1978 SANFL Season: Port Adelaide
These are the details of the premiership results of Port Adelaide for the 1978 SANFL season. The team finished the regular season in fourth place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating West Torrens in the elimination final and defeating Glenelg in a semi final, Port Adelaide were defeated by Norwood in the preliminary final, resulting in finishing in third place overall (adjusted for finals).
Season Team Details
Competition:
1978 SANFL Season
Team:
Port Adelaide
Home Ground:
Alberton Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
4th (W-D-L: 14-0-8, P%: 52.7)
Finals Performance:
Defeated by Norwood (Preliminary Final)
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cahill, John | 25 | 16 | -0- | 9 | R01-22, EF, SF, PF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/04/1978 | Round 1 | Norwood | AWAY | LOSS | NRWD by 15 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 09/04/1978 | Round 2 | South Adelaide | AWAY | WIN | PADL by 28 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 15/04/1978 | Round 3 | West Adelaide | HOME | WIN | PADL by 19 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 25/04/1978 | Round 4 | Glenelg | HOME | LOSS | GLNG by 74 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 29/04/1978 | Round 5 | North Adelaide | HOME | WIN | PADL by 130 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 06/05/1978 | Round 6 | West Torrens | AWAY | WIN | PADL by 48 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 13/05/1978 | Round 7 | Sturt | AWAY | LOSS | STRT by 97 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 20/05/1978 | Round 8 | Woodville | HOME | LOSS | WOOD by 25 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 27/05/1978 | Round 9 | Central District | AWAY | WIN | PADL by 31 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 03/06/1978 | Round 10 | South Adelaide | HOME | WIN | PADL by 32 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 10/06/1978 | Round 11 | Norwood | AWAY | LOSS | NRWD by 69 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 17/06/1978 | Round 12 | West Adelaide | AWAY | WIN | PADL by 16 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 24/06/1978 | Round 13 | Glenelg | AWAY | LOSS | GLNG by 16 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 01/07/1978 | Round 14 | North Adelaide | AWAY | WIN | PADL by 58 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 09/07/1978 | Round 15 | West Torrens | HOME | LOSS | WTRN by 39 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 22/07/1978 | Round 16 | Sturt | HOME | LOSS | STRT by 70 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 29/07/1978 | Round 17 | Woodville | HOME | WIN | PADL by 100 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 05/08/1978 | Round 18 | Central District | HOME | WIN | PADL by 27 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 12/08/1978 | Round 19 | Glenelg | HOME | WIN | PADL by 49 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 19/08/1978 | Round 20 | West Adelaide | AWAY | WIN | PADL by 54 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 26/08/1978 | Round 21 | South Adelaide | HOME | WIN | PADL by 4 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 02/09/1978 | Round 22 | Norwood | HOME | WIN | PADL by 41 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 09/09/1978 | Elimination Final | West Torrens | HOME | WIN | PADL by 78 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 16/09/1978 | Semi Final | Glenelg | AWAY | WIN | PADL by 12 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 23/09/1978 | Preliminary Final | Norwood | AWAY | LOSS | NRWD by 34 | John Cahill | unknown |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.