1978 Morgan State Bears football team

American college football season August 2024 January 2026 1978 Morgan State Bears football Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC 4–6–1 2–3–1 Clarence Thomas 1st Hughes Stadium The 1978 Morgan State Bears football team represented Morgan State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1978 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Clarence Thomas, the Bears compiled an overall record of 4–6–1, and a mark of 2–3–1 in conference play, and finished fourth in the MEAC. Schedule AP NCAA Division I-AA 1978 September 2 w y Maryland Eastern Shore Baynard Stadium Wilmington, DE 13–10 3,000–6,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-news-morgan-tops-umes-1310/153943772/ Sunday News Journal Morgan tops UMES 13–10; snaps hurt September 3, 1978 August 24, 2024 Newspapers.com Final 1978 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Maryland Eastern Shore) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/393/stats/13635 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 28, 2024 September 9 w y y 1978 Virginia State Trojans Virginia State Rogers Stadium Ettrick, VA 20–6 2,678 https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-bears-beat-bobbl/153944914/ Richmond Times-Dispatch Bears beat bobbling Trojans September 10, 1978 August 24, 2024 Newspapers.com September 23 l y y Grambling State Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY 0–21 39,118 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121165664/grambling-trounces-bears-210/ The Baltimore Sun Grambling trounces Bears, 21–0 September 24, 1978 August 24, 2024 Newspapers.com September 30 l North Carolina Central Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD 0–14 4,560–10,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-sun-eagles-stop-bears-140/153944008/ Durham Morning Herald Eagles stop Bears, 14–0 October 1, 1978 August 24, 2024 Newspapers.com Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report (North Carolina Central) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/489/stats/13635 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 28, 2024 October 7 l y y UMass Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA 6–38 6,700 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-union-um-mauls-morgan-state/153944217/ The Sunday Republican UM mauls Morgan State, 38–6 October 8, 1978 August 24, 2024 Newspapers.com October 14 t South Carolina State 1 Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD 7–7 3,500 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-morgan-s-carolina-st/143772619/ The Baltimore Sun Morgan, S. Carolina State play to 7-to-7 deadlock October 15, 1978 August 24, 2024 Newspapers.com October 21 l Delaware State Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD 6–13 16,423 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-morgan-state-loses-13/153942434/ The Baltimore Sun Morgan State loses, 13–6 October 22, 1978 August 24, 2024 Newspapers.com October 28 l y North Carolina A&T World War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC 0–25 19,300 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salisbury-post-at-blanks-morgan-sta/153940365/ The Salisbury Post A&T blanks Morgan State October 29, 1978 August 24, 2024 Newspapers.com November 4 w y 1978 Virginia Union Panthers Virginia Union Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD 10–6 2,100 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-advance-vu-edged-106/153944724/ The Lynchburg News VU edged, 10–6 November 5, 1978 August 24, 2024 Newspapers.com November 11 l y y Jackson State 2 Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS 6–21 5,000–11,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-passes-save-jackson-st/153945278/ The Clarion-Ledger Passes save Jackson St., 21–6 November 12, 1978 August 24, 2024 Newspapers.com November 18 w Howard Howard Stadium Washington, DC rivalry 10–9 2,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-wrights-3d-quarter-fg/153945538/ The Baltimore Sun Wright's 3d-quarter FG lifts Morgan past Howard November 19, 1978 August 24, 2024 Newspapers.com Final 1978 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Morgan State) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/446/stats/13635 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 28, 2024 References Morgan State Category:Morgan State Bears football seasons Morgan State Bears football Category:1970s in Baltimore