1978 Roster
| No. | Name | Pos. | Ht | Wt | Home Town | St | High School |
| 9 | Bob Gerard | QB | 5-9 | 170 | Glen Ridge | NJ | Glen Ridge |
| 10 | Peter Maass | DB | 5-10 | 165 | Los Angeles | CA | Harvard School |
| 14 | Bill Lee | DB | 6-0 | 165 | Concord | MA | Carlisle |
| 15 | Bob Sitz | QB | 5-10 | 155 | Silver Spring | MD | |
| 16 | Ken Robbett | K | 5-8 | 145 | Manhasset | NY | Chaminade |
| 17 | Jim Corcoran | DB | 6-0 | 175 | Potomac | MD | Georgetown Prep |
| 20 | Bob Gorence | DB | 5-11 | 155 | St. Paul | MN | |
| 21 | Matt Fitzmaurice | DB | 693 | 185 | Minneapolis | MN | West |
| 22 | Brian Simmons | DB | 5-9 | 160 | West Hartford | CT | William Hall |
| 24 | John Davis | DB | 5-8 | 155 | Westfield | NY | |
| 25 | Kevin Maguire | WR | 6-2 | 170 | Philadelphia | PA | Malvern Prep |
| 27 | Mark Granville-Smith | DB | 5-11 | 155 | McLean | VA | Langley |
| 28 | John Kapples | DB | 5-10 | 158 | Quincy | MA | |
| 29 | Bryan McDonnell | DB | 5-9 | 164 | Little Neck | NY | Xavier |
| 30 | Ottaway Talley | HB | 5-11 | 175 | Bridgewater | NY | |
| 31 | Tony Miller | CB | 5-10 | 170 | Ft. Dodge | KS | St. Edmund's |
| 33 | Steve Scheuerle | HB | 5-10 | 180 | Winwood | PA | Malvern Prep |
| 36 | John Boland | DT | 6-2 | 215 | Rockville | MD | Georgetown Prep |
| 37 | John Federico | FB | 5-10 | 182 | Buffalo | NY | St. Joseph's |
| 38 | Mike Djavaherian | CB | 5-10 | 170 | St. Louis | MO | Kirkwood |
| 40 | Carlos Barrera | WR | 5-8 | 155 | Laredo | TX | |
| 41 | Andy Murray | HB | 5-9 | 160 | Rye | NY | |
| 42 | Andy Blood | HB | 5-8 | 165 | Morristown | NJ | |
| 44 | Kevin Denman | HB | 5-10 | 155 | Summit | NY | |
| 45 | Mac Boyd | FB | 5-10 | 192 | Washington | DC | |
| 46 | Bill Dahut | HB | 5-9 | 160 | Potomac | MD | Georgetown Prep |
| 49 | John Mulcahy | LB | 5-11 | 205 | Stamford | CT | Catholic |
| 50 | Mark Costa | DT | 6-1 | 200 | Chicago | IL | |
| 51 | Bruce Selnick | C | 5-10 | 185 | Cincinnati | OH | |
| 54 | Joe Gaul | OG | 5-11 | 190 | Cleveland | OH | |
| 55 | Steve Kurker | DT | 6-1 | 200 | Medford | MA | |
| 58 | Ed Carroll | OG | 5-11 | 180 | Davenport | IA | Assumption |
| 60 | Vince Zenga | LB | 6-0 | 202 | Margate | NJ | Mainland |
| 62 | Dave Williams | DT | 6-2 | 185 | Washington | DC | Gonzaga |
| 63 | Conrad Everhard | OG | 5-10 | 177 | Maplewood | NJ | Columbia |
| 64 | Tom Barr | DE | 6-0 | 175 | Beaver | PA | |
| 65 | Paul Zimemrman | LB | 5-11 | 200 | Glastonbury | CT | |
| 66 | Dave Elliot | FB | 5-10 | 185 | Stamford | CT | |
| 67 | Keith McCormick | OG | 6-0 | 185 | Armonk | NY | Fordham Prep |
| 70 | Marc Chretien | OT | 5-9 | 195 | McLean | VA | |
| 71 | Doug Jordan | OT | 6-2 | 195 | Greenwich | CT | |
| 72 | Rick Tranter | OG | 6-1 | 185 | Cincinnati | OH | St. Xavier |
| 74 | Mike Foster | DE | 6-0 | 195 | Wheaton | IL | Wheaton Central |
| 75 | Mark Stanton | DT | 6-3 | 185 | Brookline | MA | |
| 76 | Joe Randall | NG | 6-0 | 255 | Washington | DC | Gonzaga |
| 77 | Kevin Boland | LB | 6-0 | 190 | Rockville | MD | Georgetown Prep |
| 78 | Ken Duquet | OT | 6-1 | 180 | Rumney | NH | Plymouth |
| 80 | William Murphy | TE | 6-1 | 180 | Middlebury | CT | Hotchkiss |
| 81 | Clayton Wagner | WR | 6-1 | 180 | Silver Spring | MD | |
| 82 | Marty Garofalo | WR | 6-4 | 175 | Montvale | NJ | Pascack Hills |
| 83 | Andy Divoff | DE | 6-1 | 185 | Barcelona | SP | |
| 84 | John McGannon | DE | 6-0 | 195 | Shawnee Mission | KS | Rockhurst |
| 85 | Tom Egan | WR | 5-10 | 155 | Jersey City | NJ | |
| 86 | John Kirkpatrick | DE | 6-1 | 190 | Bethesda | MD | Sidwell Friends |
| 89 | Lloyd Campbell | TE | 6-2 | 185 | Elmhurst | NY | |
| 99 | Ed Ecker | DT | 6-3 | 217 | Douglasville | PA | Great Hill |
| * | Bud Brown | OG | 5-11 | 185 | Towson | MD | |
| * | Mark Napier | HB | 5-10 | 165 | Sherman Oaks | CA |