LSU Football HistoryYear: 1978Overall: 8-4 SEC: 3-3 Coach: Charles McClendon Bowl: Liberty Bowl | ||||
| Sept 16 | Indiana | W | 24-17 | Baton Rouge |
| Sept 23 | Wake Forest | W | 13-11 | Baton Rouge |
| Sept 30 | Rice | W | 37-7 | Houston |
| Oct 7 | Florida | W | 34-21 | Gainesville |
| Oct 14 | Georgia | L | 17-24 | Baton Rouge |
| Oct 21 | Kentucky | W | 21-0 | Lexington |
| Nov 4 | Ole Miss | W | 30-8 | Baton Rouge |
| Nov 11 | Alabama | L | 10-31 | Birmingham |
| Nov 18 | Mississippi State | L | 14-16 | Jackson |
| Nov 25 | Tulane | W | 40-21 | Baton Rouge |
| Dec 2 | Wyoming | W | 24-17 | Baton Rouge |
| Liberty Bowl | ||||
| Dec 23 | Missouri | L | 15-20 | Memphis |
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