three 20-minute periods, with an intermission between each period. Timed overtime periods, featuring a golden goal winner, would be used to decide any matches tied after 60 minutes. Each session consisted of two games (i.e. a doubleheader). The opening round of matches (Saturday evening's Session 1) would be semi-final games, with the Session 2 matches on Sunday afternoon severing as the third place match and Championship Final respectively. The first match of Session 1 was Minnesota's first time playing indoors. The second match of Session 1, played on Saturday, March 4, 1978 between Tulsa and Houston, marked the first time the expansion Hurricane faced NASL competition, and was only the Roughnecks third-ever game.


1978 NASL Skelly Indoor Invitational, Overview
Approximately 3,500 people attended the two sessions. Tulsa won both of its matches and was crowned champions of the Skelly Invitational. Roughnecks' forward Nino Zec edged out both teammate Milan Dovedan and Washington's Randy Garber by one assist to lead the invitational in scoring with 5 goals and 2 assists. The tournament's co-MVPs were Zec and Tibor Molnár, also of Tulsa. The Kicks were runners-up in the invitational, with the Dips defeating the Hurricane for 3rd place in the consolation match. The all-tournament squad included four Roughnecks: Zec, Molnar, Dovedan, and goalkeeper, Gary Allison.


1978 NASL Skelly Indoor Invitational, Final standings
G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential


1978 NASL Skelly Indoor Invitational, Statistical leaders, Goalkeeping
GA = Goals Against, GAA = Goals Against Average, SV = Saves, SF = Shots Faced


1978 NASL Skelly Indoor Invitational, Non-tournament matches
These were not the only indoor matches played that winter. The four Skelly Invitational participants played a combined 12 additional matches. Since a full season of indoor soccer was still two years away, NASL teams were free to do their own scheduling. There were reports of the league awarding an "NASL Cup" for the best team among those that participated in at least 16 indoor games. Of the 24 teams in the league, 11 had indoor matches planned. The Tampa Bay Rowdies, for example played eight games.


1978 NASL Skelly Indoor Invitational, Non-tournament matches
By contrast, the Chicago Sting signed on to play only two games at Washington, both of which were ultimately canceled because of scheduling conflicts with a boat show at the D.C. Armory. In the end, no team played more than nine games in 1978, and only a handful played more than three.


1978 NBA All-Star Game
The 1978 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 5, 1978, at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia.


1978 NBA Finals
The 1978 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1977–78 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. The series featured the Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics against the Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets. The Bullets defeated the SuperSonics in seven games to win the NBA championship. Bullets power forward/center Wes Unseld was named MVP of the series. Before the Cleveland Cavaliers' Game 7 win at Golden State in the 2016 NBA Finals, this was the last time a road team had won Game 7 in the NBA Finals. The 1978 World Championship Series was the first NBA Finals series since the 1958 World Championship Series in which both teams had under 50 wins, and is the only NBA Finals to feature two teams with under 50 wins in an 82-game season.


1978 NBA Finals, Background, Seattle SuperSonics
The Seattle SuperSonics had a disappointing start to the season, going 5–17 to begin with. Bob Hopkins, who replaced former Boston Celtics center Bill Russell as coach, was fired and Lenny Wilkens returned for a second tour of duty. The Sonics were led by center Jack Sikma, forwards Fred Brown, Paul Silas and John Johnson, and guards Dennis Johnson and Gus Williams. With Wilkens' experience being a key factor, the Sonics turned their season around, finishing with 47 wins and the fourth seed in the West.


1978 NBA Finals, Background, Seattle SuperSonics
In the playoffs, they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in a three-game miniseries, then upset the top-seeded and defending champion Portland Trail Blazers (who lost center Bill Walton in the second game of the series) in six games, before a six-game win over the Denver Nuggets in the Conference Finals sent them to their first of back-to-back NBA Finals appearances.


