1978 College Football Season
Regular season
As originally compiled by Jeff79:
Sat 9/2, Nebraska vs Alabama (at Birmingham), ABC, 9 pm, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Bill Flemming
Sat 9/9, Youngstown St @ Northern Iowa, ABC, 1:30 pm (local markets), Steve Zabriskie, John Dockery
Sat 9/9, Southwestern @ Millsaps, ABC, 1:30 pm (local markets), Bob Murphy, Bill Battle
Sat 9/9, UCLA @ Washington, ABC, 6 pm, Keith Jackson, Ara Parseghian, Bill Flemming
Sat 9/16, Penn St @ Ohio St, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Ara Parseghian, Bill Flemming
Sat 9/16, Baylor @ Georgia, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Chris Schenkel, Lee Grosscup
Sat 9/16, Syracuse @ NC State, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Ben Martin
Sat 9/16, San Jose St @ Stanford, ABC, 4:30 pm (west coast), Al Michaels, Frank Broyles
Sat 9/16, Idaho St @ Northern Arizona, ABC, 4:30 pm (regional), Chris Lincoln, Steve Davis
Sat 9/23, Michigan @ Notre Dame, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Chris Schenkel, Frank Broyles, Bill Flemming
Sat 9/23, Yale @ Brown, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Jim Lampley, Lee Grosscup
Sat 9/23, Florida St @ Miami, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Chris Lincoln, Steve Davis
* Sat 9/23, Colorado St @ BYU, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 9/23, USC vs Alabama (at Birmingham), ABC, 4 pm, Keith Jackson, Ara Parseghian
Sat 9/30, North Carolina @ Pittsburgh, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles
Sat 9/30, Nebraska @ Indiana, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Chris Schenkel, Ara Parseghian
Sat 9/30, Tennessee vs Auburn (at Birmingham), ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Al Michaels, Steve Davis
Sat 9/30, Hobart @ St Lawrence, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Dave Cohen, Walt Patulski
Sat 9/30, Alcorn St @ South Carolina St, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Charlie Neal, Lem Barney
Sat 9/30, Washington @ Oregon St, ABC, 4:30 pm (regional), Jim Lampley, Lee Grosscup
Sat 9/30, Boise St @ Montana St, ABC, 4:30 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Ben Martin
Sat 10/7, Oklahoma vs Texas (at Dallas), ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Bill Flemming
On 10/7, after calling the Okla-Tex game in Dallas, Jackson headed to NY and called ALCS g4 that night.
Sat 10/7, Virginia Tech @ Clemson, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Bob Murphy, Rick Forzano
* Sat 10/7, Utah St @ BYU, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 10/14, Pittsburgh @ Notre Dame, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Bill Flemming
* Sat 10/14, Wisconsin-Whitewater @ Northern Michigan, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 10/21, Arkansas @ Texas, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Al Michaels, Lee Grosscup, Bill Flemming
Sat 10/21, Purdue @ Illinois, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Chris Schenkel, Ara Parseghian
Sat 10/21, Georgia Tech @ Auburn, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Jim Lampley, Steve Davis
Sat 10/21, Eastern Kentucky @ Western Kentucky, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Rick Forzano
Sat 10/21, Tenn-Chat @ Furman, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Bob Murphy, Ben Martin
* Sat 10/21, Winston-Salem St @ Elizabeth City, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 10/21, UCLA @ California, ABC, 4 pm, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles
Sat 10/28, Colorado @ Missouri, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Ara Parseghian, Bill Flemming
Sat 10/28, Purdue @ Iowa, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Chris Schenkel, Frank Broyles
Sat 10/28, Florida @ Georgia Tech, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Jim Lampley, Steve Davis
Sat 10/28, NC State @ Clemson, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Ben Martin
Sat 10/28, Holy Cross @ Brown, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Steve Zabriskie, John Dockery
Sat 10/28, Arizona St @ Washington, ABC, 4:30 pm (west coast), Al Michaels, Lee Grosscup
Sat 11/4, Maryland @ Penn St, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Ara Parseghian, Bill Flemming
Sat 11/4, South Dakota @ Nebraska-Omaha, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Chris Lincoln, John Dockery
Sat 11/4, Mississippi @ LSU, ABC, 4 pm (regional), Chris Schenkel, Frank Broyles
Sat 11/4, Oregon St @ Washington St, ABC, 4 pm (regional), Al Michaels, Lee Grosscup
Sat 11/4, Texas A&M @ SMU, ABC, 4 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Rick Forzano
* Sat 11/4, New Mexico @ Utah, ABC, 4 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 11/4, Ithaca @ Albany St, ABC, 4 pm (regional), Al Ackerman, Terry Hanratty
Sat 11/11, Oklahoma @ Nebraska, ABC, 12:30 pm, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Bill Flemming
Sat 11/11, LSU vs Alabama (at Birmingham), ABC, 4 pm (regional), Al Michaels, Ara Parseghian
Sat 11/11, Stanford @ Arizona St, ABC, 4 pm (regional), Jim Lampley, Lee Grosscup
* Sat 11/11, Tulsa @ Wichita St, ABC, 4 pm (regional), Chris Lincoln, ??
