In their 21st season under head coach Lee Tressel, the Yellow Jackets compiled an 11–0–1 record,[1] the tie (17–17) coming in the OAC championship game at B-W’s George Finnie Stadium against Wittenberg.
[3][4] The Division III championship was decided in the 1978 Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl featuring a rematch of OAC co-champions Baldwin-Wallace and Wittenberg.
In voting by the OAC coaches, Baldwin Wallace tackle Paul Petrella won the Hank Critchfield Award as the best defensive lineman in the conference.
Fullback Roger "Amtrak" Andrachik (a Yale transfer) tied with Wittenberg's Dave Merritt in the balloting for the Mike Gregory Award as the OAC's best offensive back.
[6][7] Nine Baldwin-Wallace players received first-team honors on the All-OAC team: quarterback Joe Surniak; fullback Roger Andrachik; offensive tackle Jeff Jenkins; punter Doug Schiefer; linebacker Bill Rickert; defensive down linemen Bill Davis and Paul Petrella; linebacker Gary Monda; and defensive back Gary Stelter.