| Date | Game | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 12/16/78 | Garden State | Arizona St 34 Rutgers 18 |
| 12/16/78 | Independence | East Carolina 35 Louisiana Tech 13 |
| 12/20/78 | Hall of Fame | Texas A&M 28 Iowa State 12 |
| 12/22/78 | Holiday | Navy 23 BYU 16 |
| 12/23/78 | Liberty | Missouri 20 LSU 15 |
| 12/23/78 | Sun | Texas 42 Maryland 0 |
| 12/23/78 | Tangerine * | North Carolina St 30 Pittsburgh 17 |
| 12/25/78 | Fiesta | Arkansas 10 UCLA 10 |
| 12/25/78 | Peach | Purdue 41 Georgia Tech 21 |
| 12/29/78 | Gator | Clemson 17 Ohio State 15 |
| 12/31/78 | Bluebonnet | Stanford 25 Georgia 22 |
| 1/1/79 | Cotton | Notre Dame 35 Houston 34 |
| 1/1/79 | Orange | Oklahoma 31 Nebraska 24 |
| 1/1/79 | Rose | Southern Cal 17 Michigan 10 |
| 1/1/79 | Sugar | Alabama 14 Penn State 7 |