| 1978 VFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Hawthorn 4th premiership |
| Minor premiers | North Melbourne 2nd minor premiership |
| Night series | Fitzroy 1st Night series win |
| Brownlow Medallist | Malcolm Blight (North Melbourne) |
| Coleman Medallist | Kelvin Templeton (Footscray) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 138 |
| Total attendance | 3,478,015 (25,203 per match) |
| Highest | 101,704 |
The 1978 VFL season was the 82nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 1 April until 30 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.
The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the fourth time, after it defeated North Melbourne by 18 points in the 1978 VFL Grand Final.