The 1978 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 54th season in the Victorian Football League and 77th overall. Hawthorn qualified for finals for the fifth consecutive season. Hawthorn qualified for their sixth Grand Final and first since 1976. Hawthorn won their fourth VFL premiership defeating in the Grand Final 121–103. This was their first premiership since 1976.
Fixture
Premiership season Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record Home Away Result 1 Saturday, 1 April (2:10 pm) 22.15 (147) 9.14 (68) Won by 79 points Princes Park (H) 11,986 1–0 2 Saturday, 8 April (2:10 pm) 16.8 (104) 18.24 (132) Won by 28 points Lake Oval (A) 15,072 2–0 3 Saturday, 15 April (2:10 pm) 16.15 (111) 12.14 (86) Lost by 25 points VFL Park (A) 39,097 2–1 4 Saturday, 22 April (2:10 pm) 14.19 (103) 15.15 (105) Won by 2 points Victoria Park (A) 29,577 3–1 5 Saturday, 29 April (2:10 pm) 14.17 (101) 15.12 (102) Lost by 1 point Princes Park (H) 13,788 3–2 6 Saturday, 6 May (2:10 pm) 19.12 (126) 24.13 (157) Won by 31 points Princes Park (A) 19,649 4–2 7 Saturday, 13 May (2:10 pm) 27.15 (177) 13.13 (91) Won by 86 points Princes Park (H) 9,198 5–2 8 Saturday, 20 May (2:10 pm) 9.16 (70) 14.15 (99) Won by 29 points VFL Park (A) 27,224 6–2 9 Saturday, 27 May (2:10 pm) 8.9 (57) 13.19 (97) Won by 40 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 25,293 7–2 10 Saturday, 3 June (2:10 pm) 12.24 (96) 8.13 (61) Won by 35 points Princes Park (H) 11,203 8–2 11 Saturday, 17 June (2:10 pm) 16.8 (104) 19.19 (133) Won by 29 points Windy Hill (A) 24,217 9–2 12 Saturday, 24 June (2:10 pm) 15.18 (108) 18.20 (128) Won by 20 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 14,652 10–2 13 Saturday, 1 July (2:10 pm) 21.14 (140) 18.11 (119) Won by 21 points Princes Park (H) 13,853 11–2 14 Saturday, 8 July (2:10 pm) 10.14 (74) 13.6 (84) Lost by 10 points VFL Park (H) 46,086 11–3 15 Saturday, 15 July (2:10 pm) 10.14 (74) 7.13 (55) Won by 19 points Princes Park (H) 16,214 12–3 16 Saturday, 22 July (2:10 pm) 18.14 (122) 17.19 (121) Lost by 1 point Junction Oval (A) 12,299 12–4 17 Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm) 13.17 (95) 18.11 (119) Lost by 24 points Princes Park (H) 28,118 12–5 18 Saturday, 5 August (2:10 pm) 17.10 (112) 17.16 (118) Won by 6 points Western Oval (A) 17,255 13–5 19 Saturday, 12 August (2:10 pm) 18.19 (127) 10.10 (70) Won by 57 points Princes Park (H) 15,979 14–5 20 Saturday, 19 August (2:10 pm) 12.11 (83) 21.13 (139) Lost by 56 points VFL Park (H) 31,677 14–6 21 Saturday, 26 August (2:10 pm) 13.8 (86) 13.10 (88) Won by 2 points Kardinia Park (A) 21,663 15–6 22 Saturday, 2 September (2:10 pm) 17.16 (118) 16.13 (109) Won by 9 points Princes Park (H) 14,534 16–6
Finals Series
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Home Away Result Qualifying Final Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) 23.16 (154) 14.14 (98) Won by 56 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 79,931 Second semi-final Saturday, 16 September (2:30 pm) 10.13 (73) 12.15 (87) Won by 14 points VFL Park (A) 48,716Grand Final Saturday, 30 September (2:50 pm) 18.13 (121) 15.13 (103) Won by 18 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 101,704
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