1978 NBA Finals, Background, Washington Bullets
The Washington Bullets franchise made the Finals twice before in the 1970s, but were swept on both occasions, first by the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971 when they were still in Baltimore, and then by the Cinderella Golden State Warriors in 1975. The Bullets kept some of the personnel from that 1975 team, including All-Stars Wes Unseld and Elvin Hayes, but Dick Motta was now in his second year of coaching duty. The Bullets struggled with injuries during the season, but managed to finish with 44 wins, good for the third seed in the East. In the playoffs, the Bullets disposed the Atlanta Hawks in a two-game first round series, then ousted the San Antonio Spurs in six games, before making the finals again with a six-game win over the defending Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers.


1978 NBA Finals, Background, Washington Bullets
From a KENS-TV Spurs broadcast in the San Antonio series after Washington took a 3-1 lead, Motta adopted the expression "The 'opera' isn't over 'til the fat lady sings" to warn Bullets fans against braggadocio. Motta also used an upbeat ostinato, "Wait for the fat lady! ", to encourage the fans.


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 1
The Bullets, behind Kevin Grevey's 27 and Elvin Hayes's 21 points, held a 19-point lead in the fourth quarter at the Seattle Center Coliseum. But, the Sonics staged a comeback in front of the home crowd, led by "instant offense" guard Fred Brown. Brown scored 16 points in the last nine minutes to finish with 32 and give the SuperSonics the win.


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
In an unusual 1-2-2-1-1 scheduling format, the next two games were played at the Capital Centre, the Bullets' home floor. Wes Unseld defended inside on Marvin Webster and Jack Sikma, pulled down 15 rebounds, and handed out five assists. This work enabled Bob Dandridge to score 34 points and Elvin Hayes 25 as the Bullets evened the series, winning their first NBA Finals game following nine consecutive losses.


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
Dennis Johnson was superb on defense, blocking seven shots and holding Kevin Grevey to 1-for-14 shooting. Paul Silas, the SuperSonics' veteran leader off the bench, helped shut down the Bullets' big men.


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
With 10 seconds remaining and the SuperSonics leading 93-90, Johnson's inbounds pass was stolen by Tom Henderson, who scored to make it 93-92 with five seconds left. Silas then stepped on the baseline trying to make the subsequent inbounds pass, turning the ball over to the Bullets. Bob Dandridge missed at the buzzer, however, and the SuperSonics picked up a victory on the road.


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
Game 4 was held in the Seattle Kingdome because the Seattle Center Coliseum was tied up with a mobile-home show. As a result, the Bullets had to contend with a then-record playoff crowd of over 39,000 fans.


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
The SuperSonics led by 15 with two minutes left in the third quarter. At this point, the Bullet guards, who had been victimized all series by Gus Williams and emerging star Dennis Johnson, started to assert themselves, especially reserves Charles Johnson and Larry Wright.


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
At the start of the final period, Dennis Johnson was elbowed hard in the ribs and left the game for a short time. With Charles Johnson, Wright, Mitch Kupchak and Bob Dandridge in the lineup, the Bullets stormed back and took a 103-101 lead with about 3½ minutes left in the game. Dennis Johnson then returned and went on a barrage, scoring first to tie the game, blocking a Dandridge shot, getting an offensive rebound, and pushing the Sonics to a 104-103 lead with a foul shot. Johnson would finish with 33 points, seven rebounds and three blocks.


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
Dandridge answered with a three-point play that returned the lead to Washington, 106-104. Seattle got the ball back and tied it with "instant offense" Fred Brown's jumper from "downtown". With two seconds left, Dandridge got a good shot in the lane, only to have Johnson block it, forcing overtime. But then, Charles Johnson became an instant hero by hitting three quick shots in overtime to give the Bullets a 120-116 win. The Bullets had tied the series at two wins apiece.


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 5
The SuperSonics returned to the Seattle Center Coliseum and eked out a close win. "Downtown" Freddie Brown had 26 points and Dennis Johnson 24 to carry Seattle to a 98-94 win and the series lead. The Bullets lost it at the line, making only 9 of 20 free throws in the second half. Even so, they cut Seattle's 11-point lead to two with less than two minutes to go before Jack Sikma hit three free throws down the stretch.


