1978–79 Birmingham Bulls season

1978–79 Birmingham Bulls
Division	6th WHA
1978–79 record	32–42–6
Goals for	286
Goals against	311
Team information
Coach	John Brophy
Team leaders
<1977–78

The 1978–79 Birmingham Bulls season was the Bulls' final season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA).

Regular season

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

WHA Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Edmonton Oilers	80	48	30	2	98	340	266	1220
Quebec Nordiques	80	41	34	5	87	288	271	1399
Winnipeg Jets	80	39	35	6	84	307	306	1342
New England Whalers	80	37	34	9	83	298	287	1090
Cincinnati Stingers	80	33	41	6	72	274	284	1651
Birmingham Bulls	80	32	42	6	70	286	311	1661
xIndianapolis Racers	25	5	18	2	12	78	130	557
#Soviet All-Stars	6	4	1	1	9	27	20	77
#Czechoslovakia	6	1	4	1	3	14	33	107
#Finland	1	0	1	0	0	4	8	2

x-team folded during season #-played limited schedule

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 13, 1978	4–5 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	0–1–0
2	W	October 15, 1978	9–3	@ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)	1–1–0
3	L	October 20, 1978	2–5	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	1–2–0
4	W	October 22, 1978	8–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	2–2–0
5	W	October 24, 1978	3–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	3–2–0
6	L	October 25, 1978	2–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	3–3–0
7	W	October 27, 1978	4–2	Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)	4–3–0
8	W	November 1, 1978	4–3 OT	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	5–3–0
9	L	November 3, 1978	2–3	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	5–4–0
10	L	November 4, 1978	1–4	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	5–5–0
11	W	November 9, 1978	6–5	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	6–5–0
12	L	November 11, 1978	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	6–6–0
13	T	November 14, 1978	5–5	New England Whalers (1978–79)	6–6–1
14	W	November 17, 1978	7–1	New England Whalers (1978–79)	7–6–1
15	W	November 18, 1978	3–2	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	8–6–1
16	L	November 22, 1978	5–6 OT	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	8–7–1
17	L	November 23, 1978	3–4	Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	8–8–1
18	L	November 25, 1978	2–5	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	8–9–1
19	L	November 26, 1978	3–9	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	8–10–1
20	L	November 29, 1978	4–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	8–11–1
21	L	December 1, 1978	3–6	@ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)	8–12–1
22	W	December 2, 1978	4–2	Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)	9–12–1
23	W	December 7, 1978	4–2	Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	10–12–1
24	W	December 9, 1978	6–2	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	11–12–1
25	W	December 10, 1978	1–0	Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	12–12–1
26	L	December 14, 1978	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	12–13–1
27	T	December 16, 1978	2–2	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	12–13–2
28	T	December 17, 1978	2–2	Soviet All-Stars (1978–79)	12–13–3
29	L	December 19, 1978	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	12–14–3
30	L	December 22, 1978	1–5	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	12–15–3
31	L	December 23, 1978	3–4	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	12–16–3
32	W	December 26, 1978	4–2	Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	13–16–3
33	W	December 28, 1978	6–5	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	14–16–3
34	L	December 29, 1978	0–5	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	14–17–3
35	L	December 30, 1978	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	14–18–3
36	W	January 7, 1979	10–2	Czechoslovakia (1978–79)	15–18–3
37	L	January 12, 1979	1–3	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	15–19–3
38	L	January 13, 1979	1–3	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	15–20–3
39	L	January 14, 1979	2–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	15–21–3
40	L	January 17, 1979	5–8	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	15–22–3
41	L	January 19, 1979	3–11	@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	15–23–3
42	W	January 21, 1979	4–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	16–23–3
43	L	January 23, 1979	5–7	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	16–24–3
44	W	January 26, 1979	5–4	New England Whalers (1978–79)	17–24–3
45	W	January 30, 1979	2–1	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	18–24–3
46	W	February 1, 1979	7–5	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	19–24–3
47	T	February 3, 1979	2–2	New England Whalers (1978–79)	19–24–4
48	L	February 6, 1979	2–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	19–25–4
49	L	February 7, 1979	2–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	19–26–4
50	L	February 11, 1979	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	19–27–4
51	W	February 14, 1979	7–4	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	20–27–4
52	W	February 16, 1979	2–1	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	21–27–4
53	L	February 18, 1979	3–6	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	21–28–4
54	L	February 20, 1979	3–7	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	21–29–4
55	W	February 23, 1979	9–1	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	22–29–4
56	L	February 25, 1979	4–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	22–30–4
57	W	February 27, 1979	5–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	23–30–4
58	L	March 3, 1979	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	23–31–4
59	L	March 4, 1979	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	23–32–4
60	W	March 6, 1979	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	24–32–4
61	T	March 9, 1979	4–4	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	24–32–5
62	L	March 11, 1979	0–4	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	24–33–5
63	L	March 13, 1979	3–4	New England Whalers (1978–79)	24–34–5
64	W	March 15, 1979	4–3 OT	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	25–34–5
65	T	March 16, 1979	5–5	New England Whalers (1978–79)	25–34–6
66	L	March 18, 1979	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	25–35–6
67	L	March 20, 1979	2–5	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	25–36–6
68	W	March 23, 1979	2–1	Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	26–36–6
69	W	March 24, 1979	4–3	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	27–36–6
70	L	March 25, 1979	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	27–37–6
71	W	March 27, 1979	3–1	New England Whalers (1978–79)	28–37–6
72	L	March 30, 1979	2–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	28–38–6
73	W	March 31, 1979	6–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)	29–38–6
74	W	April 3, 1979	5–3	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	30–38–6
75	W	April 6, 1979	2–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	31–38–6
76	L	April 8, 1979	4–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	31–39–6
77	L	April 11, 1979	1–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	31–40–6
78	L	April 13, 1979	4–6	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	31–41–6
79	W	April 14, 1979	7–6	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	32–41–6
80	L	April 15, 1979	4–5 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	32–42–6

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See also

• 1978–79 WHA season

References

1. "1978–79 Birmingham Bulls Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

External links