The San José State Spartans were 7-5 in 1978.
| TEAM | CONF | OVERALL | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3-1 | 7-4 | |
1 | 4-1 | 7-5 | |
Long Beach State | 1-4 | 5-6 | |
Cal State Fullerton | 2-2 | 5-7 | |
Pacific | 3-2 | 4-8 |
| GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 12 | 259 | 4,695 | 974 | 4.8 | 2,167 | 533 | 4.1 | 2,528 | 441 | 5.7 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 42nd | 9th | 1st | 51st | 61st | 86th | 46th | 9th | 1st | 109th | |||||||||
Opponent | 12 | 248 | 3,339 | 3.8 | 1,910 | 607 | 3.1 | 1,429 | 268 | 5.3 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 95th | 43rd | 19th | 51st | 118th | 29th | 52nd | 113th | 15th | ||||||||||
Net | +11 | +1,356 | +974 | +1.0 | +257 | -74 | +0.9 | +1,099 | +173 | +0.4 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 70th | 15th | 1st | 18th | 56th | 107th | 34th | 7th | 2nd | 57th |
| Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2 | 11 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Independent | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 2 | .818 | |
| 2 | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 9 | .182 | |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | .455 |
| Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 2 | .818 | |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | .636 |
| Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 1 | .909 | |
| 2 | 10 | 1 | .909 |
| American Athletic | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 2 | .818 | |
| 2 | 10 | 1 | .909 |
| Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 4 | .667 | |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | .636 |
| Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 4 | .636 | |
| 2 | 8 | 3 | .727 |
| Sun Belt | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 1 | .909 | |
| 2 | 8 | 3 | .727 |