1978 All-East football team
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The 1978 All-East football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Offense
=Quarterback=
- Chuck Fusina, Penn State (AP-1; UPI-1)
=Running backs=
- Joseph H. Holland, Cornell (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Matt Suhey, Penn State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Jeff Dufresne, Dartmouth (UPI-1)
- Zachary Dixon, Temple (AP-2)
=Tight end=
- Clennie Brundidge, Army (AP-1)
- John Spagnola, Yale (UPI-1)
=Wide receivers=
- Gordon Jones, Pitt (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Scott Fitzkee, Penn State (AP-1)
=Tackles=
- Keith Dorney, Penn State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Craig Wolfley, Syracuse (AP-1)
- John Gallo, Rutgers (UPI-1)
- Collin McCarty, Temple (AP-2)
=Guards=
- Matt Carroll, Pitt (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Bob Brewer, Temple (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Bob Hurley, Holy Cross (AP-1)
=Center=
- Chuck Correal, Penn State (AP-1)
- Chuck Johnston, Army (UPI-1)
=Placekicker=
- Matt Bahr, Penn State (UPI-1)
Defense
=Ends=
- Hugh Green, Pitt (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Chuck Schott, Army (AP-1)
- Clint Streit, Yale (UPI-1)
- Larry Kubin, Penn State (AP-2)
=Tackles=
- Bruce Clark, Penn State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Matt Millen, Penn State (AP-1; UPI-1)
=Middle guard=
- Ed Steward, Rutgers (AP-1)
- Pete Funke, Princeton (UPI-1)
- David Logan, Pitt (AP-2)
=Linebackers=
- Al Chesley, Pitt (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Lance Mehl, Penn State (AP-1)
- Jim Collins, Syracuse (AP-1)
- Bill Crowley, Yale (UPI-1)
- Tom Kuchar, Dartmouth (UPI-1)
===Defensive backs===
- Jeff Delaney, Pitt (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Pete Harris, Penn State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Gregg Milo, Navy (AP-1; UPI-1)