1978 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team
American college football season
| 1978 North Carolina A&T Aggies football | |
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Gold Bowl, L 6–21 at Virginia Union | |
| Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 6–6 (4–2 MEAC) |
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| Home stadium | World War Memorial Stadium |
Seasons ← 1977 1979 → | |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 South Carolina State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&T | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Central | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team represented North Carolina A&T State University as member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach James McKinley, the Aggies compiled and overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, placing second in the MEAC. North Carolina A&T concluded the season with a loss to Virginia Union in the Gold Bowl.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 2 | at Winston-Salem State* |
| L 7–25 | ||
| September 9 | Maryland–Eastern Shore* | W 23–7 | |||
| September 16 | South Carolina State |
| L 7–34 | 20,000 | [1] |
| September 23 | Bethune–Cookman |
| L 12–16 | ||
| September 30 | at Johnson C. Smith* | W 24–0 | |||
| October 7 | Norfolk State |
| W 39–28 | ||
| October 14 | at Delaware* | L 0–26 | 19,304 | [2] | |
| October 21 | at Howard | W 28–16 | |||
| October 28 | Morgan State |
| W 25–0 | ||
| November 11 | Delaware State |
| L 6–9 | ||
| November 18 | at North Carolina Central | W 17–13 | |||
| December 2 | at Virginia Union* |
| L 6–21 | 7,500 | [3] |
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Roster
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Offense
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References
- ^ "Reed sparks S.C. State past North Carolina A&T". The Times and Democrat. September 17, 1978. Retrieved March 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Delaware trounces A&T". Greensboro Daily News. October 15, 1978. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A&T Loses In Gold Bowl". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. Associated Press. December 3, 1978. p. 5D. Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
. - ^ "North Carolina A&T Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
