1978 Stanford Cardinal football team
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The 1978 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University
during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season
. Bill Walsh served the second and final season of his first stint as Stanford's head coach.
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Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season
1978 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first season of Division I-A football; Division I-A was created in 1978 from the splitting of Division I for football only. The season came down to a rare #1 vs. #2 post-season meeting as #1 Penn State and #2 Alabama met in the New Year's Day Sugar...
. Bill Walsh served the second and final season of his first stint as Stanford's head coach.
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