Round 16, 1978 · Waverley Park (VFL Park) · Saturday 22 July 1978, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 14 | 33 | 59 | 86 |
| Footscray | 24 | 42 | 73 | 107 |
Crowd 30,200. Coaches: Barry Davis and Don McKenzie. Umpires: Neville Nash, John Morgan.
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Wayne Primmer | 15 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Peter Bennett | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Neil Besanko | 30 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Allan Davis | 29 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Geoff Burdett | 7 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Michael Redenbach | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Larry Watson | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 |
| Glenn Hawker (debut) | 33 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Taubert | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Merv Neagle | 34 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Terry Cahill | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alan Stoneham | 3 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Geoff Jennings | 25 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Wayne Foreman | 42 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Jack Dinatale | 34 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ross Abbey | 30 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Stephen Power | 21 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Ted Whitten | 22 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Ian Dunstan | 32 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Ian Low | 28 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mick Kelly | 11 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| John Reid | 33 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Richard Murrie | 26 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alby Smedts | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Terry Wheeler | 35 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Hampshire | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| Kelvin Templeton | 31 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Robert Groenewegen | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Morrison | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gary Dempsey | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| Doug Hawkins | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
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Essendon by 29 · crowd 50,144
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