1978 Missouri Tigers football team

1978 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Oklahoma +	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#8 Nebraska +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#15 Missouri	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Kansas State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Colorado	2	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	at No. 5 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN		W 3–0	59,075
September 16	No. 1 Alabama*	No. 11	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO		L 20–38	73,655
September 23	Ole Miss*	No. 17	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO		W 45–14	60,287
September 30	at No. 1 Oklahoma	No. 14	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Tiger-Sooner Peace Pipe)		L 23–45	72,371
October 7	Illinois*		Faurot Field • Columbia, MO		W 45–3	62,062
October 14	No. 20 Iowa State	No. 19	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		W 26–13	63,106
October 21	at Kansas State	No. 13	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS		W 56–14	24,500
October 28	Colorado	No. 13	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ABC	L 27–28	71,096
November 4	at Oklahoma State		Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK		L 20–35	47,750
November 11	Kansas		Faurot Field • Columbia, MO (Border War)		W 48–0	64,453
November 18	at No. 2 Nebraska		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry)		W 35–31	75,850
December 23	vs. LSU*	No. 18	Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)		W 20–15	53,064
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Kellen Winslow	Tight End	1		San Diego Chargers

↑ "University of Missouri, Columbia – 1978". College Football Reference. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
↑ "1979 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2012.

Missouri Tigers football

Venues	Rollins Field (1890–1926) Faurot Field (1926–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas: Battle Line Rivalry Illinois Iowa State (Telephone Trophy) Kansas: Border War Nebraska (Victory Bell) Oklahoma (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)

Culture and lore	Truman the Tiger Marching Mizzou 1911 Kansas game Fifth Down Game (1990) Flea Kicker

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical Leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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