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 6
Game 6, in Washington, was all Bullets, 117-82. With the Washington backcourt continuing to struggle, Bullets coach Dick Motta inserted Greg Ballard at forward and moved Bob Dandridge to guard, a risky move considering Dandridge had played very little guard. Ballard and Dandridge produced a run that gave the Bullets a 12-point lead at the half. Washington scored 70 points in the second half, and the SuperSonics weren't up to that pace. Mitch Kupchak added 19 points, and Ballard had 12 points and 12 rebounds. The 35-point margin of victory was an NBA Finals record that stood until the 1998 NBA Finals Game 3 (96-54, 42 points).


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 7
Dennis Johnson, who before the 1977-78 playoffs was a relatively unknown guard from Pepperdine University, had grown into a star in this series in front of a national TV audience. However, DJ would miss every one of his 14 shots in this game. Fellow guard Gus Williams was a bit more accurate, shooting 4-for-12. SuperSonics big men Marvin Webster scored 27 points and Jack Sikma 21 to take up the slack, and that kept it close.


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 7
With 90 seconds left, Seattle whittled the lead from 11 points down to four, but Mitch Kupchak came up with a three-point play. Fred Brown, who finished with 21 points off the bench, hit a short jumper, then Paul Silas got a tip-in to cut it to 101-99. Silas then fouled Wes Unseld, a 55-percent shooter from the line during the playoffs. He hit two free throws, and moments later Washington sealed it with a Bob Dandridge dunk, 105-99.


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 7
Charles Johnson and Dandridge each scored 19 points for the Bullets, while Elvin Hayes fouled out with 12 points, a development that brought a couple of needling questions from the writers about his past failures in the playoffs and Hayes' cheerful comeback "Whatever else they can say about me, they also got to say E's a world champion. E wears the ring." Unseld would be named Finals MVP.


1978 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 7
After the climactic Game 7 victory, Motta celebrated with his team wearing a beer-soaked The Opera Isn't Over 'Til The Fat Lady Sings T-shirt. He said, "What made the championship so great was that we weren’t supposed to win it. We came a long way. Most people didn’t give us a chance, but I felt all along we could. I really did."


1978 NBA Finals, Broadcasting, Television coverage
Nationwide TV coverage of the 1978 NBA finals was broadcast by CBS Sports, with Brent Musburger (All Games) on play-by-play and Rick Barry (All Games), Steve Jones (Game 1), recently retired John Havlicek (Games 2, 4 and 7), Gus Johnson (Game 3) and Keith Erickson (Games 4 and 5) on color commentary. Locally, the 1978 NBA Finals was broadcast by CBS affiliates: WTOP-TV in Washington, D.C. and KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington.


1978 NBA Finals, Broadcasting, National coverage
Nationwide radio coverage of the 1978 NBA Finals was broadcast by Mutual, with Tony Roberts on play-by-play and Hubie Brown on color commentary.


1978 NBA Finals, Broadcasting, Local market coverage
The flagship stations of each station of each team carried their local play-by-play calls. In Washington, D.C., WTOP-AM carried the series, with Frank Herzog on play-by-play. In Seattle, KOMO–AM, carried the series with Bob Blackburn on play-by-play.


1978 NBA Finals, Aftermath
The NBA received much criticism over the fact that the seven-game series was stretched out over 18 days, presumably for television; it remains the longest playoff series (in total number of days) ever played in any sport. (Even the 1989 World Series, interrupted for ten days by an earthquake, lasted only 15 days. However, that series ended in a sweep and, had it gone the full seven games, would have lasted 19 days).


1978 NBA Finals, Aftermath
Both teams met again in the 1979 finals, which Seattle won four games to one.


1978 NBA draft
The 1978 NBA draft was the 32nd annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on June 9, 1978, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York, before the 1978–79 season. In this draft, 22 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The first two picks in the draft belonged to the teams that finished last in each conference, with the order determined by a coin flip.


