Indiana State Sycamores

The Indiana State Sycamores were 3-8 in 1978.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 11/18	vs		W 42-18
Sat 11/11	@	ILST	L 14-27
Sat 11/4	vs	SIU	L 7-28
Sat 10/28	@	ULM	L 0-14
Sat 10/21	vs	WES	L 7-36

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

513

Allen

RUSH YDS

524

Washington

REC YDS

290

Ruffin

1978 MVC Standings

TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
Southern Illinois	3-2	7-4
Drake	3-3	4-7
Wichita State	2-4	4-7
Indiana State	2-3	3-8
West Texas A&M	1-5	3-8

1978 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	143	2,933	759	3.9	1,932	561	3.4	1,001	198	5.1
Team Rank		120th	116th	98th	119th	83rd	70th	95th	118th	87th	128th
Opponent	11	222	3,912		4.7	2,390	600	4.0	1,522	230	6.6
Opponent Rank		76th	101st		86th	103rd	111th	88th	75th	64th	73rd
Net		-79	-979	+759	-0.8	-458	-39	-0.5	-521	-32	-1.6
Net Rank		106th	116th	98th	109th	94th	91st	95th	118th	83rd	115th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

1,159

Gutierrez

Rec Yards Leaders

1,200

Smith

1,110

Legree

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

18

Gutierrez

17

Sheppard

17

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.5

Dean

10.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.0

40.6

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.0

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

534.9

533.6

517.4

514.0

506.6

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

298.1

270.2

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

343.8

339.1

332.4

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

37.0

36.0

35.0

32.0

29.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	3	.667
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	6	3	.667
6	Minnesota	5	4	.556
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
11	Washington	5	4	.556
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Purdue	3	6	.333
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Penn State	5	4	.556
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	7	2	.778
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	7	2	.778
6	LSU	6	3	.667
7	Missouri	6	3	.667
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	6	3	.667
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	5	.444
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
6	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
7	Missouri State	3	6	.333
8	Florida International	4	5	.444
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	SMU	7	2	.778
4	Louisville	5	3	.625
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	5	.444
10	NC State	4	5	.444
11	North Carolina	5	4	.556
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	5	.444
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	6	.333
7	San Jose State	5	5	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	East Carolina	5	4	.556
7	Tulane	4	5	.444
8	UAB	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Charlotte	1	8	.111
11	Tulsa	5	4	.556
12	Temple	2	7	.222
13	Navy	3	6	.333
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	2	.778
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	5	.444
10	UCF	5	4	.556
11	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333