Round 1, 1978 · Western Oval (Whitten Oval) · Saturday 1 April 1978, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 16 | 61 | 71 | 80 |
| North Melbourne | 39 | 71 | 115 | 149 |
Crowd 20,420. Coaches: Bill Goggin and Ron Barassi. Umpires: Peter Cameron, Tony Bryant.
| Gary Dempsey | 24 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 3 |
| Ted Whitten | 22 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Geoff Jennings | 25 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Bruce Reid | 5 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Ian Dunstan | 32 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Dennis Blair | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Jim Edmond | 20 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Alan Stoneham | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Ian Morrison | 8 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Alby Smedts | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Wayne Foreman | 42 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Terry Wheeler | 35 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kelvin Templeton | 31 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| George Brown (debut) | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Ian Low | 28 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Richard Murrie | 26 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Graeme Linke | 44 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Munro | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ross Abbey | 30 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Doug Hawkins (debut) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| John Byrne | 21 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 20 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Graeme Melrose | 17 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| John Burns | 11 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Malcolm Blight | 15 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Keith Greig | 27 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Stan Alves | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Cassin | 3 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Frank Gumbleton | 38 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Stephen Icke | 36 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| David Dench | 23 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Ross Glendinning (debut) | 4 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Arnold Briedis | 6 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Gary Cowton | 13 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Stephen McCann | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ken Montgomery | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bill Nettlefold | 35 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ross Henshaw | 34 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Peter Keenan | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Mick Nolan | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
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172 meetings: Footscray 89, North Melbourne 80, 3 drawn.
North Melbourne by 23 · crowd 25,052
Western Bulldogs by 49 · crowd 25,009
Western Bulldogs by 16 · crowd 34,406
Western Bulldogs by 96 · crowd 33,182
Western Bulldogs by 17 · crowd 27,005
Western Bulldogs by 21 · crowd 23,829