1978 NBA draft
The Indiana Pacers won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick, while the Kansas City Kings, who obtained the New Jersey Nets' first-round pick in a trade, were awarded the second pick. The Pacers then traded the first pick to the Portland Trail Blazers before the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection.


1978 NBA draft
If a player left college early, he would not be eligible for selection until his college class graduated. Before the draft, five college underclassmen were declared eligible for selection under the "hardship" rule. These players had applied and gave evidence of financial hardship to the league, which granted them the right to start earning their living by starting their professional careers earlier. Prior to the start of the season, the Buffalo Braves relocated to San Diego and became the San Diego Clippers. The draft consisted of 10 rounds comprising the selection of 202 players.


1978 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Mychal Thompson from the University of Minnesota was selected first overall by the Portland Trail Blazers. Thompson, who was born in the Bahamas, became the first foreign-born player to be drafted first overall. Phil Ford from the University of North Carolina was selected second by the Kansas City Kings. He went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award and was also selected to the All-NBA Second Team in his rookie season. A college underclassman from Indiana State University, Larry Bird, was selected sixth by the Boston Celtics.


1978 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
However, he opted to return to Indiana State for his senior season before entering the league in 1979. He won the Rookie of the Year Award and was also selected to both the All-NBA First Team and the All Star Game in his rookie season. Bird spent his entire 13-year career with the Celtics and won three NBA championships. He also won three consecutive Most Valuable Player Awards and two Finals Most Valuable Player Awards. He was also selected to ten All-NBA Teams and thirteen consecutive All-Star Games.


1978 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
For his achievements, he has been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Bird was also named to the list of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996. After retiring as a player, Bird went on to have a coaching career. He coached the Indiana Pacers for three seasons, leading them to an NBA Finals appearance. He also won the Coach of the Year Award in 1998.


1978 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Before the draft, Larry Bird had just finished his junior year at Indiana State. However, he was eligible to be drafted without applying for "hardship" because his original college class at Indiana University had graduated. He initially enrolled at Indiana University in 1974 but dropped out before the season began. After sitting out a year, he enrolled at Indiana State. Despite being eligible for the draft, he stated that he would return to college for his senior season. His hometown team, the Indiana Pacers, initially held the first overall pick.


1978 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
However, when they failed to persuade him to leave college early, they traded the first pick to the Blazers, who also failed to convince him into signing. Five teams, including the Pacers who held the third pick, passed on Bird until the Celtics used the sixth pick to draft him. They drafted him even though they knew that they might lose the exclusive rights to him if he didn't sign before the next draft.


1978 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
He could reenter the draft in 1979 and sign with the other team that drafted him, and in negotiations with Red Auerbach Bird's agent Bob Woolf bluntly dismissed Red's lowball salary offers (he said that he would not offer Bird a contract that paid him more than the $400,000 annual salary of the team's highest-paid player at the time, Dave Cowens) and made it clear that Bird would enter the 1979 Draft without any regrets if Boston didn't change its plans. Nevertheless, on April 1979, he signed a five-year, US$3.25-million contract with the Celtics, which made him the highest-paid rookie in the history of team sport at that time.


1978 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Maurice Cheeks, the 36th pick, was selected to four All-Star Games and five consecutive All-Defensive Teams. After retiring as a player, he coached the Portland Trail Blazers and the Philadelphia 76ers for four and a half seasons each. He then coached the Detroit Pistons for the first portion of the 2013/14 NBA season but was fired before finishing his first season with the team.


1978 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Micheal Ray Richardson, the fourth pick, Larry Bird, the sixth pick, Reggie Theus, the ninth pick, and Mike Mitchell, the fifteenth pick, are the only other players from this draft who were selected to an All-Star Game. Michael Cooper, the 60th pick, won the Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1987 and was selected to eight consecutive All-Defensive Teams. He spent his entire 12-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers and won five NBA championships.


1978 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
After retiring, he coached the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for eight seasons, leading them to two consecutive WNBA championships in 2001 and 2002. He also served as an interim head coach of the Denver Nuggets in the 2004–2005 season. Four other players drafted also went on to have coaching careers in the NBA: Reggie Theus, 21st pick Mike Evans, 53rd pick Randy Ayers and 55th pick Marc Iavaroni.


