The 1878 season was the second in which Geelong competed in the Victorian Football Association. Geelong finished the season as premiers despite only playing four matches against other senior opponents. Geelong finished the season by winning a play-off against the best metropolitan club, . The result was five goals to one, winning the premiership.
Season summary Results +KeyH Home gameA Away gamePO Play-off + Table of season resultsMatchDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceReport1 17 May 3 * 3 1 * 1 Argyle Square Ground H - Report2 24 May 2 18 2 West Melbourne 0 3 0 Corio Oval H - Report3 1 June 2 * 2 Geelong Schools 1 * 1 Argyle Square Ground H - Report4 22 June 11 31 11 Warrigal (NSW) 0 * 0 Argyle Square Ground H - Report5 29 June 2 16 2 Barwon 1 6 1 Corio Oval H - Report6 6 July 6 * 6 Williamstown 0 * 0 Argyle Square Ground H - Report7 13 July 7 * 7 Ballarat 3 * 3 Royal Saxon Paddock A - Report8 20 July 4 * 4 0 * 0 Argyle Square Ground H - Report9 27 July 2 18 2 Hotham 1 5 1 Argyle Square Ground H - Report10 3 August 0 * 0 Barwon 0 * 0 Corio Oval H - Report11 21 August 6 26 6 Victorian (SA) 0 0 0 Corio Oval H - Report12 31 August 7 27 7 Toorak 2 6 2 Argyle Square Ground H - Report13 7 September 9 23 9 Ballarat 0 2 0 Corio Oval H - Report14 14 September 3 16 3 1 3 1 Corio Oval H - Report15 21 September 2 25 2 Chilwell 1 3 1 Corio Oval A - Report16 28 September 4 18 4 Barwon 0 1 0 Communn-na-Feinne A - ReportPO 5 October 5 12 5 0 3 0 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - Report Table + 1878 VFA Results Senior Results Total Results TEAM P W L D P W L D GF GA 1 (P) 4 4 0 0 17 16 0 1 75 11 2 16 6 5 5 23 11 7 5 34 30 3 13 8 5 0 24 17 6 1 69 23 Hotham 10 4 4 2 19 9 4 3 20 8 10 3 3 4 18 8 3 7 28 11 West Melbourne 10 2 5 3 18 6 5 7 18 12 Albert-park 13 2 5 6 17 5 6 6 12 18 6 1 3 2 11 2 6 3 6 30 Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, (P) = Premiers Source:
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