1978 in sports
1978 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. == Alpine skiing == Alpine Skiing World Cup Men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden Women's overall season champion: Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein == American football == January 15 − Super Bowl XII: the Dallas Cowboys (NFC) won 27−10 over the Denver Broncos (AFC) Location: Superdome Attendance: 76,400 co–MVPs: Harvey Martin, DE and Randy White, DT (Dallas) The Holy Roller Game – Oakland Raiders vs San Diego Chargers Cotton Bowl (1977 season): The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won 38–10 over the Texas Longhorns to win the college football national championship == Artistic gymnastics == World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Men's all-around champion: Nikolai Andrianov, USSR Women's all-around champion: Elena Mukhina, USSR Men's team competition champion: Japan Women's team competition champion: USSR == Association football == Football World Cup – Argentina wins 3-1 (after extra time) over the Netherlands England - FA Cup – Ipswich Town win 1–0 over Arsenal England - League – Nottingham Forest win the championship as well as the League Cup La Liga won by Real Madrid Primeira Liga won by FC Porto Serie A won by Juventus French Division 1 won by AS Monaco European Cup won by Liverpool Kirin Cup tournament is first held in Japan (international club competition phase).