1978 NBA draft, Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.


1978 NBA draft, Notes
^ 1: Even though Larry Bird was a junior, he was eligible to be drafted because he was already four years out of high school and therefore he did not need to apply for early entry.


1978 NBA playoffs
The 1978 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1977-78 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets defeating the Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. Wes Unseld was named NBA Finals MVP. To date, it remains the only NBA title that the Bullets (since renamed the Wizards) have won.


1978 NBA playoffs
It was the third NBA Finals appearance and first title for the Bullets, founded in 1961. The Sonics made the Finals for the first time in their 11-year existence. This would be the first of two straight meetings in the Finals between the Bullets and Sonics, with Seattle winning the title the next year.


1978 NBA playoffs
This was the first time since the expansion of the playoff field to 10 teams in 1975 that neither conference champion had the benefit of a first-round bye by being one of the top two teams in the conference during the regular season. The 1979 Finals rematch between the Sonics and Bullets took place with both teams as the #1 seed in their respective conference.


1978 NBA playoffs
The Denver Nuggets, one of the four former American Basketball Association teams to join the NBA the previous season, became the first of them to win an NBA playoff series, defeating the Milwaukee Bucks in a 7-game conference semifinal.


1978 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Washington Bullets vs. (6) Atlanta Hawks
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with both teams split the first two meetings while both teams were in Baltimore and St. Louis respectively.


1978 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (5) New York Knicks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1978 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) Phoenix Suns vs. (6) Milwaukee Bucks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1978 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (5) Los Angeles Lakers
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1978 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (5) New York Knicks
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers winning four of the first six meetings.


1978 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (3) Washington Bullets
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1978 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (4) Seattle SuperSonics
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1978 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Denver Nuggets vs. (6) Milwaukee Bucks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1978 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (3) Washington Bullets
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bullets winning the first meeting while in Baltimore.


1978 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (2) Denver Nuggets vs. (4) Seattle SuperSonics
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1978 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (W4) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (E3) Washington Bullets
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1978 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1978 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bo Rein. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 1978 at Carter Stadium (now Carter–Finley Stadium) in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.


1978 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 1978 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its thirty-second year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Seven regions held a four team, double-elimination tournament while one region included six teams, resulting in 34 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The thirty-second tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Rod Boxberger of Southern California.


1978 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals
The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, seven consisting of four teams and one of six teams. The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.


1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game
The 1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1977-78 NCAA Division I basketball season. The 1978 National Title Game was played on March 27, 1978 at The Checkerdome in St. Louis. The 1978 National Title Game was played between the 1978 Mideast Regional Champions, Kentucky and the 1978 East Regional Champions, Duke.


1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's  NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1978, and ended with the championship game on March 27 in St. Louis, Missouri. A total of 32 games were played, including a national third place game.


1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
The process of seeding the bracket was first used in this tournament. Sixteen conference winners with automatic bids were seeded 1 through 4 in each region. At-large teams were seeded 1 through 4 in each region separately. There were in fact only eleven true at-large teams in the field, as the remaining five were conference winners with automatic bids and seeded as "at-large." The practice of distinguishing between automatic and at-large teams ended with this edition; the expanded field of forty in the 1979 tournament was simply seeded from one to ten in each of the four regions.


1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
Led by head coach Joe B. Hall, Kentucky won its fifth national title with a 94–88 victory over Duke, coached by Bill Foster. Wildcat forward Jack Givens scored 41 points in the finale and was named the tournament's most outstanding player.


1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
The bracket's biggest upset came in the first round, when little-heralded Miami (Ohio) defeated defending champion Marquette 84-81 in overtime. The victory was even sweeter for Miami Redskins (now RedHawks) fans as former Marquette coach Al McGuire had earlier strongly criticized the NCAA for potentially matching Marquette against Kentucky in the second round, with Marquette being given a first-round opponent in Miami that was supposedly not even worthy of providing an adequate tune-up game.