Sat 11/11, William & Mary @ East Carolina, ABC, 4 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Terry Hanratty
Sat 11/11, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo @ Cal-Davis, ABC, 4 pm (regional), Ted Mullins, Ben Martin
Sat 11/18, Dartmouth @ Princeton, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Chris Schenkel, Frank Broyles
Sat 11/18, Iowa St @ Colorado, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Al Michaels, Lee Grosscup
Sat 11/18, Navy @ Florida St, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Jim Lampley, Steve Davis
Sat 11/18, Texas A&M vs Arkansas (at Little Rock), ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Ben Martin
Sat 11/18, Central Michigan @ Western Michigan, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Al Ackerman, Rick Forzano
Sat 11/18, USC @ UCLA, ABC, 4 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Ara Parseghian
Sat 11/18, Appalachian St @ Western Carolina, ABC, 4 pm (regional), Bob Murphy, Terry Hanratty
Sat 11/18, Florida A&M @ Southern, ABC, 4 pm (regional), Ron Pinkney, Willie Davenport
Fri 11/24, Pittsburgh @ Penn St, ABC, 1 pm, Al Michaels, Lee Grosscup, Bill Flemming
Sat 11/25, Michigan @ Ohio St, ABC, 12:30 pm, Chris Schenkel, Ara Parseghian, Bill Flemming
Sat 11/25, Notre Dame @ USC, ABC, 4 pm, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles
Fri 12/1, Texas A&M @ Texas, ABC, 9 pm, Chris Schenkel, Frank Broyles
Sat 12/2, Georgia Tech @ Georgia, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Al Michaels, Lee Grosscup
Sat 12/2, Youngstown St @ Eastern Illinois (D2 semi), ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Ben Martin
Sat 12/2, Winston-Salem @ Delaware (D2 semi), ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Jim Lampley, Steve Davis
Sat 12/2, Baldwin-Wallace vs Wittenberg (at Phenix City, AL - D3 final), ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Steve Zabriskie, Rick Forzano
Sat 12/2, Army vs Navy (at Philadelphia), ABC, 4 pm, Keith Jackson, Ara Parseghian
Sat 12/9, Eastern Illinois vs Delaware (at Longview, TX - D2 final), ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Jim Lampley, Frank Broyles
Sat 12/9, Massachusetts @ Nevada-Reno (D1-AA semi), ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Bill Flemming, Lee Grosscup
Sat 12/9, Florida A&M @ Jackson St (D1-AA semi), ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Steve Davis
Sat 12/16, Florida A&M vs Massachusetts (at Wichita Falls, TX - D1-AA final), ABC, 1:30 pm, Bill Flemming, Frank Broyles, Dave Diles
Bowl games
Source for most announcing crews is Rudy Martzke's column in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 12/13/78.
December 16
Garden State Bowl, Arizona State vs Rutgers, 1pm, Mizlou syndication, Merle Harmon, Al DeRogatis, Howard David
Independence Bowl, East Carolina vs Louisiana Tech , 2:30pm, WRAL-Raleigh, announcers unknown Shreveport Times, 12/10/78; Raleigh News and Observer 12/16/78
December 20
Hall of Fame Bowl, Texas A&M vs Iowa State , 8pm, Mizlou syndication, Lindsey Nelson, Don Perkins, Howard David
December 22
Holiday Bowl, Navy vs BYU , 9pm, Mizlou syndication, Lindsey Nelson, Mike Smith
December 23
Sun Bowl, Texas vs Maryland , 12:30pm, CBS, Pat Summerall, Tom Brookshier
Liberty Bowl, Missouri vs LSU , 3:30pm, ABC, Chris Schenkel, Ara Parseghian
Tangerine Bowl, North Carolina State vs Pittsburgh , 8pm, Mizlou syndication, Duane Dow, Don Perkins, Howard David
December 25
Fiesta Bowl, Arkansas vs UCLA, 3:30pm, NBC, Curt Gowdy, John Brodie
Peach Bowl, Purdue vs Georgia Tech , 1pm, CBS, Lindsey Nelson, Paul Hornung and Paul Alexander
December 29
Gator Bowl, Clemson vs Ohio State, 9pm, ABC, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles
December 31
Bluebonnet Bowl, Stanford vs Georgia, 8pm, Mizlou syndication, Merle Harmon, Don Perkins
January 1
Cotton Bowl, Notre Dame vs Houston, 2pm, CBS, Lindsey Nelson, Paul Hornung, Frank Glieber
Sugar Bowl, Alabama vs Penn State, 2pm, ABC, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Jim Lampley
Rose Bowl, USC vs Michigan, 5pm, NBC , Curt Gowdy , John Brodie, O. J. Simpson
Orange Bowl, Oklahoma vs Nebraska , 8pm, NBC, Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen