1978

YEAR

WEEK

GAME

WINNING TEAM

LOSER

NOTES

1978

1

MNF

Cowboys 38

Colts 0

Tony Dorsett: 147 yards rushing

1978

1

RS

Steelers 28

Bills 17

2nd Half Only Harris becomes NFL's all time 8th leading rusher

1978

2

RS

Bears 16

Forty Niners 13

 

1978

2

RS

Raiders 21

Chargers 20

JIP Holy Roller Game

1978

2

RS

Steelers 21

Seahawks 10

Bradshaw 17 - 33 213 yds 2 TD's (1 to Swann)

1978

3

MNF

Colts 34

Patriots 27

The Joe Redskins Game, NE & Balt score 41 in a wild 4th

1978

3

RS

Rams 27

Cowboys 14

(very edited-45 mins only)

1978

3

RS

Raiders 28

Packers 3

 

1978

4

MNF

Vikings 24

Bears 20

Payton 2 TD's not enough as Tarkenton, Foreman & White score 17

1978

4

RS

Cowboys 21

Cardinals 12

2 4th qtr Robert Newhouse TD's seal win

1978

4

RS

Steelers 15

Browns 9 (OT)

Bradshaw's 100th TD pass is a gadget play to win in OT

1978

4

SNF

Patriots 21

Raiders 14

Grogan 219 yds passing & 65 rush, Russ Francis 5 rec 126 yds

1978

5

RS

Raiders 25

Bears 19

JIP

1978

5

RS

Steelers 28

Jets 17

Swann 7 rec 100 yds 2 TD's, Bradshaw 3 TD's Pitt 5-0 for 1st time in their history

1978

6

RS

Raiders 21

Oilers 17

Stabler hits Casper in final moments for the win

1978

6

RS

Steelers 31

Falcons 7

Edited Huddles Bradshaw leads TD drives of 85 80 61 80 & 70 yds

1978

6

RS

Seahawks 29

Vikings 28

Tarkenton 27-37 274 yds 2 TD's, SEA wins with 3 seconds left

1978

6

RS

Buccaneers 30

Chiefs 13

Rookie Doug Williams leads TB to 20 points in 4th for the win

1978

7

RS

Cowboys 24

Cardinals 21 (OT)

Staubach 3 TD passes

1978

8

MNF

Oilers 24

Steelers 17

Campbell's 3 TD's hand Pitt 1st loss of season

1978

9

RS

Dolphins 26

Colts 8

Edited Huddles Joe Redskins 20 - 126 yds rush

1978

9

RS

Steelers 27

Chiefs 24

 

1978

9

TNF

Vikings 21

Cowboys 10

Foreman 22-101 yds, 2 Dall TO's in 1st qtr lead Minn to 2 TD's a the win

1978

10

MNF

Colts 21

Redskins 17

Bert Jones 3 TD's, Theismann fumble in the 4th

1978

10

RS

Dolphins 23

Cowboys 16

Dolphins "D" force 5 Dall TO's

1978

10

RS

Steelers 20

Saints 14

Manning 22-32 career high 344 yds not enough, Bradshaw to Blier with 1:51 wins it

1978

11

MNF

Raiders 34

Bengals 21

Anderson 30 comp but also 4 INT, Stabler 3 TD passes

1978

11

RS

Cowboys 42

Packers 14

 

1978

11

RS

Chargers 29

Chiefs 23 (OT)

Mitchell 144 yds, Stenerud FG with 2 seconds (hits crossbar but is good) sends into OT

1978

12

MNF

Oilers 35

Dolphins 30

Campbell 199 yds & 4 TD's (goes over 1000 yds for season) Griese 23-33 349 yds

1978

12

RS

Cowboys 27

Saints 7

Dorsett 25-152 yds becoming 3rd player to reach 1000 in 1st 2 seasons

1978

13

MNF

Steelers 24

Forty Niners 7

Swann has best day as a pro 8 rec 134 yds 2 TD's. Steel Curtain has 5 INT's

1978

13

RS

Cowboys 37

Redskins 10

Cowboys rolls up 507 yards on offense

1978

13

RS

Seahawks 17

Raiders 16

Zorn & Largent win with SEA FG with :02 sec over Stabler & Casper

1978

14

RS

Cowboys 17

Patriots 10

Staubach 15-27 243 yds and a 36 yd flea flicker for TD

1978

14

RS

Packers 17

Buccaneers 7

 

1978

14

RS

Steelers 13

Oilers 3

 

1978

15

RS

Cowboys 31

Eagles 13

Cowboys "D" forces 3 INT 2 Fum and 8 sacks

1978

15

RS

Steelers 35

Colts 13

Bradshaw 11-18 240 yds 3 TD's upgraded Snow Game

1978

16

RS

Cowboys 30

Jets 7

JIP Dorsett 121 yds 2 TD's

1978

16

RS

Raiders 27

Vikings 20

Fran Tarkenton's last game

1978

16

RS

Steelers 21

Broncos 17

Heavily Edited 55 minutes long

1978

 

AFC Championship

Steelers 34

Oilers 5

 

1978

 

AFC Divisional

Oilers 31

Patriots 14

 

1978

 

AFC Divisional

Steelers 33

Broncos 10

 

1978

 

AFC Wildcard

Oilers 17

Dolphins 9

 

1978

 

NFC Championship

Cowboys 28

LOS ANGELES 0

 

1978

 

NFC Divisional

Cowboys 27

Falcons 20

 

1978

 

NFC Divisional

LOS ANGELES 34

Vikings 10

Miss 4th

1978

 

NFC Wildcard

Falcons 14

Eagles 13

 

1978

 

Super Bowl XII

Cowboys 27

Broncos 10

 

 

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