1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
Unranked Cal State Fullerton (CSUF) pulled off two upsets, first over 4th ranked New Mexico (coached by Norm Ellenberger and led by Michael Cooper) and then over top-10 San Francisco (featuring Bill Cartwright). The loss was especially painful for New Mexico as the regional semifinals and finals were held on the Lobos' home court in Albuquerque. CSUF then almost upset Arkansas in the West Regional final, losing by 3 points. In each of the three games, the Titans overcame second-half double-digit deficits. In the Arkansas game, they cut a big deficit to 1 and had the ball with 14 seconds left. But Arkansas' Jim Counce stole the ball from Keith Anderson (many observers felt Anderson was fouled) and drove down to hit a clinching layup.


1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
In the Mideast regional final, Kentucky knocked off top-seeded Michigan State, led by freshman Earvin "Magic" Johnson. This was the only time in a 4-year period (that included his senior year in high school, 2 years of college, and his rookie NBA season) that Magic's team did not win its final game of the playoffs and hence the championship.


1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
The Final Four games (semifinals, third-place, and championship) at St. Louis Arena (a.k.a. The Checkerdome) were not played on the arena's official floor. Water damage to it forced the NCAA to borrow the floor from Indiana University's Assembly Hall in Bloomington.


1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
This was the fourth and last year for a 32-team bracket; the field expanded to forty teams in 1979 and 48 in 1980, all seeded. The 64-team field debuted in 1985, eliminating byes for the top seeds (1979–1984). The third-place game at the Final Four was last played in 1981.


1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1978 tournament:


1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
National Semifinals, 3rd Place Game, and Championship (Final Four and Championship)


1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
For the second time in six years, St. Louis was chosen as the host city for the Final Four, the eighth city to host multiple times. There were no new host cities for the first time since 1950, but one new venue, Market Square Arena, marking the first time since 1940 that the tournament returned to Indianapolis, now a common site of Final Fours. The tournament did mark the last time it would be held at McArthur Court, as it has not returned to Eugene since. It was also the last time the regionals would be held in historic Allen Fieldhouse, something it did eight times.


1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Bracket, Final Four
Q = automatic qualifier bidL = at-large bid (including 5 automatic bids seeded with at-large teams)


1978 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championships were the 40th annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's collegiate cross country running in the United States. Held on November 20, 1978, the meet was hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Madison at the Yahara Hills Golf Course in Madison, Wisconsin. The distance for this race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles).


1978 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
All Division I cross country teams were eligible to qualify for the meet through their placement at various regional qualifying meets. In total, 29 teams and 241 individual runners contested this championship.


1978 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The team national championship was won by the UTEP Miners, their fourth title. The individual championship was won by Alberto Salazar, from Oregon, with a time of 29:29.70.


1978 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
The 1978 NCAA Division I Golf Championship was the 40th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the University Division level in the United States.


1978 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon.


1978 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
Oklahoma State won the team championship, the Cowboys' second NCAA title.


1978 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
David Edwards, also from Oklahoma State, won the individual title.


1978 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 31st such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 25, 1978, and concluded with Boston University defeating Boston College 5-3. The first round games were held at the home team venue while all succeeding games were played at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.


1978 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The NCAA gave four teams automatic bids into the tournament. The two ECAC teams that reached the ECAC tournament final received bids as did the two WCHA co-champions. The NCAA also had the ability to add up to 4 additional teams as it saw fit and chose to include the CCHA tournament champion as well as Boston University who had lost only two games prior to the tournament (the second being in the ECAC semifinal). This was the only time in the four years this format was used that an additional team was added to the tournament. Because Colorado College entered the tournament with a losing record Bowling Green was given the honor of hosting the western first round game.


1978 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The four automatic qualifiers were seeded according to pre-tournament finish. The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA co-champion that finished highest in the regular season was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. Because an at-large bid was offered to a western school they were placed in a first round game with the second western seed to determine the final semifinalist. The first round game was played at the home venue of the second seed while all succeeding games were played at the Providence Civic Center. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.