1978 SANFL season

1978 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	Norwood 24th premiership
Minor premiers	Sturt 8th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Kym Hodgeman Glenelg (50 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Tim Evans Port Adelaide (90 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	116
Total attendance	1,048,871 (9,042 per match)
Highest	50,867 (Grand Final, Norwood vs. Sturt)

The 1978 South Australian National Football League season was the 99th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder

1978 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Sturt	22	21	1	0	2733	1734	61.18	42
2	Norwood (P)	22	15	7	0	2078	1636	55.95	30
3	Glenelg	22	14	8	0	2272	1959	53.70	28
4	Port Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2287	2055	52.67	28
5	West Torrens	22	10	12	0	2081	2123	49.50	20
6	Woodville	22	9	13	0	1981	2358	45.66	18
7	South Adelaide	22	8	13	1	1832	2057	47.11	17
8	Central District	22	8	14	0	1947	2386	44.93	16
9	West Adelaide	22	5	16	1	1839	2070	47.05	11
10	North Adelaide	22	5	17	0	2005	2677	42.82	10

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

Grand Final

	1978 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 30 September (2:10 pm)	Sturt	def. by	Norwood	Football Park (crowd: 50,867)	Report
	5.9 (39) 8.15 (63) 12.21 (93) 14.26 (110)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.5 (11) 5.10 (40) 9.10 (64) 16.15 (111)
Heinrich 3 Barton, Burgan, Davies, Graham, Winter 2 Bagshaw 1		Goals	5 Adamson 3 Gallagher 2 Turbill, Woodcock 1 Adler, Craig, Taylor, Wynne
Burgan, Winter, Davies, Heinrich, Barton		Best	Adamson, Taylor, Craig, Button, Rosser, Nunan