In the 1978 – 79 NHL season, Federko developed into a bonafide star, as he scored 95 points.

The long-suffering 49ers went 2 – 14 in 1978, the season before Walsh's arrival and repeated the same dismal record in his first season.

The next season, he would be dealt to the Boston Red Sox where he won 20 games in 1978 and another 17 in 1979.

The 2008 team became the only team in NFL history to lose all 16 regular season games since the NFL went to a 16-game schedule in 1978.

; he played just the once – a home game at Richmond Park on 2 October 1977 against Shamrock Rovers, keeping a clean sheet in a 1 – 0 win – before returning to the Strikers for the North American 1978 season.

The rivalry would in the following years be virtually negated by very poor play of he Colts ; the Colts would win just 117 games in the twenty-one seasons ( 1978 – 98 ) that bracketed their 1977 playoff loss to the Oakland Raiders and the 1999 trade of star running back Marshall Faulk ; this included a 0 – 8 – 1 record during the NFL's strike shortened 1982 season.

By the end of his first season with Liverpool, Dalglish had played 62 times and scored 31 goals, including the winning goal in the 1978 European Cup Final final at Wembley against Bruges.

Owner Calvin Griffith faced financial difficulty with the start of free agency, costing the Twins the services of Lyman Bostock and Larry Hisle, who left as free agents after the 1977 season, and Carew, who was traded after the 1978 season.

The team wore black armbands for the last four games in 1978 in memory of Jack " Jocko " Nelson, an assistant coach who died during the season.

They would not have a winning season until 1978.

1992 proved to be the end of an era for the Brewers, as teammates Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Jim Gantner, who had been together since 1978 would go their separate ways, as Molitor left the Brewers for the Toronto Blue Jays, Gantner retired, and Yount would only last one more season before retiring in 1993.

The Brewers unveiled new uniforms for the 1978 season — pinstripes with solid blue collar and waistband.

Litigation began between New York City and the Jets over the issue, and in the lawsuit's settlement, the city agreed to allow the Jets to play two September home games a season at Shea beginning in 1978 for the remaining six years in the Jets ' lease.

It was also during the 1978 season that Smith introduced a signature move.

Smith finished the 1978 season with a. 258 batting average and. 970 fielding percentage, placing second in National League Rookie of the Year voting to Bob Horner.

That third place season was 1978.

The most memorable moment of that 1978 season occurred on May 28, 1978, when pinch hitter Mike Ivie, acquired from the San Diego Padres during the offseason for Darrel Thomas, hit a towering grand slam off of Dodgers pitching ace Don Sutton in front of Candlestick Park's highest paid attendance of 58, 545.

The 1978 season brought hope to baseball fans in San Diego, thanks to the arrival a young shortstop named Ozzie Smith, who arrived on the scene and turned the baseball world on its ears with an acrobatic style that redefined how the position should be played in the field.

However, an official trailer released during June 2010 on Japanese TV has also shown elements from the series ' second season ( 1978 ).

Note: A seven-official system was not used until the 1978 season.

Super Bowl XIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Dallas Cowboys to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1978 season.

Dallas was also the defending Super Bowl XII champion, and finished the 1978 regular season with a 12-4 record, and posted playoff victories over the Atlanta Falcons and the Los Angeles Rams.

* John Abraham ( American football ) ( born 1978 ), NFL defensive end playing for the Atlanta Falcons

In 2002, Brooking became the fifth Falcons player to total 200 tackles in a season, following Tommy Nobis ( 296 in 1966 ), Fulton Kuykendall ( 284 in 1978 ), Buddy Curry ( 229 in 1983 ) and Jessie Tuggle ( 201 in 1990, 207 in 1991 ).

John Antonio Abraham ( born May 6, 1978 ) is an American football defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.

* Red Falcons ( 1978 ) ( with Al Dempsey )

During Glanville's time in the National Football League he was the special teams / defensive assistant for the Detroit Lions from 1974 – 1976, the secondary coach for the Atlanta Falcons from 1977 – 1978 and the Falcons defensive coordinator from 1979 – 1982, the secondary coach of the Buffalo Bills in 1983, the defensive coordinator of the then Houston Oilers from 1984 – 1985 and the Oilers head coach from 1986 – 1989, and head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 1990-1993.

In 1961, it was first used as the designation of an upper trim level on Falcons which continued through 1970, and then on a 2-door coupe and eventually also 4-door versions of the Ford Fairmont from 1978 to 1983.

Spassky thought that Fischer would have won in 1975 but Karpov would have qualified again and beaten Fischer in 1978.

From 1967, RBK qualified for the lop league, where they, except for 1978, have remained since.

* The number of teams that qualified for the finals of the FIFA World Cup from 1934 through 1978 ( although for various reasons, only 15 competed in the 1938 and 1950 finals ).

He went on to graduate with a degree in business administration from York University in 1978, and qualified as a chartered accountant and certified auditor in 1981.

Selected by NASA in January 1978, Williams became an astronaut in August 1979, qualified for assignment as a pilot on future Space Shuttle flight crews.

In the 1978 – 79 tournament the club once again qualified to the playoffs finishing 1st in group one with a total of 40 points by means of 14 wins 12 draws losing 12.

After receiving his wings at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona in 1978 he qualified in the RF-4C Phantom II and was assigned to the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

In 1978, she qualified for the Commonwealth Games, but could not compete because of an injury.

At the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 935 qualified third, barely beaten by a Renault Alpine and a 936.

An exhausted Fielding then told BBC TV that the loss was " a damn, bloody shame ", but both qualified for the 1978 World Championship.

They have qualified for four FIFA World Cups, the first one in 1978, but have yet to make it out of the first round.

One of his major achievements was helping Austria qualify for the 1978 World Cup, the first time Austria had qualified for the World Cup in twenty years.

After having achieved the regular season in 1978 – 79, Motagua qualified to the final stage falling behind España and being forced to play the finals series where they raise their fourth cup.

The team qualified the car on eight occasions during 1978, but retired seven times with mechanical failures.

The Austrian national team qualified seven times for the World Cup tournaments and reached as best ranks 3rd ( 1954 ), 4th ( 1934 ), 7th ( 1978 ) and 8th ( 1982 ) place.

Since 1978, the government has departed significantly from its focus on class status, and replaced it with a qualified presumption of equality.

The only time such a scheduling conflict has occurred was during Wild Card Weekend in 1985, when only 10 teams qualified for the postseason and there were only two Wild Card games ( See the " History " section below ): Instead of playing both Wild Card games on the same day, as that was the case when the 10-team system was used from 1978 to 1989, the New England Patriots defeated the Jets, 26-14, on Saturday, December 28, before the Giants beat the San Francisco 49ers, 17-3, on the following day.

They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals ; their best finish in the African Nations Cup was second in 1978.

Sweden had just qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1978, and were looking for a forward to lead their frontline, having only managed nine goals in six matches during the qualifying rounds.

They have been allowed to play in the qualifying rounds of the Scottish Cup since 1978 and have qualified for the Cup proper on several occasions.

Starting in 1978, ten teams qualified for the playoffs: the winners of each of the divisions, and two wild-card teams in each conference.

Starting in 1978, ten teams qualified for the playoffs: the winners of each of the divisions, and two wild-card teams in each conference.

Starting in 1978, ten teams qualified for the playoffs: the winners of each of the divisions, and two wild-card teams in each conference.

In 1978 Ronka verified a Los Angeles Times report that he had hired five former political campaign workers as City of Los Angeles employees to work for him under the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act but said: " They were qualified, they are hard workers, they weren't coming in on a tenured position.